Ubisoft is a world renowned leader in digital entertainment. As a video game developer, editor and distributor, with 23 studios on five continents and a distribution network in more than 55 countries, Ubisoft has become, since its creation in 1986 by the five Guillemot brothers, a strong presence on the video game market. Ubisoft is listed at the Paris Stock Exchange and has generatedsales of nearly or more than 1 MM euros per year.
Always on top of its game and looking ahead, Ubisoft’s has acquired entities in the digital visual effects business, Hybride Technologies, in the on line technology business, Quazal, to offer the best quality games on the market for its consumers. R&D is a top priority for Ubisoft and it shows in its recurrent investments of up to more than 300 million euros per year.
From our roots in France to North America, Western and Eastern Europe andAsia, we have the privilege to work with a talented, innovative and creative workforce of more than 6 000 employees of which 80 % are dedicated to production. We can count on the second internal production force worldwide in our industry. Ubisoft is now the third independent video game developer in the world outside Japan and its studio in Montreal has been named the second best in the world by the magazine Game Informer in January 2010.
With its multimillion-units selling award-winning brands like Assassin’s Creed,Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Prince of Persia,Rayman, Imagine, Just Dance and more, Ubisoft has built a strong reputation for top quality and highly entertaining products. Our teams are dedicated to deliver the very best games on all actual and future platforms: consoles, PC, portable devices, on line games, social network products, etc.
Why Toronto?
Ubisoft has chosen to build its next great studio in Toronto. Its mandate is clear,create AAA games on our major brands like Splinter Cell.
What motivated Ubisoft to expand to Toronto?
- Talent in the high quality universities and colleges in the area
- Strong presence of the film industry
- Access to a multicultural workforce
- Great business environment and government support
- Closeness to the US market and our Montreal studio
We believe that these ingredients are a winning combination to build a strong, innovative and creative team, which is what the digital entertainment industry is all about.
Expansion in Toronto in the next 5 to 10 years
We invested in Toronto for the long term; our objective is to create 800 creative jobs in our studio in 10 years to work on AAA high end games on some of our major brands.
Quote from Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto
“The great talent and creativity of Ontarians combined with Ontario’s vigorous economy convinces us that making Toronto our home will be beneficial to the future of Ubisoft.”