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[dex3108]

https://twitter.com/UbisoftMTL/status/903668335681953793

Via Google translate

Montreal, September 1, 2017 - Ubisoft invites the media to a press conference during which the company will announce the details of its most important growth plan in Quebec in 20 years.
The announcement will take place in the presence of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Carlos Leitão, Mr. Yves Guillemot, Co-founder and Chairman of the Ubisoft Group, Mr. Yannis Mallat, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Montréal, Québec City and Toronto, as well as Jean Tremblay, Mayor of Saguenay and Chairman of the Board of Promotion Saguenay.

Press conference

Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Time: Press Conference at 8:45 am
Place: Place du Citoyen (adjoining City Hall), 155 Racine Street East, Chicoutimi.

For media outlets unable to attend, the press conference will be broadcast on You Tube via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/UbisoftMtl .

http://montreal.ubisoft.com/en/ubisoft-announcement/

I didn't want to make a thread until i saw that it will be live streamed. It is really interesting announcement and i am really curious to see what they will announce.

 

[Hero]

Announcement of getting bought?

 

[sense]

Vivendi is coming

 

[Killer Queen]

Vivendi is coming

Vivendi is here*

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Uh oh.

 

[AAMARMO]

Vivendi buyout.

 

[Guymelef]

Vivendi finally!!!

 

[FelipeMGM]

Doesnt seem to be about Ubisoft as a whole but something related to their efforts in Quebec

Ubisoft invites the media to a press conference during which the company will announce the details of its most important growth plan in Quebec in 20 years.

its probably an expansion

settle down guys

 

[Platy]

OBIVOUSLY is the long awaited announcement of Ubi Art as an engine for indie devs like Ancel once dreamed

 

[BlackBuzzard]

All hail our Vivendi overlords!

 

[Acquiescence]

If Vivendi is Ubisoft's biggest announcement then that's rather telling.

 

[Strike]

Ah shit. Hostile takeover?

 

[Vinc]

If it happens in Chicoutimi, it's likely that they're opening a branch there. This is framed as related to Quebec, therefore QUITE unlikely to be Vivendi related. Like I said, Chicoutimi is quite far from where Ubi QC and MTL are, it's a small city in Quebec.

 

[Vena]

I doubt Vivendi would be announcing their buyout in this fashion.

 

[HandsomeCharles]

Say goodbye to BG&E!

 

[bananafactory]

Doesnt seem to be about Ubisoft as a whole but something related to their efforts in Quebec

Could be someone stepping in to protect them from Vivendi?

 

[Ushojax]

Splinter Cell is back.

Spoiler

Vivendi is coming

 

[Nirolak]

I'm guessing they're getting another giant tax break to start yet another studio in Quebec so they can have 20,000 employees at Ubisoft instead of 12,000.

 

[Huge Succeeded]

OBIVOUSLY is the long awaited announcement of Ubi Art as an engine for indie devs like Ancel once dreamed

I certainly hope so

 

[ODDI]

Takeover time!

 

[Maxinas]

Ubisoft now a 1st party developer for Nintendo!

 

[paragonpro]

Yes vivendi! I hope they manage to succesfully kill off all their unsafe and creative products! Dont want those soiling our industry!

 

[JeffZero]

I read it as the announcement taking place in front of the Minister of France and got all wide-eyed and slack-jawed for a second.

 

[Brazil]

Sounds like the Canadian Ubisoft studios will branch out.

 

[Soulflarz]

I also thought vivedi, lmao

 

[Plesiades]

Ubisoft 2.

Finally.

 

[aBarreras]

god damn, you sure are giddy about this company losing its independence

 

[Vinc]

I'm guessing they're getting another giant tax break to start yet another studio in Quebec so they can have 20,000 employees at Ubisoft instead of 12,000.

I'm guessing it'll be a support studio or something related to Mocap, as Chicoutimi has a population of around 65,000 people. It's also quite far from city centers!

 

[Guymelef]

Say goodbye to BG&E!

I wish.
More time for WiLD.

 

[JeffZero]

Ubisoft 2.

Finally.

No, this is a mid-gen refresh. Ubisoft One X.

 

[wetalo]

It's happening in Chicoutimi? That's like, kinda middle-of-nowhere-ish.I would have thought Montreal or Quebec City.

 

[dex3108]

Yeah mods probably should put NOT VIVENDI RELATED in title i really think that it is not about Vivendi situation (maybe it is but not directly related). But it is really interesting that they are doing it this way.

 

[Dreamcast2]

Vivendi is coming

If they make Canada the official home of Ubisoft, they may be able to avoid Vivendi taking control.

 

[jet1911]

The idea of Yves Guillemot going to Chicoutimi is pretty funny to me. If they open a studio in Chicoutimi it'll be even funier!

 

[Syf]

Interesting for the minister of finance to be there.

 

[Reveirg]

If Jean Tremblay is there, probably means Ubisoft Chicoutimi or Ubisoft Saguenay is coming.

 

[8bit]

They're building a tower.

 

[arts&crafts]

Beyond Good and Evil 3!

 

[faridmon]

Yes vivendi! I hope they manage to succesfully kill off all their unsafe and creative products! Dont want those soiling our industry!

How ironic considering your avatar

 

[Skulldead]

Interesting for the minister of finance to be there.

Hoo did they decide to renew tax-credit subvention ?

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Sounds like the Canadian Ubisoft studios will branch out.

Probably some huge expansion.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Is it a new Quebec studio for Ubisoft?

 

[Tarextherex]

Damn how the first 6 posts in a row are shitposts that don't have anything to do with the news

This is just Ubisoft from QUEBEC CITY announcing something, probably an expansion. The biggest studio in Canada is the Montreal one. Vivendi is a french company. No, Ubisoft getting bought wouldn't make them better at all

GAF hivemind can be really pathetic, after people wonder why gamers are jokes. You wouldn't even see those shit comments/misinpretations on freaking Facebook news comments

 

[FelipeMGM]

they deleted the tweet

Maybe its because people were mistakenly relating this to Vivendi?

 

[Vinc]

Damn how the first 6 posts in a row are shitposts that don't have anything to do with the news

This is just Ubisoft from QUEBEC CITY announcing something, probably an expansion. The biggest studio in Canada is the Montreal one. Vivendi is a french company. No, Ubisoft getting bought wouldn't make them better at all

GAF hivemind can be really pathetic, after people wonder why gamers are jokes. You wouldn't even see those shit comments/misinpretations on freaking Facebook news comments

Doesn't look like it's Ubi QC City announcing something in particular, it looks like it's Ubisoft as a whole announcing an expansion in the province of Quebec, basically in Chicoutimi. My bet is a dedicated Mocap studio.

 

[RichiRamjag]

god damn, you sure are giddy about this company losing its independence

Yeah, it's really odd. I assume they're joking hopefully.

 

[Sponge]

If its Vivendi, Nintendo needs to pick up the Mario x Rabbids team because you know the talent is just gonna start pouring out of this studio.

 

[EvB]

Have they captured all the towers in Canada?

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

OBIVOUSLY is the long awaited announcement of Ubi Art as an engine for indie devs like Ancel once dreamed

Please yes.

 

[sense]

Damn how the first 6 posts in a row are shitposts that don't have anything to do with the news

This is just Ubisoft from QUEBEC CITY announcing something, probably an expansion. The biggest studio in Canada is the Montreal one. Vivendi is a french company. No, Ubisoft getting bought wouldn't make them better at all

GAF hivemind can be really pathetic, after people wonder why gamers are jokes. You wouldn't even see those shit comments/misinpretations on freaking Facebook news comments

Christ. Relax dude. It is just a running joke and there really isn't a whole lot to talk about about the announcement as nothing is hinted. Agreed it probably has nothing to do with vivendi buyout as they wouldn't really be hyping up something like that especially when they don't want to be taken over.