I doubt Vivendi would be announcing their buyout in this fashion.
Would be hilarious tho and sad at the same time.
I doubt Vivendi would be announcing their buyout in this fashion.
they deleted the tweet
Maybe its because people were mistakenly relating this to Vivendi?
Jesus. And they keep hiring at their Mtl studio too. How many employees do they have by now? 10.000? Tax breaks pretty much mandate this kind of growth, but it's impressive nevertheless.
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.
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.
This is the most logical reply so far.
The announcement happens in Chicoutimi, which is an urban subdivision of Saguenay, a city about 2 hours away from Quebec City. It is likely that they will be talking about some sort of branch expansion taking place there.
This is big for the city of Saguenay and expansions are more often than not good for companies so I'd say it's great for Ubisoft as a whole.
This is the most logical reply so far.
The announcement happens in Chicoutimi, which is an urban subdivision of Saguenay, a city about 2 hours away from Quebec City. It is likely that they will be talking about some sort of branch expansion taking place there.
This is big for the city of Saguenay and expansions are more often than not good for companies so I'd say it's great for Ubisoft as a whole.
The fact that Jean La-La Tremblay will be present at the conference is pretty much a giveaway.
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
Yep, though I don't see any indication that it's specifically the Quebec City studio making the announcement. It's a joint presser by Yves Guillemot and Yannis Mallat, who is heading the MTL, QC City, and Toronto studios.
Chicoutimi is a pretty small city, I would be surprised if it's anything more than a support studio, but it's really, really awesome to see this happen.
I'm increasingly convinced it might be government related
a) It's in Chicoutimi, a small town 5h away from Montréal
b) Jean là-là Tremblay, mayor of Saguenay, is gonna be there
Easy to conclude that they are expanding a new office and creating jobs in the Saguenay region, then. Good for them, I guess -- there's not that many big industries there except tourism and natural resources, so that should be good for economic growth. Though Chicoutimi does have a university. I wonder if they'll expand their IT program to have game dev stuff?
a) It's in Chicoutimi, a small town 5h away from Montréal
b) Jean là-là Tremblay, mayor of Saguenay, is gonna be there
Easy to conclude that they are expanding a new office and creating jobs in the Saguenay region, then. Good for them, I guess -- there's not that many big industries there except tourism and natural resources, so that should be good for economic growth. Though Chicoutimi does have a university. I wonder if they'll expand their IT program to have game dev stuff?
they deleted the tweet
Maybe its because people were mistakenly relating this to Vivendi?
Probably some huge expansion.
lol, why is that?They better not show Assasins' Creed Origin to Jean Tremblay haha.
Oh, cool, I didn't know that. That makes the choice of location quite sensible then.The university there has an exclusive Masters Degree related to videogames too.
Vivendi is either taking over, or Vivendi is being pushed away by Quebec investors.
I'm praying for the latter.
Ubisoft was just bought byvalve,
first project is half life 3.
So in about ten hours from now?
No, 4 hours.
It says 8:45. So, still 3 hours from now.so what is it?