Ubisoft Montreal

Ubisoft Montreal () is a Canadian video game developer owned by French publisher Ubisoft.

Ubisoft's North American studio is located in Montreal, Quebec. Founded as a subsidiary of Ubisoft in 1997, initially developing low-profile projects, the studio is now one of the largest in the world, with over 1,700 employees in December 2008, and is responsible for developing, among others, games in the Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed series, as well as those in the Tom Clancy franchise.

History

The studio was opened in 1997, with government funding. Ubisoft also cited Quebec's extensive French-speaking population and close proximity to English-speaking North America as reasons for opening a studio there. Martin Tremblay joined the studio as executive vice president in 1999, but was promoted to chief operating officer a year later.

The history of Ubisoft Montreal goes back to the early 1990s. At that time, the manufacturing and textiles industries in Montreal were quickly disappearing, and therefore the political party in power at the time- the Parti Quebecois (PQ) had no choice but to find new sources of job creation. At the same time, the PQ wanted Montreal to become a multimedia hub, since multimedia was considered a growing industry at the time due to the rise in the number of people who owned computers, the rise of the internet, and the technology available at the time. Politically, the PQ had no choice...
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