Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Montreal is a development studio for video games in Montreal, Canada. It was founded in 1997 and is part of the 100% Canadian subsidiary » Ubisoft Divertissement Inc. " the French Ubisoft Entertainment SA With over 1,600 employees Ubisoft Montreal one of the largest studios in the world. On Ubisoft Montreal 's Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia series go back.
History
The studio was opened in 1997 with government subsidies. Ubisoft announced the largely French-speaking population and the proximity to the English-speaking United States than with decisive reasons for the site. Martin Tremblay joined in 1999 as executive vice president added the company and a year later was appointed head of the segment operations (English Chief Operating Officer, COO short ) transported.
Initially, the studio developed especially games for children such as Donald Duck: Goin ' Quackers and those that were based on Playmobil toys. In 2000, the studio began work on the game Tom Clancy 's Splinter Cell. When the game was released in November 2002, it was praised by all sides. IGN called the game " the best titles on the Xbox this year " and predicted in a review that Ubisoft Montreal would be known through this game.
In 2005, the Government of Quebec Ubisoft 5 million Canadian dollars to expand. This amount was later increased to 19 million and plans were published, which provided additional employments in 1400 and 2013, which Ubisoft Montreal would make the world's largest development studio.
During his time as COO Martin Trembay was a staunch representative of the so-called non- compete clause that prohibits it after termination of employment to work for a competitor. This was in response to the opening of EA Montreal in March 2004 and an incident in which several EA Ubisoft Montreal employee hiring away. Ironically prevent exactly this clause Tremblay from accepting the position of President of Worldwide Studios for Vivendi Games, after he had left Ubisoft in 2006.
According to Tremblay's departure was Yannis Mallat, producer of Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia series, appointed CEO and took it the vacant role of COO.
Developed Games
- Tonic Trouble (1999) (PC, N64 )
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) ( Xbox, PC)
- Tom Clancy 's Rainbow Six 3 ( 2003) ( Xbox)
- Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003 ) (GC, PS2, Xbox)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003 ) (GC, PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Myst IV: Revelation (2004) (PC, Xbox)
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004 ) (GC, PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Far Cry: Instincts ( 2005) ( Xbox)
- Peter Jackson 's King Kong: The Official Movie Game (2005 ) (Xbox 360)
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005 ) (GC, PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005 ) (GC, PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Far Cry: Instincts - Evolution ( 2006) ( Xbox 360)
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006 ) (GC, PS2, Xbox, Wii)
- Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006 ) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Naruto: Rise Of A Ninja (2007 ) (Xbox 360)
- Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008 ) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Far Cry 2 (2008 ) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Shaun White Snowboarding (2008 ) (PC, PS3, PSP, DS, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Prince of Persia (2008 ) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Avatar (Nov. 2009) ( PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PSP)
- Tom Clancy 's Splinter Cell: Conviction (2010 ) (PC, Xbox 360)
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013 ) (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)