Topic: Ubisoft is Recruiting in Montreal

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Ubisoft's success encourages them to hire new blood.

Ubisoft's Montreal Studios looking to attract BC talent to Quebec Montreal Challenges Vancouver as Canada's Video Gaming Capital  

MONTREAL, April 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Fresh from winning 9 Academy of Interactive Arts and Science awards and 2 Game Developers Choice Awards, Ubisoft's Montreal Studios are opening their doors to new talent and launching a national recruitment campaign.

The company is looking to hire over 200 game creators in the upcoming months and hoping to reach into Vancouver's massive talent pool.

    First on the radar: BC talent

    "Vancouver's talent pool is one of the deepest in the world," stated Martin Tremblay, President and COO, Ubisoft's Montreal Studios. "The gaming community here has been active for a long time and the 3D schools in the area are developing some of the top talents in the gaming world. Ubisoft is definitely looking to interest some of this talent in coming to Montreal."

 Ubisoft will be in Vancouver to launch this hiring campaign, participating in the monthly International Game Developer Association's (IGDA) meeting. Yannis Mallat, producer of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time, will make a presentation about the process of putting together an award winning game.The event will take place at the Vancouver Film School, in the Interactive Media Theatre (420 Homer St), on Thursday April 22nd at 7:30 pm.

    Montreal's on the map

    An up-and-coming hi-tech hub, Montreal has been labeled as one of the world's top four videogaming centers by Wired Magazine (December 2003 edition). The studio, which employs over 700 creative talents, is responsible for the development and launch of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time - which was named Console Game of 2003 by the AIAS in March-, Tom Clancy's       Rainbow Six 3, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and many other successful games. The Montreal studio, presently the company's largest development facility, is now working on more AAA titles and on projects to be launched on third-generation consoles.

[Matrix]

Heh. They were at my school (AI-Burnaby) yesterday, crashing EA's owns recruitment drive. Made my day.

I'd like to work for Ubisoft when I'm done with my education. Montreal is so low on art talent, that getting a job their is a good start for someone like me trying to break into the industry...

I'll be at VFS tomorrow on the PoP presentation. Free beer! Should be awesome! I'll tell you guys about it.  

[WuTangTurtle]

sweet man, what school r u going to?  I am currently in Art Institute of Phoenix, a lot of the instructors are from Rainbow Studios, man i wish i had some other game studio instructing at my school, but at least they are in the industry instead of some guy who can't get a job in the industry.

Hey does anyone know if the U.S.A has good game development studios?  and where? and how well does the U.S.A compare to Canada's game developers?

[Matrix]

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Hey does anyone know if the U.S.A has good game development studios? and where? and how well does the U.S.A compare to Canada's game developers?

Are you joking? I'm surprised someone who wants to go into games even asked that.

[Doerr]

Canada would have the 2nd best development studios ater Japan I say. But I'm Canadian so I may be bias.