Ubisoft Quebec

Native name	Ubisoft Québec
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	27 June 2005; 20 years ago (2005-06-27)
Founders	Nicolas Rioux Andrée Cossette
Headquarters	Quebec City , Canada
Number of locations	2 offices (2019)
Number of employees	600[1] (2023)
Parent	Ubisoft
Website	quebec.ubisoft.com

Ubisoft Quebec (French:Ubisoft Québec) is a Canadianvideo game developer and a studio ofUbisoft based inQuebec City. The studio was established in June 2005 and is best known for its work on theAssassin's Creed franchise.

French video game publisherUbisoft announced its plans to open a development studio inQuebec City in April 2005.^[2][3] The studio, Ubisoft Quebec, was formally opened on 27 June 2005.^[4] Its founders were Nicolas Rioux and Andrée Cossette, of whom Rioux was appointed asgeneral manager.^[5][6] In June 2008, Ubisoft Quebec announced that it had established acomputer-generated imagery production arm that would work in conjunction with distributorGuillemot.^[7] The unit was closed down again with the foundation ofUbisoft Motion Pictures in May 2011.^[8]

Longtail Studios's Quebec City development studio was acquired by Ubisoft in March 2010 and merged into Ubisoft Quebec. Forty-eight employees were transferred to Ubisoft Quebec, while another 6–7, including the acquired studio's manager, departed.^[9] In June 2013, François Pelland was appointed as Ubisoft Quebec'sexecutive director of development.^[10][11] In September 2013, Ubisoft announced its intent to investCA$373 million in Ubisoft Quebec over seven years to create up to 500 jobs.^[12][13] A first investment ofCA$28 million in January 2014 opened 100 positions.^[14][15] Following onto anotherCA$4 million investment in July 2014, Ubisoft Quebec stated that it would move to new offices in theSaint-Roch neighbourhood of Quebec City and open another 100 positions.^[16]

When Rioux became "vice president of technology" for all of Ubisoft's Canadian studios in November 2017, Patrick Klaus was appointed Ubisoft Quebec'smanaging director, with Cossette as associate managing director.^[17] In December 2018, Mike Laidlaw joined the studio ascreative director, having previously stepped down from the same position atBioWare,^[18] before departing again in February 2020.^[19] The Saint-Roch location, known as UbiNord, was opened in April 2019.^[20] Cossette succeeded Klaus as managing director in November 2019, after Klaus had left the studio earlier that year.^[5][21] Cossette left Ubisoft Quebec in July 2020.^[22]

After developingexpansion packs forAssassin's Creed III andAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft Quebec became the first Ubisoft studio outsideUbisoft Montreal to lead the development of a mainlineAssassin's Creed game.^[23][24] The studio's firstAssassin's Creed game wasAssassin's Creed Syndicate, which was released in October 2015, and continued withAssassin's Creed Odyssey, released in October 2018.^[6][25]

The studio ventured into mobile game development, collaborating with Ubisoft Montreal onTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Mobile forAndroid andiOS, announced on April 5, 2022.^[26] The title is the adapted version for mobile devices ofTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, a successfultactical shooter game belonging to theTom Clancy's Rainbow Six series, which Ubisoft Montreal released in December 2015 forPC andconsoles.^[27]

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