Ubisoft Plugs Into Toronto...
Click images to enlarge... France-based videogame maker Ubisoft Entertainment SA, with a studio in Montreal, is now set to open a Toronto studio later this year, reportedly creating 800 jobs over 10 years, according to the Ontario Liberal government. Ontario will invest $263 million over 10 years in the company, with Ubisoft expected to invest over half a billion. Meanwhile, according to reports from Big Game Hunter , the Montreal studio of Ubisoft continues collaborating with Canadian film director James "Aliens" Cameron on a new game crafted as an extension of his upcoming tent-pole feature "Avatar." "Ubisoft didn't want to just put something flashy on the screen," said Cameron. They wanted a soul behind the videogame... The world of the 'Avatar' game is, in some ways, considerably richer than what you are going to see in the film." "We are learning from the best," said Yannis Mallet, head of Ubisoft's Montreal studio. &