Ubisoft Vancouver shut down
Ubisoft has closed its Vancouver development studio. The team was primarily responsible for developing sports games for the French publisher.
Ubisoft has closed its Vancouver development studio. The team was primarily responsible for developing sports games for the French publisher. Its portfolio included games like Pure Futbol, Academy of Champions: Soccer, and MotionSports Adrenaline.
None of these titles have taken off, and many have been critically bashed. Pure Futbol, for example, currently holds a 38 average score on Metacritic. MotionSports received a 41.
"Unfortunately, we haven't found the right formula for success for the talented team there," a Ubisoft representative told Game Informer. "We thank our Vancouver team for their hard work and the projects that they have delivered. Team members will have the opportunity to consider positions in other Ubisoft studios and we will work with each of them to help find the best next step, whether it be within Ubisoft or outside."
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Ubisoft has closed its Vancouver development studio. The team was primarily responsible for developing sports games for the French publisher.-
Why do I have the suspicion that "We haven't found the right formula for success" translates to "no tax breaks comparable to Quebec"?
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No way, a publisher would never fuck over tons of employees just for a tax break
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Pssh, perish the thought!
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Ubisoft developing sports games is news to me.
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such a shame.
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Didn't even know that this studio existed.
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Basically Ubisoft has some early success with the Wii, invested heavily in games for it, and it didn't pan out.
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Really? Wow. Ok there is that but I wonder if Just Dance makes up for all the other failed wii games Ubisoft put out?
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vancouver has a pretty decent game industry there so it'd be hard for ubisoft to get the best talent. especially with EA Canada there, who might be a bit more prestigious than ubi
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EA Canada's not making the NBA games anymore; that got shifted to EA Tiburon (or at least that's what EA's statement said when they canned NBA Elite 11 in late 2010).
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Since Shacknews didn't seem to get my message to them, Ill post it here. I think it's important that we as consumers know what's going on, and the hoops we have to just through to use a product that we've purchased.
Apparently with Ubisoft, hardware changes to your computer count as a an activation. i.e.- all you do is change out your graphics card. Here's the link: http://guru3d.com/news/why-guru3d-probably-never-will-review-ubisoft-titles-anymore/ -
That tax incentive can only last so long I presume.
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