Popular video game publishing and developing giant Ubisoft has announced that it will be expanding its base in India with a new studio in Mumbai. Basic groundwork on the Mumbai studio has begun and it will be situated in Hiranandani Business Park in Powai, and should up and ready to function by June this year. Ubisoft already has a studio in Pune which has been working on games like Just Dance and Far Cry for about 10 years now. With the new studio, the company plans to expands its workforce by 100 people within the first two years and help work on many AAA title.
The new studio will plug into Ubisoft’s cross-studio collaboration approach, in which Ubisoft studios from across the globe work together on AAA game development and live operations, with each studio providing distinct contributions based on their areas of expertise. Ubisoft’s game development ecosystem. Ubisoft Mumbai will help support the company’s global production needs, bolster local expertise and create additional opportunities for local talents. For now the senior management from the Pune studio will be moving to the Mumbai studio and act as the core team.
“This year marks the tenth anniversary of Ubisoft’s presence in India. Our commitment to India is now strengthened by the new expansions in Mumbai. Mumbai being one of the biggest cities in the world, the opening of a new studio here will allow us to reach out to both national and international talents. By opening up to this wide high-potential talent pool, I’m confident Mumbai studio will help us attract more creative profiles and expand the diversity of our internal creative force.” said Christine Burgess-Quémard, Executive Director of Ubisoft’s worldwide studios. “I am proud to see how our production presence is growing, and strongly believe that it is by investing and expanding our knowledge and expertise internally that we will be able to keep delivering the high quality entertainment experiences of the future.”
Ubisoft Mumbai will report directly to Jean-Philippe Pieuchot, Managing Director at Ubisoft Pune. The Ubisoft Mumbai team will work closely with Ubisoft Pune, collaborating on the development of Ubisoft’s AAA console games. Several senior team members from Pune will also join the new studio in Mumbai to build the local core team and help new recruits to ramp up quickly. Mumbai being one of the biggest cities in the world, the studio will be able to tap into a new national and international talent pool. The studio is looking to recruit up to 100 talents within two years with a focus on hiring programmers and artists. Ubisoft Mumbai will also collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai by becoming clients of IIT-B Research Park Foundation to work on research topics with a focus mainly on Machine Learning & AI and Intuit Lab for Game Art, both schools known to train the brightest talents from India. The new studio is scheduled to open this year in June.
“I’m very excited to see our presence growing in the country. Opening a studio in one of the world’s biggest and most dynamic cities will open the doors to a new pool of talents.” said Jean-Philippe Pieuchot. “Our ambition is to contribute towards the development of the Indian video game ecosystem by partnering closely with top schools and institutions.”
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