Thread: Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, .... UBISOFT!?

Ubisoft Expand and Move Into CGI Films

Ubisoft today announced a significant expansion of its operations in Quebec, Canada. The company is looking to boost the number of team members in the province from 1,600 to 3,000 over the next six years, exceeding previous objectives by an additional 1,000 jobs.

Where will all this new talent be used? There are two main objectives. Firstly, the company is looking to create 500 new videogame related positions by 2013, and secondly, Ubisoft will create a new production centre that will focus on CGI cinema content. The new studio will produce short films based on games in Ubisoft's portfolio, including an eight minute Assassin's Creed short. The CGI studio should have 500 staff members by 2013.

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so now we are going to have prince of persia - the animated series????

and i saw the trailer for assasin's creed. what say you.i thought it was splendid.

sweet! CGI films imo is the future to motion pictures.

God I hope not, that would suck. I don't mind cgi films but theres a feeling you get from live actors and hand drawn animation you just don't get from cgi.

This will fail, as their movies will not play on cinemas that lack pixel shader 3.0 or something to that extent.

yay~! more jobs for the modellers, texture artists and animators. so iti is pretty good news~

Interesting. I think they could pull this off. I'm curious as to who their target audience would be and what movies they would make..

Originally Posted by AKofC

This will fail, as their movies will not play on cinemas that lack pixel shader 3.0 or something to that extent.

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XD
I wonder how many people will actually get this.

As long as they have okay writers, I can't stand movies that are nothing but eye candy,

you mean like the first final fantasy movie? that was crap >_>
hope that doesnt happen again, i hate movies like happy feet and over the hedge...