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OVERVIEW

1 – Presentation of Ubisoft

2 – History

3 – Studios

4 – Skills required and jobs

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1 – PRESENTATION OF UBISOFT

• French global video game publisher and developer

• Created in 1986 by five brothers Guillemot

• Yves Guillemot, is the chairman and CEO

• The company is :

The 3rd independent editor in Europe and United States

The 2nd largest amount of in-house development in the world

• Headquarters based in Montreuil

• With 7100 employees in production

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1 – PRESENTATION OF UBISOFT

Prince of Persia (1989)

Rayman (1995)

Ghost Recon (2001)

Far Cry (2004)

Les lapins crétins (2006)

Splinter Cell (2002)

Assassin’s Creed (2007)

Watch Dogs (2013)

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2 – HISTORY

• Founded by the Guillemot family as a computer game publisher in 1986

• At the end of the decade, Ubisoft began expanding to other markets

The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany

• In 1994, Ubisoft opened a studio in Montreuil, which became their headquarters

• Ubisoft became a publicly trader company in 1996 And continued to expand around the world

• In 2008, Ubisoft made the acquisition of Hybride Technologies A Montreal-based studio Which is specialized in the creation of visual effects for cinema and tv

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3 – STUDIOS

• The second largest amount of in-house development staff in the world

• With a worldwide presence with 26 studios in 19 countries :

Ubisoft Annecy Ubisoft Germany Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft Paris And more…

• A studio can make a game alone

• But they often work together on the big projects

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3 – STUDIOS

• The largest studio is Ubisoft Montreal

Founded in 1997

2300 employees

Worked on the biggest projects of Ubisoft

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4 – SKILLS REQUIRED AND JOBS

• There are a lot of different jobs in an Ubisoft Studio :

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4 – SKILLS REQUIRED AND JOBS

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SOURCES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft_Montreal

http://www.ubisphere.fr

https://www.ubisoftgroup.com/en-US/careers/index.aspx