from gameinformer.com:

Ubisoft announced it’s expanding its studio operations to Vancouver, Canada through the acquisition of video game developer Action Pants Inc. This marks the first in-house development studio Ubisoft will have on the North American West Coast.

“We have been looking closely at Vancouver for some time, as we wished to set up a presence in what is one of the industry’s biggest talent pools,” said Christine Burgess-Quemard, executive director of worldwide production studios at Ubisoft. “The creative talent at Action Pants made the decision an easy one, and we are delighted to both establish ourselves in the region as well as welcome a fantastic group of experienced developers who can start exchanging with our other teams worldwide.”

Ubisoft is most known for its huge franchises in Prince of Persia, Rayman and Tom Clancy war games, among others. We applaud any studio acquisition you make Ubisoft, so long as it leads to more quality titles. Keep up the good work.

as crappy as the economy is right now, and with a ton of places closing period, its cool to see someone actually expand the company instead of axe part of it.

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