The city of Montreal can add another gaming studio to its ranks, as THQ has announced plans for its biggest studio yet: THQ Montreal. The new development house will focus on "creating core games for THQ" and assisting with titles developed by the company's other studios worldwide. THQ Montreal is expected to create some 400 new jobs in the Quebec province, with THQ's Paradigm Entertainment head, Dave Gatchel, overseeing operations when the studio opens in mid-2010.
THQ VP Steve DeCosta says it's not just the tax breaks that make Montreal such an appealing place to set up shop, but also the talent pool in the region -- sentiments shared by neighboring Ontario minister Sandra Pupatello.
Their portfolio isn't really stellar as far as internally developed games are concerned but they do control the excellent Company of Heroes (courtesy of Relic) and they have exclusive rights to the Warhammer 4K universe (Dawn of War II was also developed by Relic).
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while I'm at it, http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/montreal_careers_en/
I'd email it to him but I'm not even sure he has one.
Hes on gmail, I sent it to him.
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