Ubisoft Opens Two New AAA Studios

Bordeaux will become the fifth French team, while Berlin makes three German offices for the publisher.

By Evan Campbell

Ubisoft is opening up two new studios in Europe: one in Bordeaux, France, with the other in Berlin.

Both will assist on AAA games for the publisher. Ubisoft Bordeaux, for instance, will work on franchises like Just Dance, Steep and Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The newly found studio in France will report to Xavier Poix, who's managing director of Ubisoft's French companies.

Ubisoft Bordeaux will become the fifth French studio for the company. Ubisoft Paris was the first internal team and is currently celebrating 25 years in operation.

Meanwhile, Ubisoft Berlin will assist on an unannounced project with the Blue Byte teams, which are known for strategy games like The Settlers and Anno 2205.

The new studio in Berlin will report to Benedikt Grindel, who serves as studio manager for Ubisoft Blue Byte.

In the first year of both new studios, Ubisoft plans to bring on 100 additional employees. Last year, the publisher opened up Ubisoft Philippines.

Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix, streams games on his Twitch channel, and chats about movies and TV serieson Twitter.

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