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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Fusionopolis, One-north, |
Key people | Jean-Francois Vallee (managing director) |
Number of employees | 350 (2018) |
| Parent | Ubisoft |
| Website | www |
Ubisoft Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean video game developer and studio of Ubisoft based at Fusionopolis in One-north, Singapore. The studio was founded in 2008 and has contributed to the majority of Assassin's Creed games. It also led the development of the 2024 title Skull and Bones .
Ubisoft Singapore is a development studio based in Singapore that was established in 2008 by French video game company Ubisoft. [1] The studio was founded by a small team who were working at the company's Paris headquarters. [1] They had a goal to effort to initiate a game-production network in Southeast Asia. [1] The studio is located at Fusionopolis, a research and development complex in the one-north district. [1]
Singapore's openness to international business, the availability of staff trained in software development, and the popularity of the emerging free-to-play and mobile game markets in Asia were key factors in Ubisoft's decision to open a studio in the country. [1] The studio works closely with DigiPen's international campus in Singapore on a program to foster local talent for video game development. [2] Ubisoft Singapore operates with multiple teams working on different projects simultaneously. [1]
In 2017, the studio was still headed by its initial leadership team and had grown to over 300 employees. [1] Former members of studio established other Ubisoft operations in Asia, including Ubisoft Philippines and Ubisoft Chengdu. [1] As of July 2018, the studio employs 350 people led by Hugues Ricour, who serves as managing director for Ubisoft Singapore and sister studio Ubisoft Philippines. [3]
Ubisoft Singapore was one of several studios (such as Ubisoft Toronto) that were included in the larger reports of sexual harassment and discrimination within the whole of Ubisoft starting in 2020; Ricour stepped down as managing director as part of Ubisoft's internal reviews from these allegations but remained with the studio in November 2020. [4] He was succeeded by Darryl Long. [5] Following a July 2021 report from Kotaku regarding sexual harassment and workplace discrimination within the studio, [6] Singapore's Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) began its own investigation into the studio in August 2021. [7]
Ubisoft announced on 1 June 2023 that Darryl Long would become managing director of its Toronto office. [8] Jean-Francois Vallee then took over the role on 1 January 2024. [9]
Ubisoft Singapore's first project was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled (2009), a remake of an existing arcade game. [1] After the success of 2007's Assassin's Creed , Ubisoft began devoting more resources to its 2009 sequel with the intention of elevating Assassin's Creed to be the company's flagship series. [1] This created an opportunity for Ubisoft Singapore to contribute to Assassin's Creed 2's development by producing assets and designing the game's linear challenges. [1] Several members of staff who worked on the first Assassin's Creed game moved to the Singapore to provide the team with some experience. [1] As Ubisoft Singapore continued working on the series, they were granted with more responsibility, which led them to take charge of more distinctive parts of the games, including the naval combat in 2012's Assassin's Creed III . [1] The studio has worked on every Assassin's Creed title since the second game, including major contributions to Unity (2014), Syndicate (2015), and Origins (2017). [1]
The studio's softography also includes Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms , a free-to-play, microtransaction-supported tactical shooter that launched in 2012 but was closed down 2016. [1] The studio led development on the naval warfare game Skull and Bones . [1]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | [1] |
| Assassin's Creed II | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One | [1] | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360 | [2] |
| 2011 | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One | [1] |
| 2012 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | [ citation needed ] |
| Assassin's Creed III | PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360 | [1] | |
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360 | [1] |
| 2014 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms | Windows | [1] |
| Assassin's Creed Unity | PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | [1] | |
| Assassin's Creed Rogue | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One | [1] | |
| 2015 | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | [1] |
| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins | [1] | |
| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | [ citation needed ] |
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia | [10] |
| 2024 | Skull and Bones | PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S | [1] |
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Massive Entertainment AB is a Swedish video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Malmö. The company has been fully owned by Ubisoft since 2008. The studio is known for Tom Clancy's The Division, The Division 2, Ground Control, and World in Conflict.
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Assassin's Creed II is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montréal and published by Ubisoft. It is the second major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the sequel to 2007's Assassin's Creed. The game was first released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and was later made available on Microsoft Windows in March 2010 and OS X in October 2010. Remastered versions of the game and its two sequels, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations, were released as part of The Ezio Collection compilation for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 15, 2016, and for the Nintendo Switch on February 17, 2022.
Assassin's Creed is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice Désilets, Jade Raymond, and Corey May, the Assassin's Creed video game series depicts a fictional millennia-old struggle between the Order of Assassins, who fight for peace and free will, and the Knights Templar, who desire peace through order and control. The series features historical fiction, science fiction, and fictional characters intertwined with real-world historical events and historical figures. In most games, players control a historical Assassin while also playing as an Assassin Initiate or someone caught in the Assassin–Templar conflict in the present-day framing story. Considered a spiritual successor to the Prince of Persia series, Assassin's Creed took inspiration from the novel Alamut by the Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol, based on the historical Hashashin sect of the medieval Middle East.
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Clint Hocking is a Canadian video game designer and director. He has primarily worked at the Canadian divisions of Ubisoft, where he developed three titles, and briefly worked at LucasArts, Valve, and Amazon Game Studios.
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 23, 2015, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on November 19, 2015, for Windows. It is the ninth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the successor to 2014's Assassin's Creed Unity.
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the twelfth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the successor to 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Principally set in the years 872–878 AD, the game recounts a fictional story during the Viking expansions into the British Isles. Players control Eivor Varinsdottir, a Viking raider who, while attempting to establish a new Viking clan in England, becomes embroiled in the centuries-old conflict between the Assassin Brotherhood, who fight for peace and liberty, and the Templar Order, who desire peace through control. The game also includes a framing story, set in the 21st century, which follows Layla Hassan, an Assassin who relives Eivor's memories so as to find a way to save the Earth from destruction.
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