| Aj_habfan said: Hey didn't know we had a Microsoft studio spawn up here in Vancouver, cool stuff. |
Microsoft actually has several studios in the greater Vancouver area, Microsoft Games Victoria, BigPark and Microsoft Studios Vancouver.
EA has it's biggest studio in Burnaby which empolys 3000+ people (mainly teasters and support staff) and the make most of the Sims games, and a bunch of sports titles and they also have black box there which makes Need for Speed games as well as Skate with another 350 devs.
Capcom has Capcom Game Studio Vancouver
THQ has Relic Entertainment
Take2 has Rockstar Vancouver
Ubisoft has Ubisoft Vancouver
And Activision has Radical Games
There are also a bunch of indipendent studios in the area http://www.gamedevmap.com/index.php?tool=location&query=Vancouver
Montreal is just as crowded with
BioWare Montreal, Electronic Arts Montreal, Electronic Arts Mobile Games
Eidos Montreal and the new Square Enix Montreal both of which have a staff of several hundred
Gameloft
Funcom
THQ Montreal
Ubisoft Montreal wich has a staff of over 2100
Warner Brother Games Montreal
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