Funcom Brings The Fun To Montreal
Incentive programs, an excellent talent pool and that famous Canadian hospitality has MMO developer Funcom setting up a new development house in Montreal.
Funcom’s new Canadian headquarters will be put to use immediately, with skilled teams being formed to work on both Age of Conan and the upcoming MMO The Secret World, which the company will be showing off at PAX 09 this weekend. The Montreal location further extends Funcom’s global presence, joining previously established offices in Norway, China, the US and Switzerland.
Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas sings the praises of our neighbours to the North.
“Montréal has established itself as one of the world’s most important locations for video game production, and we are looking forward to taking part in that success. In addition to strengthening our North American presence, the new studio will take advantage of the great incentive programs offered by the Québec region, incentives that makes Montréal one of the most cost effective locations in the world for developing MMO games. This will in turn allow us to better balance our costs, making it possible for us to continue to expand our investments into the MMO segment.”
We may kid our Canadian brethren from time to time, but one thing’s for sure: they sure know how to woo game developers.
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@Kyolux is in your base killing your dudes: hu hu!
gerrycomo
@gerrycomo: Ça t'empêche pas d'avoir de l'air d'un colon de sacrer comme ça. ;)
@slimky: j'lavais oublié c'te passe des Colocs... (^_^)
gerrycomo
@NextGenPlayer: Ça l'air qu'on est toué deux les seuls représentants de la Belle Province (qui commence à faire frette pis ça fait chier en sacrament, au moins on peut sacrer tant qu'on veut, y vont même pas nous modder hu hu)
gerrycomo
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"MMO developer Funcom"
AHEM???
MPgmr
Est-ce qu'il y a d'autre personne de Montréal ici?
@gerrycomo: alors appliques chez funcom champion
@TalKeaton: Yeah Montreal has the MIGS and it's kinda great. The E3 show is the American show, TGS being the japanese one and Gamescom is the european one. The gaing industry doesn't really need more than these one IMO. It already cost enough in publicity and this money isn't put in development (read "were it really does a difference").
slimky
@gerrycomo: Pis si jamais tu m'donnes une job,
Tu me r'verras à l'église,
À g'noux devant l'curé,
Bonyeu laisse-moé pas tomber.
Seriously, good luck :)
slimky
@Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: Woods? Check. Make-up? Check. Gaunlets? Check. shredding?(sort of) Check. Witchdude and Vampireguy? Check.
murderface_
@Coleman811: Correction! Damn french Canadian's and their poutine!
And before anyone asks, I am one.
I'll apply has QA :D Might finally find a job
Yushiamo
J'ai besoin d'une job steady... P't'ête chez Funcom?
gerrycomo
@excel_excel: I don't know what ye are talking aboot eh.
@Koztah: Well it did when I said it on here once!!
@notquitedeadyet:
I'm from MN. I have +75% resistance to lutefisk. We also have Vikings. I'm calling it. MN is immune to nordic takeover!
nice! a bit of my home here in Montreal!
Well, there's MIGS, but that's on the developer's side of things, not the game enthusiast's.
@murderface_:
@excel_excel: It doesn't drive us nuts. Depending on your accent, we either roll our eyes, sigh and think "Another newfie" or "Another tourist". Then we give you wrong directions.
Koztah
Now, I'm hoping they can have a serious gaming convention on the E3, TGS and some of the European ones level in Montreal. Seriously, North Eastern America (the continent) severely lacks of these events.
hey, don't knock the poutine!
@Coleman811: Hey, don't mix us up with France French.. we're totally different people.
@revolverx I dislike you too! (imagine an heart shape in text, because for some reason I can't get it through in here.)
@revolverx: Do we ever... damn french and their baguettes
I feel sorry for them, having to deal with the french.
(It's okay, I'm Canadian, the french dislike the english and vice versa)
revolverx
@Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: Canada seems a natural choice! Like America, except it snows a lot. Oh oh, when your invading there make sure and end your setences with 'eh.' it drives them nuts.
By the way, I'm just joking. Don't kill me Canadians. He said they are invading. Not me! Were still cool.
@Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible:
let's just hope they don't force everyone to eat lutefisk D:
notquitedeadyet
@Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: Fine. But you have to leave the black metal at home.
murderface_
Yeah! Norway taking over the world one country at the time. Naturally Canada's first.
WORLD DOMINION!!
I also forgot they have offices in China, Switzerland and the US.
The Vikings are coming. Lutefisk and FÃ¥rikal for everyone!
Secret World definitely looks interesting. Here's hoping they can pull off something really remarkable with it.
Hospitable? Montreal? Quebec? Ha ha.. ha.
Rozzlit