Ubisoft announces new studio in Santa Rosa, Laguna

French multinational video game developing company, Ubisoft, known for games like Tom Clancy’s The Division, Far Cry Primal, and Assassin’s Creed, has announced the opening of their new studio in the Philippines located in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

Ubisoft Philippines is located at the De La Salle University campus in Santa Rosa, Laguna. It will hire up to 50 people in its first year, and will collaborate with other studios to develop AAA console games. It will also have close ties to Ubisoft Singapore with some of its founding team members coming to the Philippines to train new recruits.

“We have huge ambition for this team, who will play a part in creating some of Ubisoft’s biggest and most beloved games,” says Chip Go, Ubisoft Philippines’ new studio manager. “Ubisoft Philippines will be recruiting 50 new team members this year, from artists to programmers, designers to project managers, and we are very confident of our ability to build a strong team to take up these challenges.”

Ubisoft is currently recruiting and is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2016. Available positions will be listed at Ubisoft’s Careers page here.

source: Ubisoft