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Canada to Give Ubisoft Grants
The Canadian and Quebecois governments have announced millions of dollars in grants and tax subsidies for the Montreal studio of French developer Ubisoft. Bloomberg has the news that these monies will be given to the studio over the course of several years. From the article: "Paris-based Ubisoft plans to hire programmers, game designers and computer animation specialists in the city over the next five years.."
Give us Canadians enough time and we will be able to say:
All your Development shop are belong to us.
A psychopath can't tell the difference between right and wrong. A sociopath knows the difference - he just doesn't care.
When can we expect our new version of Frogger, then?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Hey, that's 34M$ they're giving to a huge, foreign company
Well, as a Winnipegger.. Let me just say thank god we're not giving it to the Jets anymore. The only thing worse than spending 40M a year to fund a hockey team, is spending 40M a year to prop up a BAD hockey team.
You're welcome, Phoenix.. No refunds.
I wonder why they didn't feel free to give me grants. Ubisoft turns a profit -- they don't need them. I'm a poor student game (er, "art") developer.
Why separate when your doing well in Canada?! This would definitely quench the separatist spirit (with a few/dozen games for the record[s])! More games from Canada, sounds like a plan to me!