New Ubisoft Studio In Singapore

Ubisoft sends along word that they will open a new internal development studio - their 18th, no less - over in Singapore. That's one step closer to Japan, so... ganbatte, Ubi-kun! The local technological infrastructure, thriving game-dev industry and friendly government were among the factors that favoured this decision, and I suspect so were other local delights (good food, hot chicks... again, not quite Japanese, but hopefully they'll get there, too).

The new Singapore studio will be located in Fusionopolis, "a state-of-the-art infocomms & media hub that is still under construction", and it should open for business early this summer. By the time it reaches its peak (years from now), the new team should become 300-people strong, under the training of an initial core team of Ubi veterans.

The boss? Olivier de Rotalier, currently the Director of Cost Control for Ubi's International Production studios. The goal? To develop titles for portable and home consoles.