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Ubisoft Singapore is a development studio based in Singapore that was established in 2008 by French video game company Ubisoft. The studio was founded by a small team who were working at the company's Paris headquarters. They had a goal to initiate a game-production network in Southeast Asia. The studio is located at Fusionopolis, a research and development complex in the one-north district.
Singapore's openness to international business, the availability of staff trained in software development, and the popularity of the emerging free-to-play and mobile game markets in Asia were key factors in Ubisoft's decision to open a studio in the country. The studio works closely with DigiPen's international campus in Singapore on a program to foster local talent for video game development. Ubisoft Singapore operates with multiple teams working on different projects simultaneously.
In 2017, the studio was still headed by its initial leadership team and had grown to over 300 employees. Former members of studio established other Ubisoft operations in Asia, including Ubisoft Philippines and Ubisoft Chengdu. As of July 2018, the studio employs 350 people led by Hugues Ricour, who serves as managing director for Ubisoft Singapore and sister studio Ubisoft Philippines.
Ubisoft Singapore was one of several studios (such as Ubisoft Toronto) that were included in the larger reports of sexual harassment and discrimination within the whole of Ubisoft starting in 2020; Ricour stepped down as managing director as part of Ubisoft's internal reviews from these allegations but remained with the studio in November 2020. He was succeeded by Darryl Long. Following a July 2021 report from Kotaku regarding sexual harassment and workplace discrimination within the studio, Singapore's Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) began its own investigation into the studio in August 2021.
Ubisoft announced on 1 June 2023 that Darryl Long would become managing director of its Toronto office. Jean-Francois Vallee then took over the role on 1 January 2024.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ubisoft Singapore, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4