Pursues its studio expansion in Asia

London, United Kingdom – 15 April 2008 – Today, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Gameloft to acquire its video game development studio based in Pune, India.

Established end of 2006, the studio has a team of 120 developers and testers who will initially focus on porting titles to handheld consoles and reinforcing Ubisoft’s testing teams. The goal is to become 200 developers strong in 12 months time and to reach a team of 500 in the coming years.

Known as the “Oxford of the East”, Pune’s extensive university system (one of the largest in Asia) sees 80 000 engineers graduate each year. This satellite city of Mumbai (Bombay) is part of the 2nd generation of India’s techno-poles, and is considered one of the most pleasant cities to live in the country.
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