Ubisoft Quebec
Ubisoft Quebec was announced on 11 April 2005, and was effectively opened 2 June 2005. In June 2008, Ubisoft Quebec ramped up its computer-generated imagery business to work on movies in conjunction with Guillemot. The unit was closed down again with the foundation of Ubisoft Motion Pictures in May 2011. On 3 November 2011, Ubisoft acquired a Quebec City-based development division of Longtail Studios, of which 48 employees were merged into Ubisoft Quebec, while 6–7, including the division's manager, departed.
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Related Designs Software GmbH was located in Mainz, Germany. The company was established by Thomas Pottkämper, Burkhard Ratheise, Thomas Stein and Jens Vielhaben in 1995, then based in Pottkämper's parents' house in Mainz' Nackenheim district. On 11 April 2007, Ubisoft acquired a 30% stake in Related Designs, alongside the rights to the Related Designs-developed "Anno" series. In May 2008, they had 50 employees. On 11 April 2013, Ubisoft acquired the remaining 70% and took total control over Related Designs. From that point on, the company would develop projects in tandem with another German Ubisoft studio, Blue Byte. Related Designs was merged into Blue Byte on 18 June 2014, becoming Blue Byte's first external studio.