Ubisoft Montreal
The establishment of Ubisoft Montreal is considered to have significant impact on Montreal. The Mile End area over the next several years transformed from a low-rent area to a commercial hub with new businesses, stores, restaurants and other attractions for the young workforce. For the city overall, Ubisoft Montreal was the first major video game studio and helped to establish its position as a creative city. Several other publishers, including Electronic Arts, Eidos Interactive, THQ and Warner Bros., established studios in Montreal following Ubisoft, with the Quebec and federal governments continuity to offer subsidiary programs to support high-tech job creation. In exchange, the studio has spent up to in the province of Quebec, and with their parent publisher, helped to open Ubisoft Quebec in Quebec City in 2005 and Ubisoft Saguenay in Saguenay in 2018 to help support Ubisoft Montreal's efforts, using similar tax incentives from the providence to help found these.
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Montreal continue to develop games in the "Tom Clancy's", "Prince of Persia", "Assassin's Creed", and "Far Cry" series, with various Ubisoft studios assisting at times. These series established Ubisoft Montreal's approach around open world games, a goal that Ubisoft wanted as the publisher prepared for the eighth generation of consoles, as well as detection to the authencitiy and historical accuracy of their products. To continue to expand its portfolio, Ubisoft Montreal subsequently developed the "Watch Dogs" series, with the first game released in 2014. "Watch Dogs" was developed as a modern, urban open world game, but to differentiate itself from "Grand Theft Auto", incorporated elements of hacking and surveillance.