Ubisoft to open studio in Abu Dhabi

[Bad Mofo]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/26/ub...-to-abu-dhabi/

will open a studio in Abu Dhabi by year's end, making it the first major video game company with a presence in the region. Expected to open in December, with a core team of Ubi veterans heading up initial training, the studio will also contribute to the "twofour54 gaming academy."

The twofour54 is the "Media Zone Authority" in Abu Dhabi, an initiative by the Abu Dhabi government to create an Arabic media and entertainment hub for the Middle East and North Africa. The gaming academy is a new, full-time game development academy run by the authority. The studio is expected to create 100 new jobs over the next 5 years.

This makes an actual career in making video games a little more real for Pakistanis. What's their first project going to be?

[mohammadasim101]

this is pretty good new man, hope so Pakistani and Mideast talent show new ideas of gaming.

[Shahzal]

Why not in Dubai? They are stupid, abu dhabi is like a lesser famous place then dubai and the shit goes down in Dubai so yeah.

[Pseudonym]

Good news for Middle East devs to-be I guess. Bad news for gamers, I have a bad felling this might end up being the new Ubisoft Shanghai.

[cobby]

oh cool , now Indians will dominate there , sorry for pakistanis but dubai is full of Indians these days and they are better than us in terms of Graphic stuff .

But kuch na hone se kuch behtar hai , some pakistanis might get into it

[JAYZZY]

Inshallah will be visiting their at the end of this year

but 100 jobs in next 5 years dont look appealing at all

[Pakiyoungster]

oh cool , now Indians will dominate there , sorry for pakistanis but dubai is full of Indians these days

verrrrrrrrry true, i have experienced this thing practically in u.a.e

[Shyber]

Buss aik Pakistani pahonch jaye wahan

[Chandoo]

This makes an actual career in making video games a little more real for Pakistanis. What's their first project going to be?

modeling visible underwear for all female characters.

[Syavash]

oh cool , now Indians will dominate there , sorry for pakistanis but dubai is full of Indians these days and they are better than us in terms of Graphic stuff .

But kuch na hone se kuch behtar hai , some pakistanis might get into it

The best men should get the job so that WE get the best possible games, who cares about how many indians and pakis they employ.