The battle for the Canadian game development crown continues to wage on. While West Coast powerhouse Vancouver has long been seen as the National Champ when it comes to drawing in (and holding onto) both gaming developer talent and publisher interest (see our recent post), long-time contender from the east Montréal has certainly turned up the heat in recent years.
Supporting this trend, announcements regarding new Quebec-based expansions from both THQ and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) will see an increase of up to 700 new gaming industry jobs within the region by year's end.
Ubisoft has topped the list with 1,800 employees, more than tripling the second-place contender, Electronic Arts, with 500. In third came A2M (450), followed by Gameloft Canada (370) and EA Mobile (300). The complete list of Montreal's biggest, largest, grandest, greatest—whatever you wanna call 'em—companies in the gaming industry is right below.
The List: Ten biggest video game developers in the Montréal area in 2010.
There statistics are according to our findings. With some of our data going back to 2009, if you work for one of these gaming companies and can help us verify employee numbers, please comment on this post or contact us privately with an updated count.
Airborne Mobile is a leading creator, aggregator and distributor of mobile games and other entertainment for mobile devices. Via the... [more]
A2M is a Montreal based video game developer. [more]
Want to be part of the Next Generation of games development? EA is the leading developer for next gen games and looking for passionate gamers who... [more]
Ubisoft is a leading international developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products. [more]
Beenox is a video game developer created in 2000, in Quebec City, by Dee Brown. Today one of the most promising companies in its industry, Beenox... [more]
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has emerged as... [more]
Eidos-Montréal is the creation and unfolding of an exceptional enterprise. Our objective is to rapidly assert ourselves as a studio where the most... [more]
Funcom was founded in 1993 and has since then developed and published over 25 game titles across several gaming platforms. Most notable of these... [more]
Founded in Québec city in 2003 by Steve Couture, Philippe Bégin and Christian Daigle, Frima Studio has proved to be a successful journey for 3... [more]
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