{"id":4035,"date":"2018-04-07T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sisleridm.com\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2018-04-07T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T13:52:11","slug":"video-game-giant-ubisoft-open-office-winnipeg-global-tv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/2018\/04\/07\/video-game-giant-ubisoft-open-office-winnipeg-global-tv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game giant Ubisoft to open office in Winnipeg &#8211; Global TV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/4129273\/\" width=\"670\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ubisoft\/\">Ubisoft<\/a>\u00a0Entertainment, one of the world\u2019s largest interactive entertainment publishers, is coming to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-txt\">\nIf you\u2019re not familiar with their work, they\u2019re the production company behind such massively successful titles as Far Cry and Assassin\u2019s Creed.<br \/>\nThey announced their plans to invest $35 million in Winnipeg during a ceremony Friday morning.<br \/>\nBut the company\u2019s announcement isn\u2019t just big for the city\u2019s budding tech industry.<br \/>\nUbisoft says they\u2019re committed to hiring Manitobans to keep the jobs local, which could mean good things for students like aspiring game-designer Carlos Miguel Aquino.<br \/>\nAquino was on site Friday and said he\u2019d love to one day take Ubisoft up on their offer to hire young Winnipeggers.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d Aquino said. \u201cHearing that Ubisoft is opening up 100 jobs, that gives me an incentive to come back to Manitoba [after post-secondary schooling] and work here.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-txt\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHonestly, [this makes me] want to go home now, turn on my computer, drink five cups of coffee and then code until the dawn breaks.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-txt\">\nAs of now there are no plans for the location of new Winnipeg offices, but Ubisoft plans to be up and running with some new employees by the fall.<br \/>\nBlaine Pedersen, Manitoba\u2019s Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister said the the province looks forward to working with Ubisoft to grow our tech talent pool.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-txt\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis private capital investment in Manitoba will create new jobs and opportunities for students and graduates in the interactive digital media, information and communications technology fields,\u201d Pedersen said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft\u00a0Entertainment, one of the world\u2019s largest interactive entertainment publishers, is coming to Winnipeg. 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