Ubisoft Becomes First Major Publisher to Open Studio in Middle East

[Cat of Doom]

First there was Ubisoft Montreal. Now, witness the greatness that is Ubisoft Bomb Crater

I have never heard of a bomb attack in Abu Dhabi, but hey, its a Muslim City in the middle east, therefore there must be bomb attacks on a bi-weekly basis.

Of all Abu Dhabi and the UAE's problems, bomb attacks are not one of them.

 

[ckam]

Abu Dhabis not really foreign, its about as western as you can get....without being in the west....but in the east.....near the middle......I know what I mean.

But still, a step forward none-the-less.

I think Japan wins on the being-the-most-West-while-retaining-somewhat-East-traits, but yeah, they're still quite Western.

 

[Micalas]

First there was Ubisoft Montreal. Now, witness the greatness that is Ubisoft Bomb Crater

I have never heard of a bomb attack in Abu Dhabi, but hey, its a Muslim City in the middle east, therefore there must be bomb attacks on a bi-weekly basis.

Of all Abu Dhabi and the UAE's problems, bomb attacks are not one of them.

Sir, I'm going to have to ask that you don't logic my jokes.

I know they don't really have too many of those problems. My friend's father runs a huge library there for New York State. He and his girlfriend came back in one piece

 

[Cat of Doom]

First there was Ubisoft Montreal. Now, witness the greatness that is Ubisoft Bomb Crater

I have never heard of a bomb attack in Abu Dhabi, but hey, its a Muslim City in the middle east, therefore there must be bomb attacks on a bi-weekly basis.

Of all Abu Dhabi and the UAE's problems, bomb attacks are not one of them.

Sir, I'm going to have to ask that you don't logic my jokes.

I know they don't really have too many of those problems. My friend's father runs a huge library there for New York State. He and his girlfriend came back in one piece

HeHe... dont logic my joke, I like that term, i'm going to have to start using it.

 

[octafish]

Why not Mumbai? Yes it isn't the Middle East. As others have said, from my visits to the oil states (Bahrain), I can't imagine Ubisoft employing many actual Arabs in its studio. I would have thought the Indian Subcontinent would have been a natural place for studio expansion. How awesome would a brawler with Indian cinema overtones be?

 

[FlameAx]

Bit of info here, There are ALOT of gamers in the middle east, im a kuwaiti and every cybercafe is filled with people playing LoL wow counterstrike tf2 and alot more competetive games , we've also got huge rpg fans here especially japanese rpgs like final fantasy and that kind of stuff, but most arabic gamers play games instead of making videos about them so i can see why people would think there are vert few gamers here.

 

[duchaked]

As-Salamu Alaykum Ubisoft, but they are REALLY going out of their way validate the disclaimer at the beginning of Assassin's Creed.

LOL verily

Ubisoft sure is stretching to every corner of the world! next stop...the Moon!

 

[Arif_Sohaib]

One thing some of you may not know is, if you look at the credits of some of the best games ever made, a lot of the talent is of Middle Eastern origin.
For example, try looking at the credits for Prince of Persia The Two Thrones or GTA 4 or Bastion.