If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to make games at a big Canadian developer, you’re in luck.
Ubisoft Toronto is kicking off its 15th anniversary celebrations this year with a big involvement in Doors Open Toronto, the annual event that sees all kinds of culturally significant venues in the city holding free events for the public. Ubisoft Toronto is best known for developing the likes of Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Watch Dogs Legion and Far Cry 6, as well as playing a key role in the production of games like Star Wars Outlaws (on which it spearheaded the narrative).
On May 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ubisoft Toronto will hold a special exhibition that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of popular games like Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed. The Doors Open event will allow the public to tour the 12,000 sq. ft. Ubisoft Toronto studio at 224 Wallace Avenue, including its massive performance capture studio. (This studio, alongside a sister one at Ubisoft Montreal, is responsible for the bulk of the performance capture across the entire Ubisoft portfolio.)
The Ubisoft Toronto Doors Open event is free to attend and doesn’t require any registration. On either day, you can simply join the queue to enter, and it will be a self-guided tour from there on.
Given that the video game industry is notoriously secretive, a behind-the-scenes event like this one is especially noteworthy. It’s also a way to highlight one of Canada’s largest developers and show some of the impact of the country’s massive — but often overlooked — gaming industry.
Alongside the Doors Open event, Ubisoft Toronto is also taking part in the Mars Discovery District, North America’s largest urban innovation hub. On May 24, Navid Khavari, the studio’s narrative director (Star Wars Outlaws), will be on a panel called “Ready Player One” about Toronto’s video game industry at the Mars Discovery District Live Lounge on College Street. Joining him will be fellow local developers Brendan Lehman (artistic director, Hand Eye Society), Indigo Doyle (independent game creator, Rollergirl) and Bracy Appekumoh (writer and mixed media artist).
This panel is free to attend, but registration is required.
Source: Ubisoft Toronto
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