Ubisoft to invest $500m in Splinter Cell studio

Publisher 'attempting to replicate Montreal success'

Ubisoft plans to invest $500m USD into its growing Toronto studio, in an attempt to replicate the success of its successful Montreal office.

The studio, founded in 2009 and headed by ex-Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond, is about to announce its first "triple-A" game.

Right now it has around 210 programmers and designers, but it intends to expand the team to more than 800 over the next ten years, reports Gamasutra.

The Ontario government is also backing the studio's development, with $263 million CAD ($266 million) promised over the course of ten years.

Ubisoft Toronto has a mandate to create Ubisoft's next big IP in the future, but boss Jade Raymond recently confirmed to CVG the studio's"100% focussed" on its new Splinter Cell game.