14 DAY TRIAL // Ubisoft may have two studios in Quebec, but Ubisoft Montreal is far better known than the other one. Still, the second studio won't let the big shadow cast by Ubisoft M. cloud their growth and are planning a brand-new game. The product is presented by the company as a ground-breaking game in need of talented developers. Job listing dug up by Web Superannuation reveal the studio to be looking for "a senior core team to work on an upcoming new AAA title."
Superannuation found three jobs as listed in dire need to be filled that would help with the development of a multiplatform game. Hints found in the ads suggest that it will be a brand-new, standalone title for the Xbox 360 and for Nintendo's Wii and a possible spin-off of an existing IP on one of the two consoles, or even both.
The game is paraded as a “whole new game experience," but Ubisoft has nothing to comment, closing the subject with a cold, discussion-ending "We don't have any further information for the public other than what's listed in the posting." But things can be uncovered without help, and it's most likely that the game will be developed for the motion sensing controllers. First, the Tokyo Game Show revealed that Microsoft and Ubisoft are collaborating on a currently under development title that makes use of 360's motion-sensing technology. Second and also third, to put them together, Ubisoft Quebec not only already has experience with motion-sensing based games, like Cranium Kabookii, but a game in active development might see a release date next year, somewhere around that of Microsoft's Project Natal.
The other job listings are for a Technical Animator, required for "a brand new epic combat game" for the Wii and an art director. For this last position, the company is "looking for an Artistic Director to help us develop a AAA game on a reputed Ubisoft brand on the Wii." Whether the game will really be that good or they're just letting their excitement get the better of them remains to be seen.