Company Also Acquires Rights To South Park: The Stick Of Truth<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Sydney, Australia<\/b> \u2013 January 24, 2013<\/b> \u2013 \u00a0Ubisoft has announced the acquisition of THQ Montreal as well as the publishing rights for the upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth<\/i> video game, being developed externally by Obsidian.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis deal adds experienced developers to our internal creative teams at a key moment in the cycle of the video game industry,\u201d said Yannis Mallat, president of Ubisoft Montreal.<\/p>\n
THQ Montreal<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to the team at THQ Montreal, Ubisoft also acquired a new, yet-to-be announced IP in development at the studio.\u00a0 THQ Montreal will join Ubisoft\u2019s development teams, already the second-largest in-house development staff in the world with 26 studios in 19 countries and more than 6,250 people dedicated to video game production.<\/p>\n South Park: The Stick of Truth <\/span><\/p>\n South Park: The Stick of Truth<\/i> is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas<\/i>, and is scheduled for release in calendar 2013.<\/p>\n This acquisition has no material impact on Ubisoft\u2019s current fiscal year (2012\/13).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Company Also Acquires Rights To South Park: The Stick Of Truth\u00a0 Sydney, Australia \u2013 January 24, 2013 \u2013 \u00a0Ubisoft has announced the acquisition of THQ Montreal as well as the publishing rights for the upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth video game, being developed externally by Obsidian. \u201cThis deal adds experienced developers to our<\/p>\n