Gearbox etablishes new studio in Quebec City

Gearbox Software, the studio behind Borderlands, is looking for new staff for the new found studio in Quebec City, Canada. They are searching for a long list of people on the studio's official website, but then again there is a lot of talent around the area. It will be interesting what kind of games the new team wants to create there. Gearbox Software is based in Dallas, Texas.

"We are fortunate that there is a lot of demand on us to deliver our brand of interactive entertainment within the powerful franchises we have at Gearbox Software and the challenge for us is growing to meet this demand," said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software. "As part of our strategy we have already successfully built an expanded all-new headquarters in Frisco, Texas. We now look ahead to another key and exciting step which is our commitment towards our all-new Gearbox Studio Quebec where we strive to team up with some incredible talent in the world of video game development outside of Texas to help us build fun and exciting video games within our tent-pole brands."

The studio will now be built up and will grow to "AAA size" in 2016 as they work on their inaugural title.

The press release also noted the two veterans leading the new studio:

"Sebastien Caisse, Ph.D., will act as Co-Studio Head and Director of Operations. Sebastien has acted as business development director at Quebecor Media as well as business development manager and writer at Squeeze Animation. In those positions, he has worked with Sony, Microsoft, and CBS among others.

Pierre-Andre Dery will be Co-Studio Head and Studio Creative Director. Previously Art Director at Activision, where he worked on Skylanders and The Amazing Spider-Man, he has also worked on the visual development of more than 30 console titles at Volta, notably contributing to Farcry, Deus Ex and World of Warcraft."