Currently, Square Enix?s workforce in Canada totals around 700 employees. As such, the country houses Square Enix?s most massive workforce outside of Japan. Interestingly, the publisher intends to expand its Canadian personnel even further by adding more than 100 new positions. These jobs will be filled at Eidos-Montréal, the studio behind the Deus Ex prequels, and Square Enix Montréal, the team better known for developing games in Square Enix?s mobile GO series.
The publisher announced news of its Canadian expansion in a recent press release, also revealing the expansion of the Eidos-Montréal offices. Eidos-Montréal?s 55,000 square feet facility will grow by an additional 10,000 square feet. Square Enix aims to supply the studio with a host of new technologies, too. The new tech includes studios for full performance motion capture and photogrammetry, a mixing and voice recording studio, and a user research laboratory. Square Enix Montréal is set to receive its fair share of renovations, as well. According to Square Enix?s press release, the studio?s size will more than double as 2019 continues on. For now, specifics of just what the expansion entails remain under wraps.
Following the release of 2018?s Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Eidos-Montréal has had a team busy with post-launch content. In addition, the studio?s been working in conjunction with Crystal Dynamics on Square Enix?s mysterious Avengers Project. What else, if anything, the Eidos-Montréal may have...