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The studio was founded in 1997 and employs more than 120 developers. Massive ranks among the world’s top 50 development studios in Game Developer Research 2008. The studio is known for its expertise in the real-time strategy genre and the quality of its own innovative technologies.
Critically acclaimed World in Conflict won the “Best Strategy Game of E3 2007” award and was also named “Best Online Multiplayer Game 2007” by IGN and “Most Innovative Game of 2007” by GameSpot, among other honors.
“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Massive’s highly talented team into the Ubisoft family,” said Christine Burgess-Quemard, Ubisoft’s Executive Director of Worldwide Production Studios. “Ubisoft is growing at a rapid pace. Our strategy is to strengthen our creative teams around the world. It is widely known in the industry that Massive has assembled enormously creative developers. Their talent and innovative strength will allow them to integrate quickly and seamlessly into our worldwide network of Ubisoft studios.”
“The Massive development team places enormous importance on the freedom to create innovative, high-quality games,” noted Martin Walfisz, President and founder of Massive Entertainment. “We are happy to have found a publisher in Ubisoft that understands these values and this mindset. I have no doubt that our shared future will benefit from the synergies.”
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