Further cementing Montreal as a center for animation, gaming and creative media… one of the biggest players in the biz is throwing it hat in the Quebec ring…
clipped from www.montrealgazette.com
Warner Bros. coming to town
To open gaming studio: Company to receive $7.5-million grant, pledges to create 300 jobs by 2015
By JASON MAGDER, The Gazette
Warner Bros. said it was talent, not government incentives, that lured it to open a gaming studio in Montreal.
The multimedia giant announced yesterday it will set up shop somewhere in the city, with an investment it hasn’t disclosed – and pledged to create 300 jobs by 2015.
At a news conference yesterday afternoon, Premier Jean Charest said he was pleased Montreal was able to beat out other cities in a heated competition for the establishment of the new studio.
With the credibility of Warner Bros., this confirms the position of Quebec as one of the major world capitals in the gaming industry,” Charest said. ctd…
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