Tax breaks? Low cost of living? Fresh-made croissants?

I’ve been hearing a lot over the past few days about Montreal as a hub for game development, and now you get to hear about it, too! Did you know that there are seventy teams of developers working in the Montreal area? Did you know that Quebec’s government supports the local game industry through serious tax breaks? Can you tell I’ve spent too much time with Invest Quebec?

In all seriousness, Montreal seems like a cool place to be a video game developer. I for one never realized what a community they have up there (Wow, I really am an Alliance Numericq ad). Even if you’re just a high school kid looking at colleges, hoping to some day break into game design, maybe you should think Montreal. Ubisoft Campus is in its second year, and both EA Montreal and Ubisoft Montreal said they’re looking for fresh grads, plus they hire 80% local.

Or, if you’re not in Montreal, they’re still perks for being Canadian–like the just-announced Great Canadian Game Competition. Of course, there’s always that proud-to-be-from-Canada inspiration people keep talking about; that’s new IP right there. When was the last time you played a game about syrup? Innovation, I say, innovation.