Gaming studio closes after less than a year
The game design studio Avalanche is closing its Montreal studio after less than a year. This item enumerates other layoffs here in that industry.
What isn’t mentioned is whether the Quebec government subsidized any of these outfits for the prestige of building the province into a video gaming hotspot.
Update Tuesday about layoffs at Behaviour.
Nicholas 21:43 on 2024-06-03 Permalink
There’s a 37.5% refundable tax credit on labour expenses for the video game industry, so I’m going to say yes.
Ian 20:49 on 2024-06-04 Permalink
I love how the game industry created so many jobs but I hate how it contributed to kickstarting gentrification. In retrospect I don’t think it was a net positive for Montreal.