Canada attracts THQ investment to build new studios for gaming industry tax cuts

(compiled/applies) according to overseas media, it is the Canadian government's policy of 37.5% tax cuts for the gaming industry that has made it a big, influential distributor like THQ.　　THQ announced this week that it will create a new studio in Montreal, Canada, where they will be the 13-year veteran producer, the "Assassin's Creed" series of creative director Patrice Désilets dug up and presided over the new studio construction and operation.　　THQ Executive director Danny Bilson in an interview that low tax policies can reduce risk for game developers and distributors, and have a better chance of developing high-quality game works. "This policy of the Canadian government has completely solved our worries, so that we can concentrate our energies on the highest level of competition." We can use the tax money saved to attract more talent to join, we do not need to think about east, just make great works.　　"Danny Bilson says the establishment of the THQ Montreal studio will provide 400 jobs in the region, and he praised Montreal as becoming the global gaming industry's development center. "The city is really good, with a large number of world-class studios and colleges and training institutions that nurture game talent," he said. "THQ is the world's first-class entertainment software developers, North America's third largest game maker and distributor, almost in the major animation, film and other entertainment products to see its figure, its development of the game software is mostly its animation, the same name of the film game."　　Before 1994, the company to produce family-oriented toys, and then transformed into a video game production-oriented game production distributors. Earlier, THQ's works mostly for some second-line unpopular sports games, the most famous like "The World of professional wrestling Entertainment" and "no difference in the Ultimate Fighting" series, in addition to the release of some animated games such as "SpongeBob" and so on.　　But this year THQ increased the development of the game industry, began to actively recruit well-known producers to join the industry, and opened up a number of mainstream game projects. Now THQ, in addition to the newly established Montreal work outside, there is also the temple of the Hero Hall of the work room, and they also seek to create a new studio in the UK. At present, THQ is developing the game includes "Red Faction" series of New Works, "Home Front" and "Demon Trio" and so on. (Edit/Ming)