{"id":492804,"date":"2026-02-22T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492804\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:03:07","slug":"tencent-shutters-timi-montreal-eurogamer-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492804\/","title":{"rendered":"Tencent shutters TiMi Montreal | Eurogamer.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/tencent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tencent<\/a> has shuttered another western studio: TiMi Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>TiMi \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fired-assassins-creed-creative-director-now-at-tencent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which was headed up by former Assassin&#8217;s Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail<\/a> after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-creative-director-ashraf-ismail-fired-from-ubisoft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">let go from Ubisoft<\/a> amid a flurry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/three-more-top-ubisoft-executives-resign-as-publisher-renews-commitment-to-fostering-an-environment-its-employees-can-be-proud-of\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high-profile departures<\/a> in 2020 \u2013 seemingly closed on Friday, 20th February.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/tencent-timi-montreal-closed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game File<\/a> \u2013 which says sources had warned that a &#8220;shutdown was imminent&#8221; \u2013 a senior gameplay programmer wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/fernandezluzuriaga_today-timi-montreal-is-officially-closing-share-7430638121156784128-RAMk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> that though the team &#8220;had been aware this was coming for some time, it doesn&#8217;t make the reality any easier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A senior designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7430638121714659328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7430638121714659328%2C7430644929057415169%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430644929057415169%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7430638121714659328%29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a>: &#8220;This team was exceptional not just in talent, but also in camaraderie. It\u2019s one of those experiences that sticks with you for a very long time, and I feel privileged to have been part of it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The five-year-old studio had been committed to creating &#8220;AAA open-world multi-platform games&#8221; but was chiefly working on titles it had inherited from Jade Studio, TiMi&#8217;s name before 2020, and mobile spin-offs, including Pok\u00e9mon Unite and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Call of Duty: Mobile<\/a> (which is different from the mobile Warzone game that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-will-shut-down\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shutting down in April<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/timistudiogroup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> profile, TiMi Group in its entirety employs between 5000 and 10,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier version of this story inadverently classed TiMi as a NetEase studio, not Tencent. We&#8217;ve now updated the story &#8211; apologies for any confusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tencent has shuttered another western studio: TiMi Montr\u00e9al. 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