Ubisoft continues to unfurl its ambitious expansion plans in South America with the acquisition of Southlogic Studios, an independent developer based in Brazil. According to
Edge Online, the studio and its 20-strong staff will be integrated into Ubisoft's
Sao Paulo studio, which was opened in 2008 and became responsible for the third appearance of the word "studio" in this article. Fourth if you count that last one.
Of course, all this information serves only to stall the real query in the minds of Southlogic fans: Will
Imagine: Wedding Designer get a sequel? Well, we just don't know. Keep hope alive!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rocko @ Jan 20th 2009 5:44PM
I've said it once and I'll say it again: god I love that picture.
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 20th 2009 5:57PM
I hate it because bloody rabbits are a bunch of spotlight-whoring franchise-rapists.
Other than that, it's pretty cool tho.
Moptimus Slime (Leader of the Ryan Scott Defense Force, A Wurr? My Burr) @ Jan 20th 2009 6:27PM
Say what you will about the Rabbids, but you simply cant argue with results....or extreme cuteness.
Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 20th 2009 10:20PM
I'm just glad they didn't make the rabbit into a creepy baby-doctor. That part of the movie always freaks me out
raindogtoo23 @ Jan 21st 2009 11:16AM
I just love that someone spoofed the poster of one of my favorite (and most under appreciated) movies of all time: Brazil.
Of course my first reaction (before scrolling all the way down the pic) was that someone was making a game based on Brazil; which after watching the other night seems like a prequel to Fallout 3.
A Brazil game could be great, but probably wouldn't. If they make a game out of any Gilliam movies they should do 12 Monkeys or Fear & Loathing.
Ashkental @ Jan 20th 2009 5:58PM
As a Beeing living in Brazil AND in São Paulo, i can say this is REALLY, REALLY great news for our industry that is so small the only things we have here are imported games for the price of 230+ Reais, that's the equivalent of 98 Dollars... Just for the record mirror's edge is 299 reais, that's about 126 and some Cents in Dollars...
What do you guys think about it?
Currently i'm a Game Design student in a 4 Year Graduation Course here... the plan is going to Canada, Vancouver Film School of thx :D
BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Jan 20th 2009 5:59PM
BR?
Ashkental @ Jan 20th 2009 6:00PM
Claro :D
BR @ Jan 21st 2009 7:09AM
BR?
Gibe monies or i repot you
HUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUA
Courtney @ Jan 20th 2009 6:41PM
Best picture of the week, hands down.
blindfromthesun @ Jan 20th 2009 6:56PM
Perhaps Ubisoft Brazil will work on making games for the Zeebo gaming system...Just a thought
BlaqueBeird @ Jan 20th 2009 7:12PM
Snatch and Brazilian in the same sentence? Ludwig, you sly boots.
Samael @ Jan 21st 2009 9:59PM
OMG, that Brazil movie melted my mind. Twice.
Joe Alanis @ Jan 20th 2009 9:41PM
I find amazing how the industry is getting a lot of support in Latin America.
We have a Developing Studio in Mexico and we found a great deal of support from a lot of places. YABT, MASHAV, TIC Americas, Global TIC, Nat'l and Int'l Universities and many others have supported the industry in my home town, even with federal funding.
It is rapidly growing.
Jesse @ Jan 21st 2009 8:02AM
I suppose I'll eventually have to actually see that movie.
Rafael Arbulu @ Jan 21st 2009 8:29AM
I interviewed Bertrand Chaverot (I'm the editor-inc-chief of MSN Games Brazil and Preview Editor of EGM Brazil), the big boss of the brazilian studio. He said that development isn't on their plans...yet. However, with Zeebo on the road and Microsoft planning (and delaying) to bring Xbox Live to our "Tupiniquim" land, I think there's hope at the end of this tunnel.
As pointed by Ashkental, a game title here is reeeeally overpriced, making us rely on import, which doesn't really save that much money, but it's a start. The minimal wage here is somewhere around R$ 480,00 (that's "quatrocentos e oitenta reais"), which would be...err...US$ 203,80 when transforming things in dollar.
But as I said, I think that is an about-to-change reality: not only with Microsoft and UbiSoft, but Activision opened a studio here in the past few days too. I was there, talking to John Dillulo about it. And, the most remarkable thing: Sony came to Brazil - they will start producing PlayStation 2 here. That could sound lame, but know this: PS3 is in the "For Riches and Bitches" category, being too expensive to be massively bought. PS2 still is king here, so Sony made a good move bringing a last-gen console to our lands. This could be a start to something better in the near future.