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Clint Hocking Launches Build Machine Games, Begins Canada-Only Hiring

The launch points to a veteran shifting from blockbuster franchises to a small team focused on social themes.

Ubisoft's Clint Hocking introduces "Watch Dogs Legion," June 10, 2019 at the Ubisoft E3 press conference in Los Angeles. The new title is set in a post-Brexit dystopian surveillance state. The E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center June 11-13. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Clint Hocking announced Build Machine Games on LinkedIn and opened Canada-only roles for a programmer and an artist.
  • The studio says it will make "emotionally resonant, socially relevant" games that challenge players' perspectives, empathy, reasoning, and reflexes.
  • LinkedIn lists the company at two to ten employees, and Hocking has not named his collaborators.
  • Hocking left Ubisoft in February after serving as creative director on Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe.
  • Ubisoft said Hexe remains in development with a seasoned team following his departure.