Overview
- Multiple outlets report the Montreal studio closed on Friday, with now-deleted employee posts saying staff had expected the shutdown for some time.
- Founded in 2021 to build an original AAA open-world, multi-platform game, the team never announced or shipped a project.
- The studio was linked to former Assassin’s Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail, whose LinkedIn still listed the role at the time of reporting.
- Details about the fate of in-development work or whether staff will be redeployed have not been disclosed.
- Coverage places the move within a broader pullback by Chinese publishers from Western AAA expansions, while TiMi Studio Group continues operating successful mobile titles like Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings.