Overview
- Employees posted on LinkedIn that TiMi Montréal had closed on Friday, following weeks of shutdown rumors reported by Game File.
- Reporters at Game File and Eurogamer corroborated the closure based on staff posts and sourcing.
- Tencent and TiMi representatives did not provide comment when contacted by journalists.
- Launched in July 2021 to build AAA open‑world, multi‑platform games, the studio operated without shipping a title.
- The team was led by former Assassin’s Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail, and reporting indicates work focused on inherited Jade Studio projects and mobile spin‑offs like Pokémon Unite and Call of Duty: Mobile.