Gearbox Software announced a new studio in Quebec City yesterday. The new team’s goal is “enhancing Gearbox Software’s mission to entertain the world.” The website lists several positions it’s seeking to fill as it works on its first AAA title. Some of the talent the studio is looking for includes a Senior Producer, a Narrative Director, a UX Director, and several artist positions. Sebastien Caisse, who previously worked as a business development director at Qubecor Media, and Pierre-Andre Dery, who worked at Activision as an Art Director on titles like Skylanders, will serve as the Studio Heads at the new location.
President of Gearbox Randy Pitchford said in a statement: “We are fortunate that there is a lot of demand on us to deliver our brand of interactive entertainment within the powerful franchises we have at Gearbox Software and the challenge for us is growing to meet this demand.” Pitchford mentioned the company’s successful expansion to the headquarters in Frisco, Texas, then continued: “We now look ahead to another key and exciting step which is our commitment towards our all-new Gearbox Studio Quebec where we strive to team up with some incredible talent in the world of video game development outside of Texas to help us build fun and exciting video games within our tent-pole brands."
The Gearbox Quebec studio will soon start working on an unannounced AAA title. Pitchford's comments indicate that they will most likely be working on an entry into the Borderlands franchise. The company president said last year that the Texas studio was not working on Borderlands 3.
