Ubisoft announced it will open a new studio in the Philippines. The new branch will focus on collaboration and development of its upcoming AAA console games.

The new studio, Ubisoft Philippines, will be the second production house for the company located in Southeast Asia. Ubisoft Singapore was the company’s first studio in that region when it opened in 2008. The Philippines-based studio will open in the second quarter of 2016, with a goal to hire up to 50 employees in its first year.

Ubisoft has big plans for its studios in Southeast Asia. Speaking to IGN, the company pointed out that its Singapore team started small team and grew to over 300 employees as of 2015. The Singapore-based team has also made major contributions to the Assassin’s Creed series, most notably pioneering the naval gameplay of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Ubisoft Singapore is currently the lead studio on an unannounced project for console and PC.

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The company hopes to achieve a similar success story with its new studio. Ubisoft intends to grow the team to 200 people in five years and begin co-development of upcoming AAA games. Ubisoft Philippines will be located on the campus of De La Salle University in Santa Rosa Laguna. It will be managed by a five year veteran from the Singapore team, named Chip Go.

Jose Otero is an Editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat . You can follow him on Twitter