Ubisoft is adding two new studios to its roster of development teams, with offices in Mumbai, India and Odesa, Ukraine being established.

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The Odesa studio will open in addition to the already established Kiev Ubisoft studio, managed by Kiev studio manager Adrian Serbanescu. The Odesa office joins the seven other studios working on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon The Mumbai team will report to the managing director of the Pune, India studio, Jean-Philippe Pieuchot. The two studios are set to work closely together on the development of AAA console games and development of Ubisoft's live services. Pune's previous work includes the South Park: The Fractured But Whole Nintendo Switch port , as well as the upcoming Far Cry 3 remaster included as part of Far Cry 5's season pass.Some of Pune's team members will move over to the Mumbai studio to help build the team, which Ubisoft aims to see grow to 100 team members in the next two years. The Mumbai studio will open in June, and also partner with the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai & Intuit Lab."I am proud to see how our production presence is growing, and strongly believe that it is by investing and expanding our knowledge and expertise internally that we will be able to keep delivering the high quality entertainment experiences of the future," Christine Burgess-Quémard, Executive Director of Ubisoft’s worldwide studios, said in a statement accompanying the announcement.Ubisoft recently expanded its studio portfolio with the acquisition of Brawlhalla developer Blue Mammoth Games The focus on expanding live services and games using them falls in line with similar Ubisoft moves, including the decision to focus on Assassin's Creed: Origins rather than a new game . Last year, Ubisoft also announced Ubisoft Sageunay, a studio intended to focus on online services

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