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Company Profile
Square Enix Montreal
Website
www.square-enix-montreal.com/en/
About
Square Enix Montréal, part of the global Square Enix Group, was founded in 2011.
Ever since, they have focused their ambitions on developing and publishing entertaining, original, and engaging mobile games unlike any you’ve ever played before.
Back then, there were only 10 of them dreaming big for small screens.
Today, they are home to over 125 creative (and frankly really nice and amazingly talented) individuals who thrive in a small-team environment where taking ownership of your work is encouraged and everyone goes the extra mile to push themselves and their colleagues forward.
At Square Enix Montréal, they create moments of escape and connection by delivering quality mobile experiences based not only on beloved IPs but also on original and innovative concepts.
Articles featuring Square Enix Montreal
Retrospective
Deus Ex GO is dead. Here's what made the GO series so important
With the shuttering of title Deus Ex GO we take a look back at the GO series, Square Enix’s dip into the pool of premium mobile titles
Shuttering
Embracer to shut down Deus Ex GO, making it unplayable for existing owners
Onoma, formerly Square Enix Montreal, will be removing four games from stores on December 1 then shutting them down completely in January
A New Competitor?
IO Interactive signals interest in the mobile market
Excerpts of the annual report state that the company is eyeing a spot in the mobile market
Celebrating Success
Gameloft, Square Enix and Ludia Games to celebrate female leadership in virtual event
Next Lev’Elles 3 on April 1 2022
Remote Relationships
Virtual but not distant: Building strong relationships remotely
Square Enix Montréal producer Derrick Aynaga shares his top tips for remote management
Into Mobile
Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development
Mobile can seem like a step down in game dev, but the Square Enix Montréal team disagrees
Five Lessons
Patrick Naud: Five lessons the pandemic taught me about leadership
Square Enix Montréal's Patrick Naud discusses how the global situation altered his work life
Beautiful Games
Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens
PGbiz chats to the design team behind mobile titles Lara Croft GO and Hitman GO
Jobs
Square Enix is hiring over 100 new positions at its Montréal Studios
Square Enix Montréal and Eidos Montréal are scaling up as part of an international collaboration.
Go Baby Go
The life and death of Square Enix Montreal's Go franchise
Studio head Patrick Naud takes up from Hitman Go's inception all the way to why the IP is no more
Premium No Go
Square Enix Montreal no longer working on the Go series
Studio head says it's becoming increasingly difficult to make a game with a premium business model on mobile
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Square Enix Montreal on the evolution of Hitman Sniper
Senior producer Dominic Allaire discusses how the studio learned to use live ops to sustain a premium game
Hitting The Mark
Hitman Sniper racks up 10 million players
Players can play the game for free from March 28th to April 4th on Android and iOS
Premium Go
Square Enix Montreal’s approach to fixing the long-term challenge of premium on mobile
How the Canadian developer thinks about monetisation design in the GO series
Game Jam Go
Square Enix Montreal team takes week off for game jam
Inaugural Square Jam uses the theme 'exposed'
Harder Than It Looks
Square Enix Montreal's Patrick Naud on transitioning from triple-A console to mobile dev
New tricks
Springheeled
An athletic aesthetic: The making of Lara Croft GO
Antoine Routon takes us through the dev process