THQ in Montreal

THQ is opening a huge studio in Montreal. That link is the news story that tried to distill the information in this interview with Danny Bilson. The reasoning for a new studio in Montreal is pretty straight-forward: lots of talent locally, and (more importantly) a huge tax incentive for the studio. Game companies are having to spend enormous wads of cash on games now to get gamers to play them, and a 37.5% tax break is a HUGE incentive. Business go where they can do the work they do the cheapest, and Bilson encourages States here south of Canada to do more to entice companies to make bases in their cities. I’ll leave the eco-political remainder of that idea alone.

Maintenance time

Well, it was that time again, to do my semi-annual purging and addition to my blog-roll. I waved goodbye to some blogs, mostly because I finally accepted that they just weren’t coming back. I usually use my “post a month” rule, but these last ones, I had given a grace period, in large part because I liked them so much.

On the bright side, I did put two new, and one returned blogger back up there.

Hadrune’s Ammo Dump is a relatively new blogger to the scene, and has been all over the field so far in terms of topics. From renown analysis to dissection of the new armor sets.

Jestor’s Playhouse is a player from my home server who has decided to take his thoughts to the public at large.

Hypothetical WAR is a blog that had been on my roll at one point, but came off for some reason. I’m glad to have them back though, as their site is full of amazing pictures and art accompanied by gobs of information about the lore of Warhammer.