Ubisoft Montreal News
Police one with a handgun drawn stand at the entrance to the ubisoft building in montreal friday nov.
Ubisoft montreal news. Police officers in combat gear as well as armored vehicles and ambulances surrounded the red brick building in montreals mile end neighborhood north of downtown. A police situation is still underway. Police sources say that the situation at the montreal ubisoft building looks like a hoax.
According to a report from journal de montreal police had not been able to confirm the situation as of publication but officers are now reportedly on the. The studio has been responsible for some of publisher ubisofts biggest video. After an apparent hoax 911 call police cleared the ubisoft building.
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Ubisoft montreal was said to be the scene of a hostage situation in the early afternoon of friday nov. Another ubisoft employee told ctv news station in canada that employees at the office were instructed via a company memo to hide in an area that locks and to keep quiet. 13 2020 838 pm utc updated nov.
Reports of a hostage situation unfolding in the ubisoft montreal office are spreading through social media and local news outlets with dozens of people reportedly within the building. Montreal police have confirmed that the 911 call reporting a hostage situation and which prompted the response seen below was a hoax according to cbc news. According to the cbc and other local media a major police operation is underway at the headquarters of ubisoft montreal.
The entire ubisoft community in montreal in quebec and around the world is overwhelmed by the events we experienced today and above all relieved. Cbc news posted.