Ubisoft Leamington

Last week marked an incredible milestone, as our two studios, Ubisoft Leamington and Ubisoft Reflections, came together to celebrate Reflections’ 40th anniversary, and our annual Future Session in one amazing event! We had the pleasure of being joined by Yves Guillemot, our CEO, making this year even more special 🎉 This year’s theme, Inspiring Change, was explored through insightful talks from all of our speakers. Lisa Opie, Benedikt Grindel, Connor Crossland, and Ife Thomas shared their unique experiences on how the theme resonates with them, and the work they do day-to-day 💭 We also heard from some of our team members, Paul Dykes, Vicky Latham-Ross, Edgar Vilela Gadbem, Rubén Crispín De la Cruz, each sharing their take on this year’s theme. Their talks varied from personal change, to changes within their projects 💡 We wrapped up the day with the Team Player Awards, where we celebrated our team members and their incredible achievements over the past 12 months 🏆 👏 For the evening event, we headed over to the Tyneside Cinema to get on our dancing shoes. There were films, games on the big screens, karaoke, casino tables, DJ set, and of course, what’s a birthday party without cake? 🤩 We also got the chance to look at the newly installed mural, celebrating the legacy of Reflections over the past 40 years (take a sneak peak below!) A fun fuelled, action packed day for us! We already can’t wait for next year! #REF40 #FutureSession #LifeAtUbisoft

Let’s Play, Stuntman is now live! In this episode, Chris, Expert Generalist Programmer, revisits Stuntman after 22 years, recollecting stories from its development. Accompanied by Stuart, Associate Design Director, who remembers playing the game in his teen years. Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/egd8VbnN #Reflections40 #LetsPlay

Last Thursday, our studios took part in SpecialEffect's #OneBigGame, a 24-hour football match⚽ Not only did our team claim a 5-1 victory in their game, but Special Effect also surpassed their fundraising goal of £25,000 for the #OneSpecialDay campaign 🏆 🎉 A huge congratulations to everyone involved!

Lisa Opie, Managing Director of Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Leamington, has been announced as Newcastle University Business School’s 20th Visiting Professor of Innovation and Enterprise. A leading influential figure is appointed annually to inspire and motivate future entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ubisoft is one of the largest games developers and publishers in the world. 🎮 As part of her role as Visiting Professor of Innovation and Enterprise Lisa hopes to work with students to explore some of the challenges and opportunities the industry faces from generative AI, to in game monetisation. Lisa will give the annual Innovation and Enterprise Lecture on Tuesday 24 September at Newcastle University Business School, which is open to all. Read more in a Q&A with Lisa ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esuKKPRs

As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations, we asked our team to create posters to represent the last 4 decades of creativity and innovation at Reflections. Take a look at the artwork, and the people who made them! #Reflections40

We went rock climbing! 15 of our team members, all of different climbing skill levels, got together to experience a session of top rope belaying and indoor rock climbing. Some of us learnt new skills, while others overcame their fear of heights!

The first episode of our Let's Play series is now LIVE! In this series, get behind-the-scenes insights as our developers play and discuss some of our most loved games from our catalogue. Head over to our YouTube channel to watch Paul and Martin play Driv3r, and share stories from its development 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZJ_ZsHx #Reflections40

Seeking your next adventure? Explore this week's opportunities 👇 Our top picks of the week: 🔥Animation Director - Aaron Hooper 🔥Lead Audio Designer - Luke Murtagh 🔥Lead Engine Programmer - Craig Charsley Don't hesitate to reach out to our Talent Acquisition team, tagged above, or ask us a question in the comments! If you're in search of a different role, be sure to check out our careers page for all current openings 👉 https://lnkd.in/eE-27kKw #jobalert #werehiring #gamedevelopment

It's been 5 days and I'm still in recovery mode! Friday's Football Fives Tournament in Birmingham was an absolutely amazing day out and for a very special charity cause too, check out SpecialEffect if you don't know what they're all about! Ubisoft Leamington entered two teams this year and we both got through to the knock out stages before disappointing defeats 🤣 I had the pleasure of Captaining the Ubisoft B-Team who for the most part got dragged into the squad kicking and screaming in a scramble to find players but they really stepped up when it counted and can all be proud of themselves. I would like give extra special thanks to not only the Ubi teams but everyone who made it such a special day, we all left with a few bruises but deffo big smiles too. I even had the honor of presenting the Player of the Day award, I keep telling myself the only reason I did not win it was because Ubisoft sponsored the award and obviously nothing to do with my creaky knees and general performance............. I can't wait till next year! Luca Di Franco Dan Vargas Jeffrey Hannan Shahrzad Seyfafjehi Casey Kusella-Gussin Connor Hutchison Scott Smith Joshua Kiddie Osanne Gbayere Dale Walsh Brad Plokker Amelia Elizabeth Evershed Lucía Vázquez Vaquero #charity #football #gamedev #ubisoft #gamesjobs

Who would of thought it, that being in games has brought me back to football after all these years! Super proud of the Ubisoft Leamington team both reaching the knock out stages but just missing out on silverware in the SpecialEffect 5 a-side football tournament. Huge thanks to everyone involved and the money raised for such a great cause I can’t wait to be a part of the next one and hopefully raise even more! #Charity #SpecialEffect #Ubisoft #5aside