{"id":1786428,"date":"2026-02-22T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1786428"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:01:12","slug":"tencent-shutters-timi-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1786428","title":{"rendered":"Tencent shutters TiMi Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Tencent shutters TiMi Montreal<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;We had been aware this was coming, [but] it doesn&#8217;t make the reality any easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Screenshot-2026-02-22-at-17.51.25.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Honor of Kings, Pokemon Unite, Call of Duty Mobile\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Screenshot-2026-02-22-at-17.51.25.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"280\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>TiMo Group<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-22T18:01:12+00:00\">Feb. 22, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tencent-shutters-yet-another-western-studio-timi-montreal?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/tencent\">Tencent<\/a> has shuttered another western studio: TiMi Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>TiMi \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fired-assassins-creed-creative-director-now-at-tencent\">which was headed up by former Assassin&#8217;s Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail<\/a> after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-creative-director-ashraf-ismail-fired-from-ubisoft\">let go from Ubisoft<\/a> amid a flurry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/three-more-top-ubisoft-executives-resign-as-publisher-renews-commitment-to-fostering-an-environment-its-employees-can-be-proud-of\">high-profile departures<\/a> in 2020 \u2013 seemingly closed on Friday, 20th February.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/tencent-timi-montreal-closed\">Game File<\/a> \u2013 which says sources had warned that a &#8220;shutdown was imminent&#8221; \u2013 a senior gameplay programmer wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/fernandezluzuriaga_today-timi-montreal-is-officially-closing-share-7430638121156784128-RAMk\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> that though the team &#8220;had been aware this was coming for some time, it doesn&#8217;t make the reality any easier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A senior designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7430638121714659328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7430638121714659328%2C7430644929057415169%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430644929057415169%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7430638121714659328%29\">added<\/a>: &#8220;This team was exceptional not just in talent, but also in camaraderie. It\u2019s one of those experiences that sticks with you for a very long time, and I feel privileged to have been part of it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The five-year-old studio had been committed to creating &#8220;AAA open-world multi-platform games&#8221; but was chiefly working on titles it had inherited from Jade Studio, TiMi&#8217;s name before 2020, and mobile spin-offs, including Pok\u00e9mon Unite and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-mobile\">Call of Duty: Mobile<\/a> (which is different from the mobile Warzone game that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-will-shut-down\">shutting down in April<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/timistudiogroup\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> profile, TiMi Group in its entirety employs between 5000 and 10,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><em>An earlier version of this story inadverently classed TiMi as a NetEase studio, not Tencent. We&#8217;ve now updated the story &#8211; apologies for any confusion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/tencent\">Tencent<\/a> has shuttered another western studio: TiMi Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>TiMi \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fired-assassins-creed-creative-director-now-at-tencent\">which was headed up by former Assassin&#8217;s Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail<\/a> after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-creative-director-ashraf-ismail-fired-from-ubisoft\">let go from Ubisoft<\/a> amid a flurry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/three-more-top-ubisoft-executives-resign-as-publisher-renews-commitment-to-fostering-an-environment-its-employees-can-be-proud-of\">high-profile departures<\/a> in 2020 \u2013 seemingly closed on Friday, 20th February.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/tencent-timi-montreal-closed\">Game File<\/a> \u2013 which says sources had warned that a &#8220;shutdown was imminent&#8221; \u2013 a senior gameplay programmer wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/fernandezluzuriaga_today-timi-montreal-is-officially-closing-share-7430638121156784128-RAMk\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> that though the team &#8220;had been aware this was coming for some time, it doesn&#8217;t make the reality any easier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A senior designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7430638121714659328?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7430638121714659328%2C7430644929057415169%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287430644929057415169%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7430638121714659328%29\">added<\/a>: &#8220;This team was exceptional not just in talent, but also in camaraderie. It\u2019s one of those experiences that sticks with you for a very long time, and I feel privileged to have been part of it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The five-year-old studio had been committed to creating &#8220;AAA open-world multi-platform games&#8221; but was chiefly working on titles it had inherited from Jade Studio, TiMi&#8217;s name before 2020, and mobile spin-offs, including Pok\u00e9mon Unite and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/call-of-duty-mobile\">Call of Duty: Mobile<\/a> (which is different from the mobile Warzone game that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-will-shut-down\">shutting down in April<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/timistudiogroup\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> profile, TiMi Group in its entirety employs between 5000 and 10,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><em>An earlier version of this story inadverently classed TiMi as a NetEase studio, not Tencent. We&#8217;ve now updated the story &#8211; apologies for any confusion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Tencent shutters TiMi Montreal &#8220;We had been aware this was coming, [but] it doesn&#8217;t make the reality any easier.&#8221; Image credit: TiMo Group News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Feb. 22, 2026 4 comments Tencent has shuttered another western studio: TiMi Montr\u00e9al. 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