MiHoYo, Genshin Impact’s and Honkai Impact 3rd’s developer, will establish a new HQ in Montreal. The new firm plans to hire around 100 workers within the next 2 years to develop a triple-A action-adventure game featuring shooter gameplay situated in a ghostly open environment.
“This year marks miHoYo’s tenth anniversary. Since our inception, guided by the mission of Tech Otakus Save the World, we have invested continuously in animation rendering, artificial intelligence, and cross-platform development technology to bolster our research and development capabilities. We are committed to publishing our games globally across console, PC and mobile platforms, owing to our thriving in-house distribution capabilities.”

“We have gained a plethora of game development and operations experience as a result of Genshin Impact’s recent global release, which we can harness to create even higher-quality games to our players. Montreal is home to a thriving game development community and is well-known for its world-class universities. We deeply value the expertise and creativity that the local ecosystem provides and believe it will empower miHoYo to create games with their imagination.”
– Forrest Liu, co-founder of miHoYo
Daniel Ahmad, a well-known analyst at Niko Partners rattled off some intriguing facts:
- The rapid growth and expansion of the Chinese development company, which today employs over 3,500 individuals.
- The company only had three employees in 2014, the statistics are impressive, growing to 3,500 in 2021.
MiHoYo, the Genshin Impact dev, confirmed its opening of a new R&D studio in Montreal. This was announced earlier in the year
The studio will hire 100+ employees over 2 years + work on a new AAA open world action adventure game with shooter mechanics
MiHoYo has 3,500+ employees pic.twitter.com/qjLjiVY5le
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 15, 2021
- In addition to its Shanghai headquarters, MiHoYo has operations in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, North America, and now Canada.
- Ahmad also claims that the new miHoYo shooter has been in development for a while. It debuted at GTC 2019 under the working title “Project X,” assuming we’re talking about the same thing.
MiHoYo started hiring for a variety of jobs, including game design, art, and engineering, also operational roles. MiHoYo has also received support from Montreal Intl & Investissement Quebec for its operations in Montreal.
Honkai: Star Rail, a new turn-based RPG produced by the developers of Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd. MiHoYo released the first official trailer and revealed more features.
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