Balanced Worlds Announces New Montreal Studio

Balanced Worlds is proud to announce the opening of our second studio in Montreal Canada. The new studio will be focused on running operations for the western hemisphere while being a magnet studio to attract international talent and further expand our already quickly growing team.

The new studio will be headed up by John Wu, our famous Canadian born concept artist. John Wu has contributed to over 14 world class titles including; The God of War series, fl0wer, fl0w, Fat Princess, Little Big Planet, Calling All Cars!, Warhawk Omega Dawn, Resistance: Fall of Man, the Ratchet and Clank series, and many others. Prior to joining Balanced Worlds, John was part of the External Development team at Sony Computer Entertainment of America, and has contributed to the development of numerous Playstation titles. In addition, John helped the studio garner a BAFTA award for his Art Director role on the game flOwer. While at Sony, John was instrumental at Art Direction, generating new IPs, team building, and was involved in early hardware development for the Playstation Move and Sony NGP.

"We are very excited to set up shop in Montreal and John is the right guy to lead our charge." said Christopher Pfeiffer, Balanced Worlds' CEO. "This expansion allows Balanced Worlds to become a global developer with offices that can effectively service both hemispheres." Balanced Worlds' headquarters is in Beijing, China.