MONTREAL — People were being evacuated from the Montreal offices of Ubisoft, a French video game company, after a 911 call led police to converge near the building and urge residents to stay away.
The Montreal police later wrote on Twitter that there were no immediate reports of injuries, and that no threat was found for now.
During the police operation, local television reports showed Ubisoft staff on the roof of their office building, but the circumstances of why they were there were not immediately clear. A police SWAT van was seen in the area.
La Presse, a leading national French-language newspaper in Montreal, reported that Ubisoft employees had received an email telling them to barricade themselves, to hide and to put their phones in silent mode.
Ubisoft has 17,000 employees at 55 studios around the world, making games like Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance. The Montreal office went through a major recruitment drive last year, and now has more than 3,000 employees, but because of the pandemic, many have been working remotely from home.
The Mile End neighborhood where the office is located is known for its bagel emporiums, large Hasidic community and a cluster of high technology companies, of which Ubisoft is one of the major players.
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