Compulsion Games | LinkedIn (2025)

Hello! We are Compulsion Games, an independent video game developer based in Montreal, Canada. Our office, previously located in Saint Henri, is now located in Westmount.Our team is made up of passionate, excited people with varying levels of experience, ranging from very senior to very junior, but we all share a passion for video games and a desire to create amazing work. We're now approximately 90 employees strong and are looking to expand with the right people.We opened our doors in 2009, with a focus on creating new intellectual properties for PC and console using Unreal Engine. Our first game, Contrast, launched on PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS4 in November 2013 and on Xbox One in May 2014. Contrast tells the story of a little girl and her imaginary friend, set in an adult world of film noir, cabaret and gangsters-and we're damn proud of it, too.We shipped our second project, We Happy Few, in August 2018. We Happy Few is set in a retrofuturistic 1960s England, filled with paranoid citizens and dystopic euphoria. 2018 was also the same year we joined the Xbox family and are now officially a Microsoft studio!Currently, we are working on our new IP, South of Midnight, a third person action-adventure game set in the American Deep South. South of Midnight tells a dark modern folktale and is driven by a rich narrative, unique art direction, and thematic gameplay elements.

Website

http://www.compulsiongames.com

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Industry

Computer Games

Company size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Westmount, Quebec

Type

Privately Held

Founded

2009

Specialties

Videogames, Animation, Rendering, Physics, Console Development, Gameplay, Intellectual Property, Storytelling, and Narrative Design

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• Guillaume Provost Founder, Studio Head at Compulsion Games (Xbox)
• Hayden Wilkinson Principal Level Designer at Compulsion Games | Microsoft Xbox Game Studio
• David Sears
• Dibyendu Das Principal Gameplay Programmer at Compulsion Games

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  Have you seen the trailer for the upcoming game, "South of Midnight" yet?agora.studio is honored to have worked on the real-time rendered in-game cinematics for this game. This work comes from a close collaboration between many skilled artists in motion capture, previz, animation, and more...We can't wait to share more about the process behind this trailer, so stay tuned! Thank you again to Compulsion Games for your trust - we are proud to be part of this amazing tale!Watch the trailer here👇 https://lnkd.in/ekkAH2kG.....#AgoraStudio #CompulsionGames #SouthofMidnight #animationstudio #gamedevelopment #animation #motioncapture #previz

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  Check out our interview with Xbox Wire for a more in-depth look at South of Midnight!https://lnkd.in/e6jqTqrK

  South of Midnight: How the First Gameplay Trailer Hints at the Magic to Come - Xbox Wire news.xbox.com

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  Explore the Deep South and confront mythical creatures in this folktale for modern times.Enter South of Midnight, coming 2025: https://lnkd.in/eQbi55BhWishlist on Steam or Xbox now!Steam:https://t.co/CkFZUSiANVXbox:https://t.co/c2fs6s0dYV

  South of Midnight | Official Gameplay Trailer

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  From the entire team here at Compulsion: Congratulations to Ninja Theory on the launch of Hellblade II!

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  You've heard us talk a lot about Compulsion Games. 📣And for very good reason, too. This partnership has been #career and company defining for the majority of us at Studiotypes over the last 5 years. The partner of dreams, you might say. 🖤 In our first of hopefully many more #casestudy posts we intend to share, we feel it's important to dive into the highlights, achievements and even the data of what value we've been able to add to #gamedevelopment studios when we get the opportunity. Talking about #jobs is pretty easy. Being able to share the challenges we overcame and the impact we made is where it counts. 💪 Our humble beginnings with Compulsion began with ad-hoc email exchanges and sharing speculative talent with Guillaume back when they were mid way through dev on We Happy Few, and still an #indiedev.We clicked, our relationship began to blossom, and shortly after shipping their 2nd game to a very warm reception, Xbox Game Studios Publishing came along and announced they were acquiring the studio. 💥A number of hires later, Michael Elliott Chan, CHRP CRHA joined the fold and with a growth plan in place to get the studio to 90 people, we got to work. How can we sum up some of the best bits?✅ #CoopMode started with Compulsion Games, and is still going 3.5 years in✅ We've hired over 80 people in just over 5 years, with 63 people since in coop✅ We visited Montreal for the first time in 2023, finally meeting folks in the flesh✅ Besides headcount growth, we continue to support the People/HR needs✅ 'South of Midnight' has so far won two Clio awards, and is one of Xbox's most anticipated upcoming releases... We want to say thank you again to Michael, Guillaume Provost, Delilah Robinson, Geneviève Forget, Whitney Clayton and all of the wonderful people at Compulsion Games (too many to tag here) for the support, trust and belief in our work over the years. It's been a ride!#gamedev

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  This International Women's Day, we want to take a moment to recognize the women of Compulsion. These amazingly talented women make up key parts of our team--from our managers, directors, producers, and support admins, to our writers, animators, artists, and programmers. We also can't forget our girl Hazel, the star of South of Midnight.Here's to the women and female characters that make our games great 🎉 Happy International Women's Day!#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2024

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  🎮 HIRING: Influencer Coordinator (contractor)The Overwatch Content Marketing team is hiring an Influencer Coordinator to support our global organic and paid influencer efforts. The ideal candidate has:✅ 2+ years experience working with influencers✅ Excellent project management skills✅ Strong interpersonal and communication skills✅ A desire to learn and growReferrals welcome! Interested candidates please DM me ✉

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  Game Devs – If you’re making plans for #GDC2024 take a look at BIG FEST sponsored by Black In Gaming. James Lewis from ID@Xbox will be a panelist sharing his insight alongside industry game changers. 🎮 RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gDspGhvM

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  Our wonderfully talented animation director 🔹Michael Jungbluth🔹 authored a new book about directing animation in games! Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/edSNGsRT

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  🚨 Gearbox Entertainment is looking for a Community Manager 🚨 Check out the job listing for more information and to apply - https://lnkd.in/d9VTepFk

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