--- title: Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio | daily.dev description: Tencent's TiMi Studio Group has reportedly shut down its Montréal studio, which was founded in 2021 and never released a game. The closure was anticipated by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio | daily.dev og:description: Tencent's TiMi Studio Group has reportedly shut down its Montréal studio, which was founded in 2021 and never released a game. The closure was anticipated by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VqVylbxzW.png og:image:alt: Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tencent's TiMi Studio Group has reportedly shut down its Montréal studio, which was founded in 2021 and never released a game. The closure was anticipated by employees and confirmed via LinkedIn posts from former staff. The studio was led by former Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail. This follows Tencent's 2023 closure of Team Kaiju, TiMi's Los Angeles-based studio, which also shut down without releasing a title. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw"},"datePublished":"2026-02-23T13:54:52.673Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T17:19:51.201Z","description":"Tencent's TiMi Studio Group has reportedly shut down its Montréal studio, which was founded in 2021 and never released a game. The closure was anticipated by...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c89a48879ccb254e3adfd2c8a14d9d1e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c89a48879ccb254e3adfd2c8a14d9d1e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GamesIndustry.biz","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GamesIndustry.biz","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/be1a78592d5340248e5204f8007b82be","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-reportedly-closes-timi-montr-al-studio-vqvylbxzw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"game-development","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GamesIndustry.biz","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio"}]} ```