Computer game maker Ubisoft to buy Quebec's Hybride Technologies

MONTREAL - French software company Ubisoft, best known for its computer games, is acquiring Hybride Technologies - an 80-employee Quebec-based company that develops tools for creating special-effects in movies, television and advertising. Hybride's projects include such the films "Frank Miller's Sin City," "300," and the Spy Kids series. Ubisoft hasn't announced how much it will pay for the Quebec company but said it is expected to initially generate the equivalent of about $10 million to $11 million... [read full story]