Nintendo is expanding in order to have more game development space. To do this, Nintendo will build a new office where its old headquarters used to be.
In a report from Nikkei (translated by VGC), Nintendo will build two new major offices so that it can develop more games in-house instead of outsourcing development. The first new office will be located in the Kyoto City Waterworks Bureau's new government building. It is located next to Nintendo's current headquarters and the company will rent out the 6th and 7th floors starting from May 2022.
Nintendo is participating in Kyoto City's Corporate Location Promotion System, so the company will receive up to 1.4 million every year for three years to cover some operational costs and is dependent on how many new employees that it brings on.
The second new office is going to be built from scratch, where Nintendo's previous headquarters was located. The area currently has the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center and its Mario Club QA team. However, it also has empty land, so Nintendo is possibly using that to build its second building.
Meanwhile, as Nintendo in Japan is expanding, its North American branch has been doing the opposite. Back in October, Nintendo decided to shut down its offices in Redwood City, California, and Toronto, Ontario. We currently don't know what the new offices in Japan will look like, but certainly, it won't be the same as was it might have looked like almost 130 years ago.
George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey
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In a report from Nikkei (translated by VGC), Nintendo will build two new major offices so that it can develop more games in-house instead of outsourcing development. The first new office will be located in the Kyoto City Waterworks Bureau's new government building. It is located next to Nintendo's current headquarters and the company will rent out the 6th and 7th floors starting from May 2022.
Nintendo is participating in Kyoto City's Corporate Location Promotion System, so the company will receive up to 1.4 million every year for three years to cover some operational costs and is dependent on how many new employees that it brings on.
The second new office is going to be built from scratch, where Nintendo's previous headquarters was located. The area currently has the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center and its Mario Club QA team. However, it also has empty land, so Nintendo is possibly using that to build its second building.
Meanwhile, as Nintendo in Japan is expanding, its North American branch has been doing the opposite. Back in October, Nintendo decided to shut down its offices in Redwood City, California, and Toronto, Ontario. We currently don't know what the new offices in Japan will look like, but certainly, it won't be the same as was it might have looked like almost 130 years ago.
George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey
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