SXSW: Toronto videogame queen Jade Raymond won’t reveal secrets

High, too, on Raymond’s list of future priorities is diversifying the Ubisoft library to include games built not simply for consoles and PCs, but also specifically tailored to devices such as smartphones and tablets. As she put it: “A good game on those devices is different from a good game on consoles, so I definitely believe they deserve their own franchises.”

Games with a strong “social” element allowing users to interact with each other and express themselves during play are also likely to grow more prominent in the years ahead, she predicted.

For now, mind you, Raymond is having a hard enough time finding any time during the average, busy day to do any actual gaming herself.

A mother of two young children – she was eight months pregnant with her first daughter when she was first offered the Ubisoft Toronto gig in 2009 – Raymond now finds herself fighting over the videogame console at home with her eldest daughter.

“I play during my lunch break at the office,” she confessed. “Anytime (my daughter) sees me at the console she wants to play her game, and she doesn’t understand why it’s mommy’s turn to play. I actually just bought an AlienWare laptop so I can play in bed because I can’t use the living-room console anymore.”

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