Company profile

Highdive Tech Stack

Montréal game studio building stylized Unreal Engine 5 adventure titles

Computer Games Montréal, QC 51–200 employees Founded 2019 Privately Held

Highdive is a Montréal-based NetEase Games ThunderFire studio developing a stylized linear adventure game on Unreal Engine 5, including the title Blood Message and a new unannounced IP. Its stack is art-pipeline heavy (Maya, ZBrush, Houdini, Embergen, Substance 3D Painter), and senior-weighted design hiring plus a VFX subcontracting pipeline point to scaling art and visual effects output through external partners.

Tech Stack 24 technologies

Core StackJira C++ Confluence Python C# Miro Unreal Engine 5 Unreal Engine 3ds Max Maya ZBrush Substance 3D Painter Photoshop Embergen Houdini Motion Builder HLSL GLSL Perforce Unreal Insights Razor SpeedTree Wwise Reaper

What Highdive Is BuildingChallenges and projects from their job posts

▲Active Projects

Blood Message linear adventure game
Stylized Unreal Engine 5 project
New unannounced IP
VFX subcontracting pipeline

Hiring Activity

Accelerating6 roles · 1 in 30d

Department

Design

Data

Engineering

Seniority

Senior

Director

Lead

Principal

Notable leadership hires: Lead Artist

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About Highdive

Highdive is a game development studio headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, founded in 2019 and operating as part of NetEase Games' ThunderFire group. The privately held studio employs 51–200 people and hires in Canada. Its production runs on Unreal Engine 5 with C++, HLSL, GLSL, Python and C#, alongside Perforce for version control and Jira and Confluence for project management. Audio work uses Wwise and Reaper, while art and animation rely on Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, ZBrush and SpeedTree.

HeadquartersMontréal, QC

Company Size51–200 employees

Founded2019

Hiring MarketsCanada

Frequently Asked Questions

What game engine does Highdive use?

Highdive builds on Unreal Engine 5, using C++, HLSL and GLSL, with Unreal Insights for profiling and Perforce for source control.

What is Highdive working on?

Job posts reference Blood Message, a linear adventure game, a stylized UE5 project, a new unannounced IP, and a VFX subcontracting pipeline.

Is Highdive hiring?

Yes, hiring is accelerating in Canada, focused mainly on senior-level design roles, with leadership openings such as Lead Artist plus data and engineering positions.

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