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NEWS

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Indie Studio Nano Park Unveils Debut Game 'Petal Runner' During Day of the Devs
Jun 21, 2024
Indie Studio Nano Park Unveils Debut Game 'Petal Runner' During Day of the Devs
Jun 21, 2024

The debut game from a new Western Canada indie dev duo was revealed during Day of the Devs 2024.

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Jun 21, 2024
'A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars' DLC Announced at Day of the Devs
Jun 10, 2024
'A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars' DLC Announced at Day of the Devs
Jun 10, 2024

Cat couple owner slash game dev studio Max Inferno announced a 2nd DLC pack for their tidy puzzler.

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Jun 10, 2024
South of Midnight Gameplay Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase
Jun 8, 2024
South of Midnight Gameplay Revealed at Xbox Games Showcase
Jun 8, 2024

A year after being announced, Compulsion Games has shown some gameplay for their 3rd person, action-adventure game.

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Jun 8, 2024
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Officially Re-Revealed as Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Jun 7, 2024
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Officially Re-Revealed as Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Jun 7, 2024

After severing ties with recently unionized QA studio Keywords and terminating 50 developers earlier this year, BioWare has rebranded their next game from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to Dragon Age: The Veilguard seemingly ruining years of perfectly good SEO.

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Jun 7, 2024
Gears of War: E-Day Announced from Vancouver-based studio The Coalition
Jun 4, 2024
Gears of War: E-Day Announced from Vancouver-based studio The Coalition
Jun 4, 2024

Gears of War: E-Day was announced during Xbox’s Game Showcase, marking the second prequel in the Gears of War franchise.

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Jun 4, 2024
Relic Lands Investment from UK Firm After Layoffs
Mar 29, 2024
Relic Lands Investment from UK Firm After Layoffs
Mar 29, 2024

Vancouver-based Company of Heroes 3 developer Relic Entertainment has secured funding from UK investment firm Emona Capital after laying off almost 200 staff since May 2023.

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Mar 29, 2024
Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure Out Now on iOS
Sep 1, 2023
Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure Out Now on iOS
Sep 1, 2023

Victoria-based indie devs Hololabs have released their mobile AR game Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure for iOS.

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Sep 1, 2023
NetEase Opens New Game Studio In Toronto and Montreal - Bad Brain Game Studios
Aug 21, 2023
NetEase Opens New Game Studio In Toronto and Montreal - Bad Brain Game Studios
Aug 21, 2023

NetEase Games has announced the opening of a new game studio in Canada, named Bad Brain Games, to work on an "ambitious new franchise," which will be a story-driven open-world action-adventure game.

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Aug 21, 2023

PODCAST

Podcast
Ep 241 - We're Not the Only Ones... (ft. Devon Wiersma)
Sep 5, 2024
Ep 241 - We're Not the Only Ones... (ft. Devon Wiersma)
Sep 5, 2024

Solo indie dev expert and longtime friend-of-the-site Devon Wiersma joins us to talk their latest release Centauri Dark, working across AAA, mid-sized and solo indie dev and how to fix this goshdarn industry.

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Sep 5, 2024
Ep 240 - Incubate Your Portfolio, Buddy (ft. David Boguslavsky)
Jun 14, 2024
Ep 240 - Incubate Your Portfolio, Buddy (ft. David Boguslavsky)
Jun 14, 2024

David B joins us from the west coast best coast to talk about the upcoming Quiver Games Incubator!

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Jun 14, 2024
Ep 239 - Game Dev Gumbo (ft. Eric Beer)
May 23, 2024
Ep 239 - Game Dev Gumbo (ft. Eric Beer)
May 23, 2024

Bizdev extraordinaire Eric Beer joins us to give his Hades II impressions and chat v-bucks subsidized game preservation.

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May 23, 2024
Ep 238 - "Remake" the Industry lol (ft. Twinolli the Highlighters devs)
Apr 29, 2024
Ep 238 - "Remake" the Industry lol (ft. Twinolli the Highlighters devs)
Apr 29, 2024

We break down Baldur Gate 3's unprecedented success & the knock-on effects it'll have on the industry and how we make games moving forward. We also speak to Ontario-based indie game devs Twinolli about their upcoming action-puzzler Highlighters which just got a (Dad Deck-verified) Steam demo!

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Apr 29, 2024
Interview w. Dragon Slumber (Tech Support, Aethernaut)
Apr 1, 2024
Interview w. Dragon Slumber (Tech Support, Aethernaut)
Apr 1, 2024

We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and many more!

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Apr 1, 2024
Ep 237 - Segaphen Saturn
Mar 28, 2024
Ep 237 - Segaphen Saturn
Mar 28, 2024

Steve spent his tax return on a Sega Saturn so you don’t have to!

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Mar 28, 2024
Ep 236 - Gamer Dad Mindset
Mar 21, 2024
Ep 236 - Gamer Dad Mindset
Mar 21, 2024

Steve has entered Gamed Dad Mindset.

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Mar 21, 2024
Ep 235 - Game Awarding, Spider-Manning & Final Fantasying
Feb 15, 2024
Ep 235 - Game Awarding, Spider-Manning & Final Fantasying
Feb 15, 2024

We reveal the winners of our ‘23 Community Awards poll and discuss Drinkbox’s latest teaser for their next project- and more!

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Feb 15, 2024
Ep 234 - Don't Despise, Unionize!
Feb 1, 2024
Ep 234 - Don't Despise, Unionize!
Feb 1, 2024

This week thousands more game developers join Stephan in the "terminated by evil, stupid people" camp as layoffs hit tons of studios all over Canada and the world. We discuss Sonic as well. Sonic supports Unionizing your Workplace!

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Feb 1, 2024
Ep 233 - The Demo Show and Life Update
Jan 25, 2024
Ep 233 - The Demo Show and Life Update
Jan 25, 2024

Stephan got terminated but that’s okay he just has more time to cover Canadian games now.

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Jan 25, 2024
Ep 232 - We're So Back, Baby
Jan 10, 2024
Ep 232 - We're So Back, Baby
Jan 10, 2024

After a (ginormous) hiatus, Steve and Stephan are BACK to discuss some Canadian Games Industry news from the past few months but just catch up and talk about games and big game thoughts, man… and launch our end of 2023 Community Awards Polls! Nominate now!!

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Jan 10, 2024
Ep 231 - Tears of the Steve (feat. Jake VanderHeide)
Jun 28, 2023
Ep 231 - Tears of the Steve (feat. Jake VanderHeide)
Jun 28, 2023

KEIGH THREEEEEE! New Compulsion Games’ game, Thunder Lotus goes multiplayer, age-old game development questions pondered and Zelda hierarchy debated.

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Jun 28, 2023

FEATURES

Featured
Feb 14, 2024
Winners of our 2023 Community Awards Poll
Feb 14, 2024

Here are the winners of our 2023 Community Awards Poll!

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Feb 14, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
Vote in our 2023 Community Awards Poll
Jan 30, 2024

Our community spent weeks nominating and the results are in! We have our nominees for Best Ongoing Canadian Game, Most Anticipated Canadian Game and Canadian Game of the Year 2023!

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Jan 30, 2024
Jan 9, 2023
Winners of our 2022 Community Awards Poll
Jan 9, 2023

Here are the winners of our 2022 Community Awards Poll, comprised of nominees from our community.

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Jan 9, 2023

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