Relic Lands Investment from UK Firm After Layoffs
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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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CD Projekt Red Offers Menstrual Leave to Devs, Including Vancouver Studio
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With offices in Vancouver, BC, CD Projekt Red has become one of, if not the first, AAA game studios operating in Canada to offer their employees paid menstrual leave.
Read MorePhoenix Labs Buys out Parent Company to Become Independent
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Vancouver-based game studio Phoenix Labs has regained corporate independence from its parent company after the founders took it private again.
Read MoreTMNT: Shredder's Revenge Coming to Mobile Exclusively Through Netflix
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Montréal-based Tribute Games’ 2022 retro beat-em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is coming to iOS and Android exclusively for Netflix subscribers.
Read MoreWinnipeg-based C4 Cosplay & Props Launching Kickstarter for Real World BioShock Infinite Vendors
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Winnipeg-based C4 Cosplay & Props has announced an upcoming Kickstarter for “Vendors of BioShock Infinite” to recreate the vending machines from the 2013 FPS BioShock Infinite.
Read MoreNetEase Games Acquires BC Game Studio SkyBox Labs
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Chinese IT company NetEase Games has acquired British Columbia-based game dev studio SkyBox Labs, a full-service game development studio that’s worked on several AAA games since it was founded in 2011.
Read MoreMontréal Game Dev Hub GamePlay Space Closing After 8 Years
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Longtime Montréal game dev community hub GamePlay Space has announced they’re closing after eight years of serving the game dev community in the city.
Read MoreDragon Age: Dreadwolf Enters Alpha
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Edmonton-based, EA-subsidiary BioWare has announced via the EA blog that Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has reached its “Alpha milestone” after just entering full production in February of this year.
Read MoreNewfoundlander Jennifer Hale Issues Statement Regarding Bayonetta 3 Voice Acting Controversy
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Newfoundlander Jennifer Hale has released a statement amid the Bayonetta 3 voice acting controversy that’s erupted on social media since original Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor was replaced by Hale.
Read MoreTuque Games Rebranded as Invoke Studios
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Montréal-based Tuque Games, creators of Livelock (2016) and Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (2021), have been rebranded by their parent company Wizards of the Coast as Invoke Studios, incorporating the same dev team under the new label.
Read MoreNew Tales from the Borderlands Announced, Gearbox Studio Québec Leading Development
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The hilariously named New Tales from the Borderlands was announced at Canadian Geoff’s Gamescom Opening Night Live- with Gearbox Studio Québec (@gearboxquebec) leading the game’s development.
Read MoreTiger Woods to be Cover Athlete and Executive Director for PGA TOUR 2K23
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Tiger Woods returning to the cover of a video game for the first time since 2013- and this time it’s Lunenberg, Nova Scotia-based HB Studios’ upcoming PGA TOUR 2K23.
Read MorePlayStation Acquire's First Canadian Studio in Montréal-based Haven
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Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst announced in a post on PlayStation.Blog that Montréal-based Haven studio would be officially joining PlayStation Studios- making it the first Canadian PlayStation Studio.
Read MoreVertex Pop Releasing Twin-Stick Shooter WE ARE DOOMED On Nintendo Switch
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Hot off the heels of releasing Super Crush KO earliest this year, Toronto developer Vertex Pop will be releasing their first game WE ARE DOOMED on the Nintendo Switch on August 13th.
Read MoreToxicant Entering Steam Early Access Later this Month
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Nova Scotia-based indie game studio Cosmocat Games (@cosmocatgames) has announced their rogue-lite survival horror game TOXICANT will be launching in Steam Early Access later this month.
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