TorontoGameDevs Game of the Year Winners

The results are in, and we now have our Game of the Year winners! As you recall, because of Patron's, we actually had five categories: Best Port, Best Mobile Game, Most Anticipated Game, Best PC-only Game, Best Multi-platform Game.

Here we go!

Best Port

3rd: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base)

2nd: Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut (Necrophone Games)

1st: Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best Mobile Game

3rd (tie): Bee Odyssey and Skies of Fury (Illumination Games)

2nd: Star Pirates Infinity (Snakehead Games)

1st: Oh No! Ninjas! (Blot Interactive)

Most Anticipated Game

3rd: Shakespeare's Landlord (One More Story Games)

2nd: Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft)

1st: Guacamelee! 2 (Drinkbox Studios)

Best PC Only Game

3rd (tie): A Mortician's Tale (Laundry Bear Games) and Disco is Dead (Third Floor Games)

2nd: Bleed 2 (Bookdisk Revolution)

1st (tie): Polyball (Studio Monolith) and Danielle's Inferno (One More Story Games)

Best Multi-platform Release

3rd (tie) Embers of Mirrim (Creative Bytes) and For Honor (Ubisoft)

2nd: Graceful Explosion Machine (Vertex Pop)

1st: Cuphead (Studio MDHR)

hanks to everyone who voted! And congrats to @Jonavan22 who won the $50 PSN/Xbox/eShop/Steam card for RT'ing us on Twitter.

Blossom Tales Publisher Hits Milestone On Switch

Thanks to the release of Blossom Tale last month, FDG Entertainment (the team that published Castle Pixel's Zelda inspired RPG on Switch) hit 100,000 units sold (across all of their games) on Nintendo's console.

With the addition of our latest game #BlossomTales we surpassed 100,000 games sold on #NintendoSwitch alone! This is amazing! Thank you so much everyone <3 pic.twitter.com/iUdTXKDLhH

— FDG Entertainment (@FDG_Games) January 10, 2018

The sales milestone is shared with two other games, Oceanhorn, and Monster Boy. Congrats to everyone involved!

Edit: Tyler Bud, one of the developers behind Blossom Tales let me know on Twitter that Monster Boy isn't actually out yet.

T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Sweaters, and More Swag!

A friendly reminder that we do have an official shop that puts our neato logo on T-shirts, Tank Tops, Sweaters, Phone Cases, Mugs, and a few more things. You can see some samples of clothes below - and check out the official store here (Design by Humans has a lot of fan created swag)

News Byte! January 9th! Little Red Lie, Nindies Sale, and Skies of Fury DX

Nindie Sale: https://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals Nindie AMA: ...

Little Red Lie Releases On PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita Today

Released earlier last year on Steam, indie developer Will O'Neill is brining his latest game Little Red Lie to PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita - better yet the game is releasing today (January 9th)

Little Red Lie is a narrative-focused, interactive fiction experience that reduces the traditional nine-verb adventure game structure down to a single, context-dependent interaction: lie.

Learn more at http://www.littleredlie.com

It is the truth: LITTLE RED LIE comes to PS4 and PS Vita on January 9th! https://t.co/ITG9I3Kq8h via @Playstation

— Will O'Neill (@willoneill) January 6, 2018

Toronto Games Highlight Latest Nindies Sale

Nintendo is celebrating the new year with a sale, and a couple of Toronto games are involved.

• Severed from Drinkbox Studios
• Graceful Explosion Machine from Vertex Pop
• Bleed from Ian Campbell
• Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime from Asteroid Base

It's the #NindiesNewYearSale and Severed is 33% off on Switch this week! Check out all nine indie Switch games on sale: https://t.co/JwcFiFZk6Z pic.twitter.com/5kjvx0xImu

— DrinkBox Studios (@DrinkBoxStudios) January 8, 2018

You can also check out an AMA where all the developers involved answered questions from the fans - including Vertex Pop saying they were thinking of a sequel or DLC on GEM, but are instead moving onto something new.

Happy New Year!
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is now 33% OFF ($9.99) on #NintendoSwitch along with a bunch of other cool games in the #NindiesNewYearSale

Check it out: https://t.co/5MPiKyawes pic.twitter.com/JezVMnFpvP

— Asteroid Base (@AsteroidBase) January 8, 2018

Skies of Fury DX Coming To Switch

The Toronto Switch games keep on coming - this time in a mobile-to-console port. Illumination Games will be releasing Skies of Fury DX to Switch sometime "soon" - the game was originally released on mobile earlier this year. The game will be the studios first console game.

Fight as both British and German pilots during WWI’s battle for the skies! Seed Interactive and Illumination Games are excited to announce Skies of Fury DX for Nintendo Switch™. Take to the skies and experience WWI as a fighter pilot! Skies of Fury DX offers players the chance to engage in epic, aerial combat in historic Bloody April, 1917, as both British and German pilots.

www.SkiesofFury.com Fight as both British and German pilots during WWI's battle for the skies! Seed Interactive and Illumination Games are excited to announce Skies of Fury DX for Nintendo Switch™. Take to the skies and experience WWI as a fighter pilot!

The trailer says the game is "coming soon" so we probably won't have to wait long to take to the sky on Switch.

Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Most Anticipated Game

Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your most anticipated game.

Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.

Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.

Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best Mobile Game

Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your mobile game from this year.

Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.

Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.

Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best Port

Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your favourite port for a Toronto developed game!

Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.

Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.

Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best PC Only Game

Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! Here you can vote for your favourite PC only game!

Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.

Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.

Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best Multi-Platform Release

Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! Starting with Best multi-platform release. Vote away!

Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.

Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.

DrinkBox Studios Character Featured In Smash Brothers-like Game 'Brawlout'

Though not developed in Toronto or the surrounding area, Brawlout does have a connection to the game development scene here in the GTA. Similar to Runbow, there are a few indie characters in the game and the Smash Brothers-like game includes Juan from Drinkbox Studios' Guacamelee series as a playable fighter.

A humble agave farmer turned legendary luchador, Juan is always prepared to piledrive evil.

Following his demise at the hands of the villainous Carlos Calaca, Juan was revived thanks to the mysterious powers of a magical wrestling mask. Transformed into the luchador he always dreamed of, Juan set out to defeat Calaca, save his beloved and bring peace to the worlds of the living and the dead.

With moves like the Rooster Uppercut, Frog Slam and Dashing Derpderp, Juan is one wrestler you don’t want to grapple with. If that’s not enough, Juan can transform himself into a chicken, should the mood strike him. It’s no poultry skill, I’ll tell you that!

Out now on Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/brawlout-switch Brawlout is the party fighting game, designed for couch play, online matches and competitive tournaments. A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED IN THE PLATFORM FIGHTER ARENA! For more details, follow @brawloutgame : https://twitter.com/brawloutgame

We'll have to wait a bit more to play Guacamelee 2, but until then gamers can get their Juan-action on in Brawlout which is out now on Switch and Steam, and coming Early 2018 on PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

News Byte! December 22nd! - Robo X, Steam Winter Sale, Game of the Year

Robo X: http://www.torontogamedevs.com/blog/robo-x-2-the-lost-energy-coming-to-mobile-devices-december-24th Steam Winter Sale: http://store.steampowered.com/news/35783/ Toronto Game Devs GOTY: http://www.torontogamedevs.com/blog/game-of-the-year-voting-starts-next-week Follow Jake at: https://www.youtube.com/c/jakebutineau https://twitter.com/jakebutineau http://www.torontogamedevs.com/

News Byte! December 19th - Colhex, Lucky VR, Far Cry 5

COLHEX: https://t.co/e5mkeNQ9m0 Lucky VR Job: https://t.co/GpA7GRYPpT Far Cry 5: https://t.co/jR2Lc0DNTx Follow Jake at: https://www.youtube.com/c/jakebutineau https://twitter.com/jakebutineau http://www.torontogamedevs.com/