Reporting on the games made in Canada and the creators behind them
Released earlier this year on Steam and itch.io, LaPointe Joints’ (@LeBatardHarry) twin-stick shooter is coming to Switch for the very reasonable price of $5.99 in a few weeks.
Read MoreFor the fifth year, we’ll be doing Extra-Life. If you’re unfamiliar with Extra-Life, it’s basically playing games for 24-hours, while raising money to donate to Children’s Hospitals. Stephan and I will be doing our own individual donations, but we’ll also be donating our November Patreon income. Make sure to check out our page, please share it with friends and family, and we’ll be streaming games on Twitch.
David B joins us from the west coast best coast to talk about the upcoming Quiver Games Incubator!
Bizdev extraordinaire Eric Beer joins us to give his Hades II impressions and chat v-bucks subsidized game preservation.
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!
We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and many more!
We reveal the winners of our ‘23 Community Awards poll and discuss Drinkbox’s latest teaser for their next project- and more!
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!
Stephan got terminated but that’s okay he just has more time to cover Canadian games now.
Blazing Bit Games have released Chapter 2 for their throwback first-person shooter Nightmare Reaper, which you can pick up on Steam, and GOG. Chapter 2 doubles the content of the game and is free for all owners of the game.
Read MoreGame developer Adil Sulaiman has releases NoSeq on itch.io as a “Name Your Own Price” title. The game is a throwback to pixel shaded games on the original PlayStation.
Read MoreWe have a few job postings up on the site, so make sure to check them out!
The new studio founded by ex-BioWare devs Humanoid Origin is looking to fill multiple roles.
Spooky Squid Games classic indie hit, They Bleed Pixels (which was released on Steam back in 2012) is now out on Nintendo Switch.
Read MoreCosmocat Games from Nova Scotia has partnered with Unruly Games to release Super Rocket Ride on Steam, and itch.io (which comes with an extra Steam Key). Described as a cross between old school lander games, and classic platformers with a look from the SNES era - Super Rocket Rides includes a simple control scheme, lush pixel art, and 33 “Hand-crafted” levels.
Read MoreSt. Catharines-based Rocketship Park (@Rocketship_Park) has released long-in-development indie puzzler LOVE - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories on Steam with a launch discount.
Read MoreRun around as a blob attacking other players to knock pieces of them off, if you collect those pieces, you get bigger. The bigger you are, the more damage you can endure, but the slower you move. Play across a variety of modes from Last Blob Standing, to King of the Hill, on nine maps ranging from a lava covered apocalypse to a laser filled combat arena!
Read MoreMontréal-based indie game studio Kitfox Games (@KitfoxGames) have released player-directed, story-rich mystery game Lucifer Within Us on Steam and itch.io.
Read MoreVancouver-based independent game studios Redstone Interactive (@redstoneio) and Offworld Industries (@OffworldInd) have announced their upcoming large-scale multiplayer first-person shooter Beyond The Wire (@play_BTW) launches in Early Access on Steam next week.
Read MoreThe latest update for Phoenix Labs free-to-play Monster Hunter type game Dauntless is out now. Titled Untamed Wilds, the update includes new missions, a new monster, and “Terra Escalation”, a gauntlet-style challenge. Can check out the trailer below, and read the patch notes here.
Read MoreAhead of its release date of October 16th on PlayStation 4, and Xbox One - EA has announced new details on this year’s iteration of NHL21, developed over in EA’s Vancouver office. You can check out some of the highlights in the trailer below.
Read MoreToronto-based game developer Benjamin Rivers (@BenjaminRivers) has released Home: Postmortem Edition for Nintendo Switch.
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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.