Social gatherings, tech events, showcases and more in Canada.
Canada’s premier business-to-business video game conference. Over two days, connect with global industry professionals to explore crucial industry trends, develop new and innovative business-building opportunities, and help shape the future of gaming.
Toronto Games Week is a celebration of playable arts and culture! Toronto Games Week 2024 will be on June 13-19 and is a collective coordination of events organized independently by dozens of organizations, creators, curators, and companies.
The Game Discovery Exhibition (GDX) is the largest independent celebration of game dev and games culture in Canada; it showcases talent from Alberta and beyond.
This “8-day-long game jam aims to help grow the game development scene in London, Ontario and welcomes all who wish to take part, be they beginners, hobbyists, students, or professionals!”
Join us once again for a wonderful night of speed game industry networking, light food and games with the Quiver Games Checkpoint!
first Dirty Rectangles of the year
Presenting the Quiver Games choose-your-own-Deventure: a day-long game dev intensive 🎉
#GDX2023 is coming July 19-23 to #YEG! Canada's largest celebration of #gamedev and games culture is back for more and bigger than ever before.
Welcome, Vancouver Game devs to Town One 2023! Preparing you to game industry work with networking, mentorship and practical development.
Now in its fourth year, the Canadian video game conference has levelled up with the addition of Canada’s largest Game Showcase and an Esports Business Lounge
A Toronto physical game market with vendors selling retro to current gen videogames.
The third edition of the Games from Quebec Steam Sale runs from February 2 to February 6, 2023.
DemoNights brings back one of the most renowned showcases in the Québec video game industry.
The Game Design Club (GDC) will be hosting a GAME JAM for the kids at Inn From the Cold (The Inn), a Calgary-based shelter that is dedicated to helping find stability for families that are experiencing a housing crisis.
A night of live music celebrating achievements and the future of game audio with people in video games, XR/interactive media and music
The CUTC and Unity invite you to the MaRS Discovery District for a day of networking, discussions, and learning about STEM in Toronto!
Super FESTival is an online celebration of the past decade of Hand Eye Society programming. Join us!
Back for its seventh year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment.
Indie Cup is hosting a digital festival of indie games with developer awards and an online exhibition of upcoming indies from Canadian devs!
Meet up with fellow Vancouver Video Game Developers, bring food and drinks to share.
A Steam Sale of games developed in Ontario will be running for a week featuring 200 games from nearly 100 studios in Canada’s most populous province.
Disco:MTL is bringing you an action-packed week filled with expert-led talks that will reinvigorate your marketing strategies, help you develop your community in engaging and inclusive ways, teach you how to build momentum for your game and leverage it for launch, master the use of social media, and much, much more!
Welcome back to in person game jams with Town One, preparing you to game industry work with workshops, mentorship and mobile VR/AR support. Register here.
Pitched as “Canada’s Premiere Video Game Business Conference”- a hybrid in-person and online event this year.
“Meet like-minded people, show off what you're working on, talk about game development, discuss game design and have fun ^-^ Anyone is welcome <3”
Join other game writers and narrative designers for a cozy, digital get together every month!
An afternoon of game demos, gamedev discussions and board games!
Join up and be part of our general meetings, ask the chapter executives questions, post some of your passion projects, and kick back with your industry peers.
Welcome to GGaide, a day of conferences and virtual activities organized by Techaide and the Quebec video game industry to raise funds for Centraide of Greater Montreal, which collects and invests funds locally to fight poverty and social exclusion.
GGaide is an unique opportunity for people in the video game industry to come together, help the community, learn, and, above all, to have a positive impact in the lives of those who need it most.
Can see all details, and purchase tickets here.
Back for its sixth year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment. Due to COVID-19, Game Slice will continue being fully online to allow game developers from far and wide to preview their unreleased games to an engaged and knowledgeable audience.
Game Slice 2021 will be using an interconnected environment of Discord services and Twitch Streaming to provide the best environment possible for exhibitors and attendees.
In addition to playtesting exhibits, Community Partners will be providing discussions and lectures for all attendees.
When we game industry professionals get together we always end up sharing the many highs and lows development process. Doing this during the development process provides valuable feedback from industry peers going through the same development challenges.
Game Slice provides a structured format to show your game behind closed doors and help shape the future of your game at any stage of development.
This is a private event for Corporate Game Studios, Professional Game Developers, or Indie Game Developers. If you’ve launched a game in the past you qualify to be on the quest list.
Additionally, exhibitors can choose to allow students to attend their booth.
Have a Unity project (or…. many!) you’re working through right now? Whether you’re looking for accountability, collaboration, companionship or advice, this event will provide participants with the opportunity to hang out and work together, even if we can’t physically share space.
This low-key monthly online social is geared towards game devs and other creatives who want to talk shop about Unity and work together in a virtual space.
As with all of our events for now, this will be held online through DMG’s BigBlueButton meeting platform.
Hosted by Ahn Mur and Max Lander on the second Monday of every month.
Hand Eye Society is having their yearly Comics X Games online this year, and you can check out the full details of games here.
It’s back and bigger than ever! The Hand Eye Society has partnered once again with the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) and Canzine to announce the return of the Comics x Games festival! This year, due to COVID-19 Comics x Games will be making a return, but with a virtual twist! We can’t wait to be able to showcase the works of more local and international artists at this year’s festival! And without further ado, here are all the amazing games for this year’s festival.
Redbull has announced a Valorant Competition - with qualifiers taking place March 27th, April 10th, and April 24th. You can check out the details here.
Red Bull Campus Clutch is a global esports tournament for university students designed for the most talked about, watched, and played, game of the year, VALORANT. With more than 50 countries taking part, this event is dedicated to all students aspiring to play like a VALORANT pro. Grab four friends, show off your flawless skills and see if you have what it takes to make it to the World Final, the climactic event where your team will be immortalized on the world stage
🚨The world’s biggest global @PlayVALORANT university tournament is here. ENTER: Red Bull Campus Clutch🚨
— Red Bull Canada (@RedBullCanada) February 12, 2021
👉 3 Canadian qualifiers, 1 National final, and 1 World final. Do you have what it takes to represent your country? 🇨🇦
Apply now to find out: https://t.co/pVywxrGCnV pic.twitter.com/i5d4cAoeCC
Announcing registration for Canadian university and collage gamers to compete in world’s biggest VALORANT competition
Red Bull Campus Clutch invites students from more than 50 countries to represent their country, leading to a world final later in the year.
Canadian qualifiers will take place on March 27th, April 10th and April 24th. Registration is now open at RedBull.ca/CampusClutch
Toronto, February 12, 2021: The call for entries for Red Bull Campus Clutch, the biggest global VALORANT post-secondary tournament is officially open with 3 qualifiers, open to all Canadian students, taking place on March 27th, April 10th, and April 24th. The competition challenges student gamers of all levels across the nation to team up and compete on the world stage to create history for their university, their province, and their country. To enter this exciting global event, students must rally their team of five and register to compete across three phases: Qualifiers, National Finals and World Finals.
Providing a level playing field, Red Bull Campus Clutch is open to all students over 18 who are enrolled in universities & collages across the nation. Teams of five can sign up to compete in Qualifiers 1, 2, and 3, which are now open at RedBull.ca/CampusClutch
Successful teams will advance to the National Finals, where they’ll compete to determine the best student VALORANT team in the country. The winner will advance to the World Finals, where only the very best squads will have a shot at the ultimate glory.
At the World Final, teams will face off for €20,000, and an exclusive chance to see the biggest stars in VALORANT compete in the VALORANT Masters Series, an official stop on Riot Games’ VALORANT Champions Tour.
As one of the fastest growing, most talked about, and most watched games of 2020, VALORANT broke the single-day hours watched record in a single game category with 34 million hours, according to Twitch.
Red Bull Campus Clutch provides a starting point for any up-and-coming VALORANT teams to get recognized on the international circuit. Teams from more than 50 countries will have the opportunity to compete against players from all over the world, hone their skills, and learn what it takes to compete professionally.
As the esports industry continues to thrive, collegiate esports ensures the ecosystem remains sustainable and provides a much-needed path for new talent. Red Bull Campus Clutch is a new grassroots event that aims to take university esports to the next level by creating a global structure, inviting students to not only represent their campus, but their country, and pave the way for the next generation of esports pros.
The Canadian Red Bull Campus Clutch Qualifiers take place online, beginning March 27th.
Visit the Red Bull Campus Clutch event page to find out more on how to enter: RedBull.ca/CampusClutch
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