Social gatherings, tech events, showcases and more from across Canada
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
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.
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!
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.
Meet up with fellow Vancouver Video Game Developers, bring food and drinks to share.
“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.
Join us for Canada Games Online. The inaugural online event presented by the Canadian Interactive Alliance (CIAIC) is designed to help Canadian video game developers grow their businesses.
B2B Connect (September 17-18) is the next step in your business development journey. During this 48-hour online networking event, you can request meetings with compatible game publishers and investors from around the world. Participating companies include EA, Nintendo, Konami, NetEase, Square Enix and 505 Games.
There are limited places available, so sign up today!
***Publishers and investors are eligible for a free ticket. If you want to receive one, please send an email to canadagamesonline@kalikoprod.com with your first name, last name, company name and company website.***
Registration deadline: 23:59, September 16, 2020
Cancellations will only be accepted until 48 working hours before the activity. Participant substitutions are accepted until the activity is held. Please send your cancellation notice to canadagamesonline@kalikoprod.com.
You can check out the full details on the Facebook Group - but there will be an only Women Game Jam hosted by a few people out in British Columbia.
The Women Game Jam is a game creation marathon that aims to promote the empowerment and growth of women* in the game industry! Women Game Jam Canada will be making games in parallel with participants in 8 countries across North and Latin America. Join us for this amazing online event from August 21 to 30!
Join other game-audio enthusiasts for the next virtual The Breakfast Game Audio Club (@BrGameAudioClub) meetup this Wednesday, May 6th, 9 am virtually via their Discord server.
This Black History Month, join other professional black game developer’s at Ubisoft Toronto for an evening of mixing and talks from black professionals in the industry.
The Indie Mixer returns to Toronto first week of February with an amazing opportunity to do speed networking with other professionals.
In lieu of a speaker event this month, Dames Making Games is hosting a swap and shop event. This free event has attendees bring some clean clothes in good condition to swap with others.
Come on out and play games with friends old and new in a safe, welcoming environment.
Our friendly GMs have some really exciting games to share with you both traditional and indie. Bring a pal. It’s going to be rad.
The last Torontaru of 2019 is happening Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at the Get Well Bar in Toronto.
An indie game showcase presented by the Hand Eye Society in partnership with the Microsoft Store.
Bonus Stage’s monthly meet-up returns with new speakers.
Game Slice, the yearly event for testing unreleased games is happening again in London in September.
A monthly meet-up of game devs in Toronto.
The yearly Fan Expo will be held August 22nd to August 25th this year at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
A night for indie game devs in Vancouver to get together, network and show off their games.
Digifest 2019 is an annual three-day design and technology festival, as well as a startup showcase. This year, Digifest explores the theme Creative Growth to highlight how creativity impacts our everyday lives. The event will look into the future and see advancements in the field of mobility, education, blockchain, cannabis and culture.
You can pick up your tickets right here.
The Hand Eye Society Ball 2018 will be Saturday the 22nd in Toronto. If you're unfamiliar with the event, it's basically a fancy-smancy party for gamers. Tickets can be purchased here, and you can check out the full site for details.
At long last, our fourth annual fancy videogame party has returned with another spectacular night featuring music, food and drink, mystery, and the best contemporary videogames from Toronto and beyond. Our last three celebrations -- at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2014, the Masonic Temple in 2015, and again in 2016 -- have all sold out before the day of reckoning, so don't delay in purchasing tickets! If you want to stay updated or share this event with others, subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, Facebook group, and Twitter. They say good things come to those who use the hashtag #HESBall18 to spread the word...
Dress up fancy, enjoy a curated selection of delightful and surprising games amidst music and mingling, and support a videogame arts not-for-profit at the same time!
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.
The Indie Mixer is a new gaming event similar to speed dating, but for networking with game developers. You can check out all details on Facebook, or their Eventbrite.
The Indie Mixer is a brand new networking event for Indie Game Devs in Toronto!
The main event of the night will be set up similar to speed dating, with a mix of 1 on 1 and 4 on 4 sessions with peers, presenting a great space to talk with others in the community and create the possibility of collaborating with others in the future.
There will be a time to mix and mingle before and after, so bring your business cards and your game ideas and head on over!
The debut game from a new Western Canada indie dev duo was revealed during Day of the Devs 2024.
Cat couple owner slash game dev studio Max Inferno announced a 2nd DLC pack for their tidy puzzler.
A year after being announced, Compulsion Games has shown some gameplay for their 3rd person, action-adventure game.
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.
Gears of War: E-Day was announced during Xbox’s Game Showcase, marking the second prequel in the Gears of War franchise.
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.
Victoria-based indie devs Hololabs have released their mobile AR game Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure for iOS.
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.
Bloom Digital Media have released a demo for their upcoming visual novel game Long Story 2, which is a sequel to the 2017 game.
Halifax-based devs Max Inferno have released Cupboards & Drawers DLC for their 2022 puzzler A Little to the Left.
Torontaru returns this July for a night of drinks, games and good times! Come down to The Get Well to chat with other devs, play some classic arcade cabinets and unwind!
Click here for more info.
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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.