Ep 185 - Edmonton Games Galore

Support Indigenous movements across this land: Land Back Lane in Ontario, Wet'suwet'en in British Columbia & Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia. Watch Night of the Indigenous Devs up now on YouTube!

Watch our interview from last year with Meagan Byrne from Achimostawinan Games.

Overview:

The first-ever Edmonton Direct aired this past week showing off oodles of Edmonton-developed games! We take a look at the list, the Ubisoft Indie Series finalists, Sledgehammer's new Toronto studio & much more.

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Jobs:

• Bad Jump Games (Pickering)

  • 3D Unity Developer

• Insert Coin Accounting (Toronto, Montreal, Remote)

  • Auditor and Tax Supervisor (Montreal/Remote)

  • Auditor and Tax Supervisor (Toronto/Remote)

• Knowledgehook (Toronto/Remote)

  • Senior/Lead Web Game Engineer

• Mikutech/Joydrop (London/Remote)

  • Unreal Engine Programmer

  • Unity Programmer

  • Intermediate Full Stack Developer

  • Senior Full Stack Developer

  • Lead Full Stack Developer

• Star Fort Games (Ottawa)

  • Senior Game Developer

• Snowed In Studios (Ottawa)

  • Full Stack Programmer

  • Rendering Programmer

  • Senior Generalist Programmer

• Sheridan College (Oakville/Remote)

  • Professor, Game Design (Part-Time)

Events (all times in EST):

• Comics X Games 2021 by The Hand Eye Society (May 8 - 12)

• VRTO (Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 11:00 AM – Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 8:00 PM ADT)

• Edmonton eSports Event (May 15 & 16)

• TennoCon 2021 fan event dated for July

News:

• First Edmonton Direct

• Skate out now on PC and Consoles

• Rocket Rumble Shows Off New Gameplay

• Call of Duty Developer Sledgehammer Games Opens Toronto Office

• Super Animal Royale Coming to Consoles with Cross Play Soon

• art of rally Drifts onto PS4 & PS5 This Summer

• Benjamin Rivers Drops Game Maker Studio 2 Adventure Game Tutorial

• Multiplayer Rouge-lite Ember Knights Gets New Steam Demo

• Clan O'Conall Out Now on PC and Mac

• EA bought Metalhead (Super Mega Baseball)

• Ubisoft Indie Series Finalists Announced (Our Ubisoft Statement)

Wishlist This:

1 - Astalon: Tears of the Earth by LABS Works (@LABSworks) in Ontario

2 - Mass Effect (@masseffect) Legendary Edition by BioWare (@bioware) in Edmonton, AB

3 - Mayhem in Single Valley (@MayhemValley) by Fluxscopic Ltd. (@FluxscopicLtd) in Kitchener, ON