Ep 202 - Crunchy Pixels are Better Than Smooth

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Overview:

Oodles of Canadian gaming events, news and releases for your earholes this week- PlayStation taps some Canadian talent for the God of War (2018) PC port, a trio of new studios opening up and more!

We also talk Stephan's thoughts on Inscryption after beating it (GOTY 2021), Steve's thoughts on the console port of A Short Hike (and its controversial Smooth Pixel mode) as well as our general Halo Infinite poo-pooing.

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Jobs:

• Toronto, ON: HDX Transmedia - Technical Character Animator and Unreal Senior Game Developer

Events:

• Wed. Dec. 1 @ 9 am Breakfast Game Audio Club

  • Invite your game/audio friends! ->https://discordapp.com/invite/8MXjszA

• Fri. Dec. 3 @ 6:30 pm Games Writing Working Group December[Online]

  • “This low-key online social is specifically geared towards writers who want to work together in a virtual space.”

• Wed. Dec. 8 @ 8 pm NEXT DIRTY RECTANGLES ONLINE

  • --> dirtyrectangles.com/live ←

• Sat. Dec. 18 @ 5 pm December Speaker Social

  • “The chillest of socials. Our winter holiday social is sure to get silly.”

Releases This Week:

LAUNCHES

• Tall Poppy by Attainable Ent (@AttainableEnt) in Sudbury, ON - Find on Steam.

  • “Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!”

• Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel by Quill Studios (@quill_studios) in Toronto, ON - Find on Steam

  • “Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets of your fellow magic university students.”

• Oct 26, 2021: Darkest Dungeon II by Red Hook Studios (@RedHookStudios) in Vancouver, BC - Now in Early Access on Epic

  • “Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across a decaying landscape in a last gasp attempt to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within…”

PORTS

• Where Cards Fall comes to Switch

• A Short Hike comes to Consoles

• Backbone comes to Consoles

News and Announcements:

NEW STUDIOS:

• Amplifier Game Invest expands into Canada with new studio Goose Byte

• Huge Boar Games Opens Shop in Toronto Making tabletop Content

• Icefall Interactive Making VR games in BC

NEWS:

• The Calgary Game Developers Association is excited to present the Calgary Indie Game Bundle

• Dead by Daylight Does NFT (sad trombone noise)

• Dragon Age's Senior Creative Director Has Left BioWare

• Juan Comes to Dead Cells

• Compulsion's Xbox game codenamed "Midnight," adding to Xbox Game Studios' single-player lineup

• New Mass Effect teaser hints at the return of the geth

• Upcoming God of War PC port will be handled by Canadian studio Jetpack Interactive

• Dawn of the Monsters is a new giant-monster/kaiju brawler in which you can't help but destroy the city of New Toronto

Wishlist This:

1 - The Dead Prince by Studio Lintex (@StudioLintex) in Canada

2 - Urban Farmer by Viroid Games Inc. (@ViriodGames) in Toronto, ON

3 - Red Trigger 2 by Bold Spirit Game Studio (@BoldSpiritGames) in Montréal, QC