Ep 208 - UNIONIZE BIOWARE (Stephan Named This One)
/Support the Wet’suwet’en Defend Their Land <3
Overview:
This week Steve and Stephan dive into a month's worth of Canadian gaming news including an exciting union drive from BioWare Edmonton's contract workers, entirely single-player survival game The Long Dark is adopting a season pass model to fund future development and much more interesting stories!
Listen Here:
EVENTS:
Grant Writing for Creatives (May 11, 2022 @ 6PM EST)
“learning how to write grants for your game projects”
Games Writing Working Group May[Online] (Thu MAY 5 @ 6:30pm EST)
“This low-key online social is specifically geared towards writers who want to work together in a virtual space.”
TOJam 2022: All Twogether Now (May 13 to 15)
“while it is the 'Toronto' game jam, since we're doing things virtually this year you don't actually need to be in Toronto to join”
JOBS:
Here are all the game dev jobs we’re currently advertising on the site!
NEW GAMING STUFF:
RELEASES:
Québec: Next Star System Releases on iOS
Saskatoon, SK: Kaiju Wars
Toronto, ON: NOW LEFT!!! Rogue Legacy 2 Leaving Early Access, Gets Animated Release Date Trailer
Toronto, ON: LOFTY QUEST out now
Vancouver, BC: Peglin is finally out!
UPDATES:
Vancouver, BC: Dauntless Reach of Radiance Update Out Now
PORTS:
PEI (Solo dev now living in Japan): Cardful Planning Releases on Switch
Vancouver, BC & Regina, SK: Boreal Tenebrae (Boreal Tales) comes to Xbox and Switch
CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:
Edmonton, AB: Keywords staff at BioWare Edmonton look to unionize
Edmonton, AB: Crimson Herring Announces Steam Playtest for Sovereign Syndicate
Toronto, ON: Drinkbox Studios Releasing Nobody Saves The World On PlayStation and Switch This Month
Toronto, ON: Tea-Making Simulator With Cats Pekoe Gameplay Video
Toronto, ON: Behaviour Interactive opens first studio in Toronto
Vancouver, BC: Hardspace: Shipbreaker breaks out of early access next month and comes to GamePass
Vancouver, BC: The Long Dark's first paid content will drop later this year and follow a "season-pass type approach"
WISHLIST THIS:
HASTE by Hot Sauce Bread Studios (@HotSauceBread) in Ottawa, ON
SAK'D (@SAKDGame) by Alchemy Interactive in Canada
Cornucopia (@CornucopiaPC) by Subconscious Games in Vancouver, BC