Ep 209 - The Data Innovation Centre of Excellence

Overview:

A massive acquisition of Canadian studios this week by the Swedish Bond-villain-sounding Embracer Group. Achimostawinan wins a cool $50k in hard-fought Indie Prize. The Big Con finally finds a not-bad GOTY version name. Join the Steve's as we dish Canadian gaming news, events, jobs, impressions and more.

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Events:

• Submit for Hand Eye Society Super FESTival

• Grant Writing for Creatives (May 11, 2022 @ 6PM EST) “learning how to write grants for your game projects”

• 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!

• Kixeye: Devs, Leads, VP & More (Canada remote or at office in Victoria, BC)

• A Game Studios - Unity/C# Devs

Canadian Gaming News:

• Montréal, QB: Embracer Group bought Eidos Montreal/Square Enix Montréal

• Toronto, ON: Microsoft opens new Toronto headquarters, doubles down on its investment in Canada

• Toronto, ON: Achimostawinan Games wins the Ubisoft award

• Toronto, ON: Grift of the Year Edition for the Big Con

Wishlist This:

Power Chord (@PowerChordGame) by Big Blue Bubble (@BigBlueBubble) in London, ON

Soul Split by Lanthanum Studios (@LanthanumStudio) in Toronto, ON

MythForce (@MythForce) by Beamdog (@BeamdogInc) in Edmonton, AB