Ep 218 - Big W for Keffals
/OVERVIEW:
Huge development in the forced abroad Canadian streamer Keffals' story battling online abusers and doxxers, a new game from Dauntless' devs coming exclusively to Switch, Stephan and Steve dish on The Last of Us Part 1 and much more Canadian gaming goodness!
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EVENTS:
Indie Cup Canada '22 - online exhibit starting Oct 20, award nominees revealed Nov 3, winners Nov 17 - “Indie Cup is hosting a digital festival of indie games with developer awards and an online exhibition of upcoming indies from Canadian devs!”
Game Slice 2022 Online (@GameSliceEvent) Stream: Oct 4-6 Playtesting: Sept 20-Oct 6 “Back for its seventh year, Joydrop is proud to host Game Slice 2022. We continue to conduct the event online as we await a safe opportunity to return to an in-person event.”
Super FESTival 2022 by Hand Eye Society (@HandEyeSociety) Oct 15-16 Volunteer, showcase your game or apply to be a speaker for the 10th festival showcase by the Toronto-based non-profit arts org.
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CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:
Northern Ireland: Keffals’ Launched Campaign Deplatforms Abusers
St. John’s, NL: Project Winter Permanently Lowers Price as New Update Drops
Montréal, QC: Motive Montréal Developing an Iron Man Game
Waterloo, ON: Omega Strikers Enters Open Beta on Steam
Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Indie Studio Anemone Hug Unionizes
Vancouver, BC: Dauntless Devs Announce New Game 'Fae Farm' Coming Exclusively to Switch
LAUNCHES:
In Retrospect by @PaperSalamander (Toronto, ON) comes to Steam on September 7, 2022
Session: Skate Sim by @actionofcreate (Montréal, QC) leaves Early Access on Steam and comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series S|X on September 22, 2022
Foxhole by @SiegeCamp (Toronto, ON) leaves Early Access on Steam on September 28, 2022
UPDATES:
Frozen Hearth DLC for Nobody Saves the World by @DrinkBoxStudios (Toronto, ON) comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series S|X and Steam on September 13, 2022
2nd Free Update for Mario Strikers: Battle League by Next Level Studios (Vancouver, BC) comes to Switch on September 2022
PORTS:
Hardspace: Shipbreaker by @InsideBBI (Vancouver, BC) comes to PS5 and Series S/X and GamePass on September 20, 2022
TUNIC by @dicey (Halifax, NS) comes to PS4, PS5 and Switch on September 27, 2022
WISHLIST THIS:
Championship Wrestling Promoter by Pykrete Games (@PykreteGames) in Halifax, NS
Joshua's Legs (@JoshuasLegsGame) by Francis Cote-Tremblay (@trespetitlegume) in Montreal, QC
Tails: The Backbone Preludes (@backbonegame) by eggnut (@eggnutgames) in Vancouver, BC
CREDITS:
MUSIC:
00:00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON)
00:05:31 - 'Escape' from Project Winter OST by @itsbobtown (Michigan)
00:38:59 - 'Puzz' from Grindstone OST by @hollett_samuel (Toronto, ON)
01:10:19 - Tails: The Backbone Preludes trailer song by @eggnutgames (Vancouver, BC)
01:32:51 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON)
PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234/Ko-fi (Alberta)
HOSTED BY: @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) & Stephan Reilly
PRODUCED BY: Stephan Reilly (Halifax, NS)