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OVERVIEW:

After a (ginormous) hiatus, Steve and Stephan are BACK to discuss some Canadian Games Industry news from the past few months but just catch up and talk about games and big game thoughts, man.

CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS

We're also launching our 2023 Community Awards polls- same as last year there's a week to nominate and another week to vote on the top nominees.

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CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:

• Toronto, ON & Montréal, QC: NetEase Opens new studio in Canada, Bad Brain Game Studios

• Canadian stuff 🍁@ the Keighley's (aka Game Awards) 2023:

  • Baldur's Gate 3 – 9 Nominations Larian Studios' knockout RPG (with an office in Québec City) including wins for Game of the Year, Best Performance, Best Community Support, Best Role Playing Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Players' Voice;

  • MOST IMPORTANTLY 2 Nominations for Venba (by @brownmoney__ in Toronto);

  • Sea of Stars – 2 Nominations for Sabotage Studio's classic RPG (in Québec City) including a win for Best Independent Game;

  • Cyberpunk 2077 – 5 Nominations for CD Projekt Red's RPG (with a 4th dev team in Vancouver) including a win for Best Ongoing Game.

• Toronto, ON & Montréal, QC: Behavior Interactive and Supermassive Games have revealed The Casting of Frank Stone, a new story-based game set in the Dead by Daylight universe;

• Montréal, QC: Survival horror multiplayer game The Outlast Trials is coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One on March 5, 2024;

• Vancouver, BC: hotshot fresh off big wins a few years ago for Inscryption, Daniel Mullins' Next Game Is Pony Island 2: Panda Circus;

• (Not Canadian, Just for Steve): SEGA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF JET SET RADIO, SHINOBI, GOLDEN AXE, STREETS OF RAGE, AND CRAZY TAXI!!

WISHLIST THIS:

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus developed and published by Daniel Mullins Games (@DMullinGames) in Vancouver, BC

Blood Running developed and published by Dead Unicorn (@DeadUnicornInc) in Calgary, AB

The Unknown developed and published by Triple Tap Games (@TripleTapGames1) in Canada

EPISODE CREDITS:

MUSIC USED:

• 00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON)

• 07:39 - 'Good Time' by @alpha_something (Toronto, ON) feat. Chetpet Gaana Prabha from Venba

• 09:09 - theme song from Podcast Beyond (can't find credits anywhere, man...)

• 36:40 - 'Wunderschonenburg' by @AShellinthePit (Vancouver, BC) from The Last Hero of Nostalgia

• 45:07 - 'Middle Kingdom' by @JonahSenzel (USA) from Pony Island 2: Panda Circus

• 01:04:35 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON)

HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON)

PRODUCED BY: Stephan"f*#king Unionize" Reilly

PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta)