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With Stephen out still raising a kid, Stephan is joined by Bret ( https://twitter.com/BretMeasor ), Sebastian ( https://twitter.com/sebastianscaini ), and Del ( https://twitter.com/bird_pun ) as they dive into this weeks news, and go over the big EGLX event.
Read MoreWith Stephen away raising his new child and Bret settling back in Ontario, Stephan recruits game developer Sebastian Scaini (@sebastianscaini) to join him. We talk about the new Medevil Remake, ZeMind's newly released RTS Versus: Unfriendly Frenzy, Capybara Games Co-founder Nathan Vella leaving the studio and the new stealth RPG Shadowy Contracts. We also discuss the upcoming events in the game dev scene and what we've been playing!
Read MoreWe found a Canadian working on The Last of Us Part 2! That gives us an excuse to talk about it, but we do talk about Canadian-made games as well, including Wandersong, Grindstone, Worse Than Death and more.
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Cat couple owner slash game dev studio Max Inferno announced a 2nd DLC pack for their tidy puzzler.
A year after being announced, Compulsion Games has shown some gameplay for their 3rd person, action-adventure game.
After severing ties with recently unionized QA studio Keywords and terminating 50 developers earlier this year, BioWare has rebranded their next game from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to Dragon Age: The Veilguard seemingly ruining years of perfectly good SEO.
Gears of War: E-Day was announced during Xbox’s Game Showcase, marking the second prequel in the Gears of War franchise.
Vancouver-based Company of Heroes 3 developer Relic Entertainment has secured funding from UK investment firm Emona Capital after laying off almost 200 staff since May 2023.
Victoria-based indie devs Hololabs have released their mobile AR game Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure for iOS.
NetEase Games has announced the opening of a new game studio in Canada, named Bad Brain Games, to work on an "ambitious new franchise," which will be a story-driven open-world action-adventure game.
Bloom Digital Media have released a demo for their upcoming visual novel game Long Story 2, which is a sequel to the 2017 game.
Halifax-based devs Max Inferno have released Cupboards & Drawers DLC for their 2022 puzzler A Little to the Left.
Apple Arcade is out and players are already enjoying over 100 iOS games for a few bucks a month. We go over some of them including Where Cards Fall, Hot Lava, and Skate City while giving our overall impressions.
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Toronto-based CAPY Games continues to release updates for their matching hit 5 years after its Apple Arcade debut.
Toronto-based developer Snowman will be releasing their currently Apple-Arcade-only Skate City to Steam, Epic Game Store, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox on May 6th.
Surveillance mystery game NUTS, partly developed by Pol (@polclarissou) in Montréal and published by Noodlecake (@NoodlecakeGames) in Saskatoon, is launching this week on Apple Arcade and next month on Switch and Steam.
Toronto-based indie powerhouse Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) announced their critical success mobile matching game (and biggest Game Awards snub in history) Grindstone is coming to Nintendo Switch this Autumn.
Toronto-based Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) has released an update to their 2019 sword-slashing puzzle battle game Grindstone adding new levels, bosses, items and more.
Lightning Rod Games (@LRGThunder) is bringing their heartfelt paper folding puzzle game A Fold Apart to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next week on May 19.
Montréal-based indie studio KO_OP (@KOOPMode) has released Winding Worlds today on Apple Arcade, a “finger-wiggling puzzle-adventure about a girl, a worm, and goodbyes.”
A Fold Apart is releasing Friday, April 17 on Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch and Steam from Toronto-based indie studio Lightning Rod Games (@LRGthunder).
The latest game from Toronto-based indie studio Capybara Games, known for critically acclaimed indie darlings BELOW and Super Time Force, is now available as a part of the Apple Arcade subscription service.
Where Cards Fall wasn’t the only Snowman-developed game to launch on Apple Arcade yesterday - their 2D Skateboarding game titled Skate City also launched alongside the subscription service.
Bret is missing, so Stephan and Stephen talk about Dauntless hitting 1.0 soon, Dune Sea, Rogue Star Rescue is on Kickstater, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey getting free DLC.
Remember to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or Spotify. And Patron's at the $5+ level got this episode 2-3 days early.
The debut game from a new Western Canada indie dev duo was revealed during Day of the Devs 2024.
Cat couple owner slash game dev studio Max Inferno announced a 2nd DLC pack for their tidy puzzler.
A year after being announced, Compulsion Games has shown some gameplay for their 3rd person, action-adventure game.
After severing ties with recently unionized QA studio Keywords and terminating 50 developers earlier this year, BioWare has rebranded their next game from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to Dragon Age: The Veilguard seemingly ruining years of perfectly good SEO.
Gears of War: E-Day was announced during Xbox’s Game Showcase, marking the second prequel in the Gears of War franchise.
Vancouver-based Company of Heroes 3 developer Relic Entertainment has secured funding from UK investment firm Emona Capital after laying off almost 200 staff since May 2023.
Victoria-based indie devs Hololabs have released their mobile AR game Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure for iOS.
NetEase Games has announced the opening of a new game studio in Canada, named Bad Brain Games, to work on an "ambitious new franchise," which will be a story-driven open-world action-adventure game.
Bloom Digital Media have released a demo for their upcoming visual novel game Long Story 2, which is a sequel to the 2017 game.
Halifax-based devs Max Inferno have released Cupboards & Drawers DLC for their 2022 puzzler A Little to the Left.
The gang talks about Gears 5 coming out, Chicory on Kickstarter, and some news on Celeste. We also talk about NHL 20, some mobile games, and Stephan’s trek across Canada.
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Montréal-based Lucid Dreams, creators of Legends of Ethernal, is launching a Kickstarter for BIOMORPH which they describe as “a dark Metroidvania that still has plenty of surprises...”
Winnipeg-based C4 Cosplay & Props has announced an upcoming Kickstarter for “Vendors of BioShock Infinite” to recreate the vending machines from the 2013 FPS BioShock Infinite.
Toronto-based Behold Studios has relaunched the Kickstarter campaign for their turn-based RPG Mahou Senshi Cosplay Club, a game “about a cosplayer that gets her powers from the costumes you make.”
Ottawa-based Hot Sauce Bread Studios (@HotSauceBread) have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their debut project Haste, a turn-based, collectable card game featuring “strategic yet action-oriented card combat played in real-time.”
As part of the Summer Gamefest, Quebec-based Sabotage Studio’s Kickstarter hit Sea of Stars gets a new trailer.
Toronto-based designer Devon Wiersma (@Devon_Wiersma) has successfully funded a materials free, rules-lite RPG entitled Runt on Kickstarter.
Québec City-based indie studio Sabotage (@SabotageQc) have officially achieved the most successful Canadian video game Kickstarter campaign ever with Sea Of Stars, hitting $1,335,111.00 CAD pledged of their initial $133,000 CAD goal with less than two days to go.
Windsor developer Chute Apps have released a kickstarter for their roguelike tower defense game - Rogue Star Rescue. The game was released on Steam in Early Access earlier this year, and they are looking to Kickstarter to finish development.
The debut game from a new Western Canada indie dev duo was revealed during Day of the Devs 2024.