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Fall Guys have announced the game will be getting Cuphead specific skins.
Tis the season of delays, and Studio MDHR is up next - announcing today that the DLC follow up to Cuphead is delayed.
Oakville and Regina-based game developers Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) have released the originally Xbox console exclusive Cuphead for PlayStation 4 today, the last major gaming platform it was absent from (besides Ouya).
Indie darling Cuphead has shipped 5 million copies across PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and is on sale to celebrate!
Dan Rodrigues and Steve chat about his time as a audio composer for advertisements, television, and video games.
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Toronto-based 13AM Games have announced a new paid expansion for their 2022 co-operative kaiju beat ‘em up Dawn of Monsters releasing in 2023.
Toronto-based 13AM Games have announced their side-scrolling, kaiju beat-'em-up game will be releasing on pretty much every platformer later this month on March 15th. Limited Run Games also has a physical edition for all platforms you can check out here.
Bret and I are back. We'll be chatting every other week and this week we talked about the Raptors-Spurs trade, the new Canadian GameDevs, gushed over Guacamelee! 2, and Bret gave his thoughts on Assassins Creed Origins.
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Bloom Digital Media have released a demo for their upcoming visual novel game Long Story 2, which is a sequel to the 2017 game.
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.
Autumn with the Shiba Inu, the next project from Toronto-based visual novel powerhouse Quill Studios, is coming to Kickstarter this week.
Canadian indie game studio Red Meat Games have released their episodic, narrative-driven audio game Project Dark on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Achimostawinan Games have released their Indigenous cybernoir detective narrative adventure game Hill Agency: PURITYdecay for Steam and itch.io.
With offices in Vancouver, BC, CD Projekt Red has become one of, if not the first, AAA game studios operating in Canada to offer their employees paid menstrual leave.
Kitchener-based indie studio Fluxscopic have released their 2021 puzzle-loaded action adventure game Mayhem in Single Valley on consoles.
Vancouver-based Red Hook Studios have released the last update to their roguelike sequel Darkest Dungeon II before it leaves Early Access in May.
Toronto-based Komi Games partnered with Limited Run Games to release a physical edition of their 2021 arena fighter Mighty Fight Federation for PS4 and PS5.
Montréal-based game dev Johan Vinet has partnered with Limited Run Games to release physical copies of his upcoming 2D cinematic platformer LUNARK for PlayStation 4, 5 and Nintendo Switch- set to release later this week.
This week I chat with Mark Laframboise and Steven Smith, two of the creatives minds behind A Fold Apart which is an upcoming puzzle game with a story around long-distance relationships. You can check it out below, remember to subscribe on iTunes and Google Play!.
A Fold Apart is also up on Fig right now for crowd funding, so check it out as $20 USD will get you a copy of the game plus in game credits. They are also doing an AMA on /r/truegaming which you can check out.
Lightning Rod Games has updated my personal GOTY last year A Fold Apart with a fee bonus chapter. The update is avaliable on Nintendo Switch, Steam and Apple Arcade, with the update coming to PS4/Xbox One “soon”.
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.
We're back! This time talking to indie developer Galal Hassan from Pixel Crushers. The studio has been pressing along right now working on ARia's Legacy, which is a AR escape room game coming next year. They were just at E3 and I spoke to him about his upcoming game, and his time at E3 as an indie gamer. He was also kind enough to provide some photos!
As mentioned on the interview, you can go to ARia's Legacy's website to sign up for a chance to play the game.
We're back with interviews! This week I sat down with Alex Bethke who has been a part of Toronto Game Jam for the last decade, either as a jammer or member of their board and organizer. He goes over his history as a Game Developer, the 100+ games he's worked on, and his work with Toronto Game Jam.
You can check him out on Twitter here, and check out here all the great TO Jam games. Oh and make sure to check out Fate Tectonics on Steam!
Cuphead is celebrating its initial launch on PC and Xbox One 5 years ago today, September 29, with the announcement of a physical copy of the game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch.