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This week Bret and Steve sit down to talk about the UKEN Games selling off Bingo Pop, the recent Gucamelee! 2 DLC, Longstory being released on Switch, Shwip hitting early access and much more!
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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.
Are you interested in becoming a social media marketer? What about running a marketing campaign for your indie game on a low-to-zero budget? Corina Diaz is here to answer all those questions and more as we discuss indie games, and marketing around them.
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We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and other games.
Primary developer/designer Andrew Shouldice, Audio Director Kevin Regamey and Level Artist Eric Billingsley join Stephan to discuss the award-winning isometric adventure game TUNIC on its 1-year anniversary.
Hololabs joins us to talk about their upcoming mobile AR project Sky Haven- and some of the lessons they've learned so far.
We talked with Kyle Sharpe (aka Ice Cold Blood) about his debut point-and-click horror game Batty Zabella. We discuss the constraints of developing a game that has to run on decades-old hardware, the underserved strain of "funny" horror in games a la Addams Family or The Munsters and much more.
In this interview, we talk with the young guns Angelo Graci (@agraci07) and Ryan Farkas (@RyanFarkas7) from Sol Studios (@SolStudios) about their new company, making their debut project Wormhole, their process, lessons learned and hopes for the future.
In this interview, we talk with the gang at Recombobulator Games, whose game Spaceboat currently has a week left on Kickstarter. You can also wishlist the game on Steam and play the demo.
In this interview, we talk to Andrew Czarnietzki & Jen Laface, cofounders of Edmonton-based indie game studio Only By Midnight (@OnlyByMidnight). They’re working on their debut game Curved Space which launches later this year on Steam, coming to Xbox One, Switch and (hopefully) PlayStation 4 in the future.
In this interview, Stephan talks to game and narrative designer Meagan Byrne (@byrne_meagan), founder of Achimostawinan Games (@AchimoGames).
In this interview, Stephan talks to Tomas Guinan, a solo indie developer from Truro-based indie studio Spoony Bard Productions (@SpoonyBardToma), whose NES-styled retro brawler Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl launched on Steam and Nintendo Switch in early May.
In this interview, Stephen talks to Muddassir Mahmood and Matthew Walach of Insert Coin Accounting (@ins_coin_acc), a company who offers full-service accounting, audit & tax credits for indie gaming studios.
Mohammed is a local Toronto author who prides in storytelling in video games. He recently wrote a blog post about why we play video games.
Mohammed and Steve discuss story in games, and the recent Telltale closing.
The new studio founded by ex-BioWare devs Humanoid Origin is looking to fill multiple roles.
Bret and I discuss whether Anthem is a few years too late, Bret gives his feelings on VR games, and we chat recent releases and the games we’ve been playing.
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Montreal-based Trebuchet has announced their next game will be coming to PlayStation VR, and thankfully we won’t have to wait long. Winds & Leaves is set to release July 27th and can check out further details and the trailer here.
Toronto-based Shaftesbury Lucid Inc. (@ShaftesburyTV) who’ve previously worked on TV shows such as Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake and Carmilla are releasing their first VR game WREST (@wrestvr) next week.
Spoilercast! We got a new show for CanadianGameDevs.com where we'll play a game and just discuss it on end. It'll be sort of a review/spoilercast type of show.
First up is Guacamelee! 2 from DrinkBox Studios. This sequel to the 2013 indie hit dropped on PS4 and Steam last week so Bret, and I were joined by developer from the first game turned fan Jason Canam to discuss everything we liked (a lot of things) and disliked (not that many things) about DrinkBox's new game.
Toronto-based Drinkbox Studios (@DrinkboxStudios) has announced DLC for their action-RPG Nobody Saves the World entitled The Frozen Hearth.
One of our favourite studios DrinkBox Studios released their RPG Nobody Saves the World on Xbox and PC earlier this year, and that exclusivity didn’t last long as they have now announced the game is heading to Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation later this month.
Toronto-based DrinkBox Studios have announced a release date for their upcoming action RPG, Nobody Saves the World and we won’t have to wait very long. The game will release on Steam, and Xbox One/Series X/S on January 18th. It will also be part of Xbox Gamepass.
Toronto-based Drinkbox Studios have announced their next game Nobody Saves the World during the ID@Xbox event last week.
Guacamelee! 1 and 2 Toronto-based developer Drinkbox Studios has revealed we’ll know about their next secret project this Friday during ID Xbox Gaming Showcase. All we really know about this game is that they’ve been teasing it with eyes.
Tyler Hodgkinson joins Bret and I to celebrate Episode 100. We talk about Assassins' Creed Odyssey, Hollow Knight, Mario Tennis, and more.
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Ubisoft announced that its latest Assassin’s Creed game will be free from March 19th to March 22nd on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Ubisoft Quebec announced today their latest DLC for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, titled Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece.
Ubisoft Montreals epic Assassin’s Creed Odyssey got the final piece of DLC earlier last month. Titled Judgement of Atlantic, the final episode The Fate of Atlantic is now out Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC.
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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.