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Cackleberries Entertainment, a studio we first told you about in 2009, is set for official launch. Eight years in the making, Cackleberries is the vision of Coquitlam, BC mom Eronne Foster, who wanted to build a virtual world around teaching kindness, empathy, honesty and loyalty – along with a few school subjects. In a recent interview with Tri-City News, Eronne outlined what has been developing inside the New Westminster studio’s walls. Read the rest of this entry »

With the opening of its new studio in Florida, Digital Domain is on the lookout for exceptional talent. Recruiters will be visiting Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver (as well as several locations across the USA). The Legend of Tembo is currently in pre-production at the brand new Tradition Studios, a state-of-the-art, 120,000 square foot facility in South Florida. Some of the job openings require immediate placement, while others need to be filled by summer and fall. On a side note, Digital Domain also has several career positions open in its Vancouver studio. Read the rest of this entry »

Quebecor Media is proud to join forces with Saguenay entrepreneurs to form a new Quebec video game company called BlooBuzz – the domain was registered on Webnames.ca two days, but there is no site up yet. On the strength of Quebecor Media’s majority stake, BlooBuzz will be developing casual gaming titles to take advantage of this rapidly growing market, especially on mobile platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver 3D asset developer Tiger Shark Studio is proud to announce the availability of their latest creation, the Valkyrie Battle Tank Toolkit.  Available on both the Tiger Shark Store as well as the Unity Asset Store, this battle tank has a playable demo and is priced at $95.00. Developers who purchase the tank through Tiger Shark’s store will also receive Custom Car Pack 1 free of charge. Read the rest of this entry »

Aspiring game devs, take note: having a crappy, yet completed game in your portfolio is better than having an unfinished one that that you’re constantly trying to improve. Read the rest of this entry »

Organized by Interactive Ontario, GameON: Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

While the first day offered a variety of sessions on venture capital, project-funding, value of analytics, lean start-up models, and exit strategies, there was a single and consistant message to game studios: Read the rest of this entry »

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

The Vancouver chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH invites you to The Art of Modern Warfare 3, featuring presentations by Sledgehammer Games’ Art Director Joe Salud and CG Supervisor David Blizard, at District 319 on January 17th, with the doors opening to ticket holders at 6pm for a pre-event networking reception. Read the rest of this entry »

Part comedy competition, part performance and part informational, this Great Gamification Debate will settle, once and for all, three burning questions: What is gamification? What is it good for? And why does it matter? The Big Event will take place at The Hive, which is located at #210 – 128 West Hastings Street in Vancouver, on the evening of February 2nd. Read the rest of this entry »

GameHouse, the gaming division of RealNetworks,  has announced that the company is expanding its social game studio to a new office at 712 Yates in Victoria, where it aims to double its staff to at least 45 people by the end of 2012. GameHouse Canada takes an indie approach to game production, encouraging designers to express their creative freedom during game development. The new downtown studio opens on January 16th and will offer its staff several perks including an open and collaborative working environment, a plush gaming and entertainment lounge, creative Fridays, and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s creative talent will once again gather on the West Coast this spring to celebrate its world-class video game developers at the third annual Canadian Videogame Awards ceremony to take place in Vancouver on April 3, 2012 during the International Digital Media Summit in Vancouver. Details about the Digital Media Summit have yet to be released. Read the rest of this entry »