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5th March 2013

Eidos-Montréal Unveils Thief For PC And Next Gen Consoles

Eidos MontrealEidos-Montréal®, a part of Square Enix Europe and the award winning studio behind the critically acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, has officially unveiled THIEF™ for PC, PlayStation®4, and other next generation consoles. THIEF is a reinvention of a franchise that helped define an entire genre of games, and is scheduled for a 2014 release. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

VFS Women in Games Scholarship Sparks Unprecedented Response

VFSAn overwhelming response to the annual Women in Games Scholarship offered by Vancouver Film School (VFS) has led to the unprecedented announcement of four recipients. Janel Jolly of Canada, Nicha Jaijadesuk of Thailand, Jaymee Mak of Australia, and Anna Prein of Russia have all been awarded a full-tuition scholarship to the one-year Game Design program. This scholarship, the first of its kind in the world, covers the full tuition for an aspiring female game designer in VFS’s acclaimed Game Design program. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

2013 BCIC-New Ventures Competition Launched

New Ventures BC CompetitionMore than $300,000 in prizes are waiting to be scooped up by emerging companies in BC’s technology space through the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition, which kicks off this week. Now in its 13th year, the competition has welcomed over 1,400 early?stage tech entrepreneurs since 2001, all with a dream to turn their concepts into reality. Ideas entered in the competition are then judged for their potential to become successful companies. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

Phantom Compass To Debut Rollers Of The Realm Demo

phantom compassCanadian indie developer Phantom Compass takes its upcoming pinball puzzle role-playing game Rollers of the Realm on several side-quests in March. Rollers brings together the drama of RPGs with the fun and skill mastery of pinball, combining physics puzzle play with a unique nudge mechanic. Each character is a pinball, and each scene in the story is a new pinball board. Players can hot-swap characters during play to combat enemies on each board and protect their vulnerable flippers. A vertical slice of gameplay will debut in San Francisco this month. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

Recipients of the BC Arts Innovation Fund Announced

mini-orbyThe Arts Innovation Fund is a partnership between BC Film + Media and the BC Arts Council. The program is intended to encourage arts and culture organizations to collaborate with digital media creators to engage audiences in new and innovative ways.  Funding is in the form of a non-recoupable advance of up to $25,000.  This year’s successful applicants are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

CDMN Canada 3.0 Digital Media Conference Goal to ‘Connect, Collaborate and Commercialize’ Canadian Innovation

CDMNCDMN Canada 3.0 2013, Canada’s only national digital media conference focused on the commercialization of innovation, will feature world-class speakers, a wide-ranging program and showcase of Canadian entrepreneurship when it gets under way May 14 and 15, 2013 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The conference, organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) and featuring host Amber Mac, is expected to draw more than 2,500 attendees from industry, government and academia to advance Canadian innovation. Read the rest of this entry »

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5th March 2013

Roaming Fortress Adds Rage Campaign Expansion

Brisk MobileContinue your journey with the Manatalopian Knights of Roaming Fortress as they discover the mythical Road of Anak and experience the monstrous power of a fierce and aggressive magic at work. Brisk Mobile and YETi CGI today announced the new Rage Campaign Expansion is now available on iTunes and soon on Google Play. Recently awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ in the GDC Play 2013 ‘Best in Play’ Showcase, the iPhone and Android Phone versions of Roaming Fortress are coming at the end of March. Read the rest of this entry »

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