Village Gamer

It’s great to see all of the nominations already listed on the Canadian Videogame Awards site, but I know there are more of you out there, and you have only ten days remaining to get your nominations in for the 4th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards, to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre on April 20th, 2013. This year’s show, sponsored by Future Shop, will once again celebrate the best and brightest of the Canadian videogame industry. Developers, publishers and industry leaders from across Canada will gather in beautiful Vancouver to recognize the outstanding achievements of 2012.    Read the rest of this entry »

Last evening at the Save BC Film townhall meeting held at North Shore Studios, the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC (MPPIA) officially announced We Create BC – an initiative to showcase and celebrate BC’s creative industries, kicking off with BC’s film and television production industry. Last fall Vancouver’s videogame sector held a townhall meeting hosted by DigiBC to discuss the challenges it is facing. I want to delve a bit deeper into several points that have been raised over the past few days, but as the research and communication is going to take some time, in the meantime, here’s your introduction to We Create BC. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Fixmo, a developer of mobile security and risk management solutions for public and private sector organizations, has announced that the company has received a strategic investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures), the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group. The funding will be used to advance research and development in the areas of mobile device integrity verification, data loss prevention (DLP), risk analytics and trusted mobile computing. Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time Emmy^® award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. will be featured on In View with Larry King in a report focusing on 21^st century education airing on the Discovery Channel, January 28, 2013 at 07:00 EST/PST. To illustrate the great benefits of using Toon Boom’s creative technology in the classroom, Toon Boom chose Bluffton Elementary School in South Carolina for their students’ impressive achievements in a very short time. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) is the place for Canadians to share their thoughts on the development, deployment and governance of the Internet in Canada. Consisting of an annual event and an online discussion forum, the CIF brings together leading thinkers and experts to discuss a variety of Internet-related topics. The next CIF will begin on February 28, 2013 with a national event in Ottawa, and registration is now open. This year the CIF national event will be kicking off an online discussion forum, as Canadians can further explore the topics being discussed at the national event online. Read the rest of this entry »

Through an initiative of Telefilm Canada in partnership with Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), the Government of Canada and its partners are supporting Canada’s leading game development industry at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with prestigious meeting space, a networking event and a matchmaking program. In line with its new strategic vision Fostering Cultural Success, Telefilm Canada will select a contingent of 20 export-ready independent Canadian game development companies to support and showcase during GDC 2013. This initiative is aimed at the promotion of Canadian talent in the interactive digital media industry. Read the rest of this entry »

.CA is building Canada online – come help shape its future! Apply to join the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA) Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee helps build a Board of Directors that represents a wide range of views and interests as it defines the strategic direction of .CA and contributes to Canadian Internet policy. It plays a critical role in soliciting and selecting qualified candidates for the Nomination Committee Slate of CIRA’s Board of Directors Election. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media and Insight Productions have announced that Canadian television personality Arisa Cox (CBCNN, E! News Weekend, The Lofters) is taking on the coveted role of Host of Big Brother Canada. On February 27th at 9pm ET/PT Arisa will introduce viewers to the first ever batch of Canadian houseguests and week-to-week will eavesdrop on the house and navigate the houseguests through surprise twists and unexpected turns. Canadians won’t miss a moment of this winter’s hottest series with Slice™ available on free preview in nearly 10 million homes across the country just in time for launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based Music for Productions has just launched a new website in response to the demand for stock music and production music library services. The new website features an innovative, modern design, more user-friendly navigation and features close to 28,000 tracks. MFP has acquired several new catalogues and expanded their offering considerably. For now clients can navigate from the old site to the new one and select either one when doing a search. MFP will phase out the original site within the next year. Read the rest of this entry »

Q8IS Mobile, Inc has announced that Gone Fish’In, one of the Top Paid Apps on the Nokia Store between May and June of 2012 is now available for Nokia Asha 305, 306, 308, 309 and 311 models. Available as a free download on the Nokia Store, Gone Fish’In challenges players to reel in the big one while avoiding rocks, weeds, wooden logs, currents and other obstacles. Read the rest of this entry »