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Wyley and Initio are hosting a game jam in Vancouver on the weekend of March 30th through April 1st. This free event will be a super casual get-together of developers and non-developers who want to spend the weekend making games. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) has announced that it will release the open beta version of PlayStation®Suite SDK to content developers in April 2012 and the official version later this year.  Through the introduction of these SDKs, SCE will offer a more streamlined content development environment for content developers — from large game development companies to small, independent shops — and further expand the world of PlayStation® to open operating system based portable devices. Read the rest of this entry »

New Jersey corporation Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy has been approved as an iGaming test lab for Loto-Québec. GLI Canada will be responsible to test internet systems, games and other products to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations in effect in Québec. Read the rest of this entry »

Seattle-based Z2Live, creators of genre defining, free-to-play social games for mobile devices, today announces the acquisition of Big Sandwich Games, an independent full-service game development studio based in Vancouver. Led by game industry veterans Glenn Barnes and Tyler Sigman, the Big Sandwich Games team will create the foundation of the newly formed Z2Live Games Vancouver. Read the rest of this entry »

GREE and Ubisoft have announced an agreement to bring a brand-new Assassin’s Creed mobile game to the upcoming GREE Platform. GREE Platform will launch in Q2 2012, and the new Assassin’s Creed title will be available in December in English and Japanese, with other languages to follow. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »