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Annex Pro is inviting NUKE artists of Vancouver, join them at the first ever Vancouver NUKE User Group Meetup, and get a first look at what’s new in NUKE 7.0, which was unveiled at IBC 2012 on September 7th. The pub night will be hosted at The New Oxford on Homer Street, and with only 30 spots available, early registration is recommended. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile game developer XMG Studio Inc., Electric Playground and The Globe and Mail have teamed up to challenge all Canadian students to compete in the largest ‘hackathon’ in Canadian developer history – the Great Canadian Appathon is a race against the clock to create the next hit mobile game in under 48 hours. Over the weekend of September 28^th students will gather at more than 40 participating university and college ‘HUBS’ across Canada. The teams will work around the clock and compete for a $25,000 first place prize, $5,000 second place prize, as well as 10 category winners who will receive a special edition Xbox Halo 4 Edition, generously provided by Microsoft. Read the rest of this entry »

Di-O-Matic, a Montreal-based developer of user friendly character animation software, has announced the launch Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition). Di-O-Matic heard the call from animators. Spending hours creating lip synch animations for CG characters can be tiring and manually generating every single lip movement can be a long and tedious task. Read the rest of this entry »

Fans looking to go hands-on with Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) games or get in front of developers behind the upcoming MechWarrior Online from Piranha Games, MechWarrior Tactics and Sins of a Dark Age have several ways to do so as IGP announces details on its PAX Prime participation this year. Hands-on demos, panels and exclusive Q&A session details for the games are below. Read the rest of this entry »

Gamercamp returns to Toronto for its fourth edition this November 3rd and 4th at the beautiful Isabel Bader Theatre, with some of the top names working in the games industry.  Festival director Jaime Woo has announced that Ken Yeung, lead programmer of the award-winning Super T.I.M.E. Force, and Pat Redding, lead game designer of the highly-anticipated Splinter Cell: Black List, as well as artists from NYU’s acclaimed No Quarter exhibition are the latest talent additions to the 2012 roster, joining already-announced Deus Ex: Human Revolution lead writer Mary DeMarle, Papo & Yo creative director Vander Caballero, and Dyad creator Shawn McGrath. Read the rest of this entry »

Wild Games Studio would like to inform you that the studio has canceled exclusive retail and online sales around the world for Dungeon Gate publishing and distribution agreement it had with Mamba Games due to a failure on Mamba Games’ part to to respect the agreement. Read the rest of this entry »

Is the reign of the 18-35 male gamer coming to an end? Maybe. The explosive growth of social and casual gaming has predominantly been fueled by female players in their 40s. As more and more game developers actively target women and young children, we’re seeing an expansion of what games are and can be. Women In Games Vancouver, along with event partner EA Canada, are proud to present “Rescuing the Game Industry: Women and Children First?” Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive Games Ontario 3D (iGO3D) is a government funded 3D gaming research initiative, and their latest work at Fan Expo will help determine best practices for visually immersive stereoscopic 3D gaming.  Often referred to as the Canadian  “Comic Con”, Fan Expo Canada™ showcases over 700 exhibitors to over 80,000 fans and sprawls over 400,000 square feet of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Held August 23 -26, 2012, Fan Expo Canada™ is currently the third largest pop culture event in North America.  Gamers are encouraged to visit iGO3D booth #1251 to participate in the competition, and qualify for great prizes. Space is limited! Read the rest of this entry »

It isn’t Canadian politeness, the love of hockey or winter weather envy attracting gaming and digital media companies around the world to the Ontario Technology Corridor. They are attracted to the Province of Ontario’s “game on” approach to tax incentives and Canada’s overall financial stability. They also value Ontario’s high concentration of skilled workers – the largest talent pool – that has attracted studios from global gaming and development firms. Read the rest of this entry »

TinyCo, a San Francisco based developer and operator of popular mobile games such as Tiny Monsters, Tiny Village and Tiny Zoo Friends, officially announced today that it is opening a new studio in Vancouver to continue to expand its development of top quality mobile games. Backed by an $18 million investment led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, TinyCo is looking to broaden its team of high-caliber engineers, designers, and artists who are passionate about gaming on mobile platforms. Read the rest of this entry »