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  • This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – May 9, 2025

    Tags: Akiiwan Survival, Brock University, Canada, Canadian Games, Continue, Eternal Night: The Darkness Within, event, games, indie dev, indie developers, Indie Super Boost, Interactive Ontario, ISB, Little Buffalo Studios, Little Guy Games, Lofty Sky, Made in Ontario, Ontario, PAX East, Sky of Tides, This Week, Toronto Games Week, Ubisoft Toronto, Verse VR, video games, VR, XP Game Summit, XR

    Ontario studios shine at PAX East, XP Game Summit & Toronto Games Week return this June, and Ubisoft Toronto & Brock team up for the future of game dev.

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  • Level Up Showcase 2025

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – April 23, 2025

    Tags: Algonquin College, and Gaming, Blue Ocean Games, BMO, Brave New Wonders, Brock University, Canada, Canadian Games, Canadian Screen Awards, City From Naught, Cococucumber, Continue, Damian Lee, event, games, Gamescom, Gamescom 2025, Germany, Hilltop Studios, indie dev, indie developers, Indie Live Expo, Indie Super Boost, Interactive Ontario, ISB, Krafton, Level Up Showcase, Lil' Guardsman, Made in Ontario, Minister Cho, OCAD, Ontario, Ontario Minister of Culture, Ravenlok, Ravenlok: Legendary Edition, Rising Tide Challenge, Sledehammer Games, SpielFabrique, Stan Cho, This Week, Tourism, Ubisoft Toronto, Uken Games, University of Toronto, VICE, video games, VR, XR

    Ontario’s games and XR scene is booming! New games, big showcases, a $30M indie fund, and Gamescom prep.

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  • Level Up Showcase

    Sheridan, Brock, and Niagara Shine at Level Up Showcase

    Tags: Algonquin College, AMD, Brock University, Centennial College, Fanshawe, Niagara College, OCAD University, Ontario, Ontario Tech University, Sheridan College, TD Bank, The Lodgge, Toronto, Ubisoft Toronto, University of Toronto, Zynga

    Last week’s Level Up Showcase 2024 saw students from UofT and Centennial College take the prize for Best Overall Game, with Sheridan College, Brock University, and Niagara College taking top spots in multiple other categories!

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  • Lofty Sky Entertainment

    Lofty Sky’s Jason Loftus and Judith Cheung: Telling Overlooked Stories Across All Media

    Tags: interview, Lofty Sky Entertainment, Lofty Sky Games, The Lodgge, Toronto

    Of the many talented teams in Ontario’s digital media community, Lofty Sky Entertainment is certainly one of the most versatile, dividing its time between three different primary mediums – film, games, and apps.

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  • Snowed In Studios’ Jean-Sylvain Sormany on Helping Make Massive Games and Ottawa’s Development Scene

    Tags: interview, ottawa, Snowed In Studios, The Lodgge

    To coincide with the team’s recent 14th anniversary, The Lodgge sat down with Jean-Sylvain Sormany, the studio head of Snowed In, to learn more about how the team balances all of that, continues to land big-name titles and Ottawa’s robust gaming scene. 

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  • Sinn Studio's Swordsman

    Sinn Studio: Taking the World of XR Combat by Storm with Swordsman VR

    Tags: interview, Sinn Studio, The Lodgge, Toronto

    In recent years, Ontario has produced many noteworthy, award-winning, and bestselling XR experiences, one of them being Sinn Studio’s hugely successful ‘XR combat’ game Swordsman VR. The Lodgge had a chance to speak with Edil Hundubey, Marketing Manager at Sinn Studio, about Swordsman, the studio’s recent successes, and what they have in store for the future.

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  • The Lodgge - International Women's Day

    14 Women Shaping Ontario’s Gaming Industry

    Tags: 13AM Games, Achimostawinan Games, Adjective Noun Studios, Black Tabby Games, Cococucumber, Digital Extremes, Gameloft Toronto, Phantom Compass, Pushing Vertices, Secret Location, Soft Rains, Vivid Foundry

    Happy International Women’s Day! The Lodgge is celebrating with a look back on some of the incredible conversations we’ve been able to have with the women who are making huge strides in Ontario’s video game industry.

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  • GDC Best in Play

    Ontario Game Studios Dominate GDC 2024 Best in Play Showcase

    Tags: Achimostawinan Games, City From Naught, Games by Stitch, Kitten Cup Studio, Massive Damage, Numizmatic, Transitional Forms

    In an undisputed testament to Ontario’s skills and depth in video game development, studios from the province nearly swept GDC Play’s coveted 2024 Best in Play Showcase at the Game Developers Conference, bagging a stunning seven spots out of eight!

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  • Play Underground Games Ubisoft Indie Series 2024

    Ubisoft Indie Series: A Chat with 2024 Winners Play Underground Games! and 13AM Games

    Tags: 13AM Games, interview, Ontario, Play Underground Games!, The Lodgge, Toronto, Ubisoft Indie Series, Ubisoft Toronto

    The Lodgge recently spoke with the Fūnké Joseph of Play Underground Games! – the 2024 Ubisoft Indie Series Grand Prize winner – and Alex Rushdy of 13AM Games – The National Bank Special Prize winner – this week about their big wins, how the teams are feeling, and what comes next.

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  • Cococucumber

    Cococucumber’s Vanessa Chia on Ravenlok and a Decade of Making Games in Toronto

    Tags: Cococucumber, Echo Generation, interview, Ontario, Planet of the Eyes, Ravenlok, Riverbond, The Lodgge, Toronto, Vanessa Chia

    The Lodgge recently spoke with Cococucumber co-founder Vanessa Chia about the success of their latest game Ravenlok, forging a relationship with Xbox, and what it's like being an indie studio in Ontario.

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