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  • Ontario Games Industry

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – February 11, 2025

    Tags: Aikyam, Alientrap, Alientrap Games, Astronomics, Bellwood Studios, Blimey Studio, Broken Spectre, Canada, Canadian Game Awards, Canadian Games, CGA, CGAs, Continue, DuneCrawl, Eh! Game Expo, Elsewhere Electric, Entertainment Software Association of Canada, ESAC, Finish Line Games, games, Games by Stitch, Hilltop Studios, indie dev, indie developers, Interactive Ontario, Lil' Guardsman, Made in Ontario, Numizmatic, Ontario, Robots at Midnight, This Week, Thousand Stars, Unless, video games, VR, WinterOver, XR

    Ontario leads Canada in active game studios, Eh! Game Expo celebrates Canadian game greatness, and Games by Stitch reveals new VR puzzle game!

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  • Canadian Game Awards

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – January 18, 2025

    Tags: All Systems Dance, Battle Vision Network, Canada, Canadian Game Awards, Canadian Games, Capy Games, Capybara Games, CGA, CGAs, Continue, Digital Extremes, games, Hilltop Studios, indie dev, indie developers, Interactive Ontario, Lil' Guardsman, Made in Ontario, Metacritic, Mighty Yell, MobileSyrup, Ontario, Rooster, Soulframe, Sticky Brain Studios, The Crimson Diamond, This Week, video games, VR, XR

    The Canadian Game Awards return, MobileSyrup names Canadian games to watch in 2025, and The Crimson Diamond tops Metacritic!

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  • GDC Best in Play 2024

    2024 in Review: Ontario’s Video Games & XR Industry Highlights

    Tags: 2024, Achimostawinan Games, Astronomics, Black Tabby Games, Broken Spectre, Canada, Canada Media Fund, Canadian Screen Awards, City From Naught Inc, CMF, Continue, Cream Productions, Fera: The Sundered Tribes, games, Games by Stitch, GDC Best in Play, Hill Agency, Hill Agency: PURITYdecay, Hilltop Studios, Keyword2: Nightfall, Kitten Cup Studio, Lil' Guardsman, Little Learning Machines, Made in Ontario, Massive Damage Games, Numizmatic, Ontario, Pekoe, showcase, showcases, Slay the Princess, Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut, Star Wars Outlaws, Survivorman VR, Thousand Stars, Toronto Games Week, Ubisoft Toronto, Venba, video games, Visai Games, VR, XP Game Developer's Summit, XP Game Summit, XR, year in review

    2024 has been a year of groundbreaking achievements for Ontario’s video games industry. Here are some of the highlights!

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  • IO Connect Holiday Mixer

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – December 12, 2024

    Tags: Aikyam, Black Voices in Gaming, Canada, Canada Media Fund, Capy Castaway, CMF, Continue, Dark Slope, games, Interactive Ontario, IO Connect, IO Connect Holiday Mixer 2024, Kitten Cup Studio, Made in Ontario, Ontario, Pushing Vertices, Rollergirl, showcase, showcases, The Game Awards, This Week, Thousand Stars, video games, VR, Wholesome Snack, XR

    Dark Slope goes green, Skate City hits NYC, and Ontario devs shine at winter showcases, and the IO Connect Holiday Mixer closes out the year in style!

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  • Star Wars Outlaws Ubisoft Toronto

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – November 22, 2024

    Tags: Alientrap, Alientrap Games, Black Tabby Games, Canada, Continue, Dark Slope, DuneCrawl, games, Hilltop Studios, In Stars in Time, Indie Game Awards, insertdisc5, Interactive Ontario, Julia Minamata, Lil' Guardsman, Made in Ontario, MobileSyrup, Ontario, Slay the Princess, Star Wars Outlaws, The Crimson Diamond, The Game Awards, The MIX Showcase, This Week, Ubisoft Toronto, video games, VR, XR

    Ubisoft Toronto get Star Wars Game Awards nods, Ontario indies score multiple Indie Game Award noms, and local devs featured in The MIX Showcase!

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  • Fera: The Sundered Tribes

    This Week in Ontario Video Games & XR – September 6, 2024

    Tags: Bonus Stage, Canada, Continue, Dave Proctor, Fera: The Sundered Tribes, Finish Line Games, Gamescom, Gamescom 2024, Interactive Ontario, Lofty Sky, Made in Ontario, Massive Damage, Mighty Yell, No More Room in Hell 2, Ontario, Ontario Creates, ottawa, Red Meat Games, Robots at Midnight, Sky of Tides, Snowed In Studios, This Week, Torn Banner, Toronto, Ubisoft NEXT, Ubisoft Toronto, video games

    Everything happening in the Ontario video games industry this week courtesy of Interactive Ontario and CONTINUE!

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  • Michael Schmalz Interview

    Digital Extremes and the Rise of Ontario’s Video Game Industry: A Conversation with Michael Schmalz

    Tags: BioShock 2, Canada, Dark Sector, Digital Extremes, Epic, Epic Games, Epic Pinball, game developer, interview, James Schmalz, London, Michael Schmalz, OMDC, Ontario, Ontario Creates, Riverbond, Star Trek, TennoCon, The Darkness II, The Lodgge, Toronto, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Warframe, Waterloo

    On the eve of TennoCon 2024, The Lodgge chats with Michael Schmalz, former president of London-based Digital Extremes, to reflect on his time in the industry, the evolution of game development in Ontario, and how his work helped move the Ontario video games and XR sector forward.

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