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Breakthrough producing online games for Rocket Monkeys
GAMINGTVWEBThe company’s digital division is producing a three-game suite for the web, targeting the upcoming series’ six- to 11-year-old demo, with the first game launching in conjunction with the premiere in January.
Shaw picks up Defiance from NBCUniversal
GAMINGINTERACTIVETVWEBThe sci-fi series is currently in production in Toronto and also features a massive multiplayer online tie-in game (pictured).
Ubisoft, Sheridan pact to promote performance capture tech
FILMGAMINGTVWEBUbisoft Toronto’s Cedric Orvoine (pictured) says industry-academic partnerships are vital to the industry’s future.
ideaBOOST shortlist announced
GAMINGINTERACTIVEWEBA total of 15 projects, including Rollers of the Realm (pictured), The Path, Ramen Party and The Ghost Town Project have been shortlisted for the CFC Media Lab’s business and creative development program.
TIFF12: Renga and the future of digital, gaming in film – part two
FILMGAMINGINTERACTIVEIn the second installment of a two-part Q&A, programmers Shane Smith and Nicholas Pagee talk about the future of interactive cinema and opps for Canadian creators.
TIFF12: The Nexus of digital media and film – part one
FILMGAMINGINTERACTIVETVIn the first installment of a two-part Q&A, TIFF programmers Shane Smith and Nicholas Pagee discuss market interest in gaming and digital projects and cross-sector collaboration.
Best Boy hires interactive development head
GAMINGINTERACTIVEDoug Rappaport, a 17-year video game industry vet, will move from California to Newfoundland to head up planning and production of the company’s interactive content.
CMF makes changes to Experimental Stream program
FUNDINGGAMINGMOBILEWEBThe second round of the 2012-2013 program will offer different investment allocations based on the stage of the project, as well as new recoupment policy based on project types.
Corus partners with U.S. mobile startup Fingerprint
GAMINGINTERACTIVEMOBILEThe media co has invested in San Francisco’s mobile learning and play network Fingerprint Digital in efforts to boost its growth in the kid’s app market with its Fingerprint Play platform.
Merging Media to bring L.A. transmedia conference execs north
FILMFUNDINGGAMINGINTERACTIVETVWEBThe multiplatform media conference, which takes place Oct. 24 to 26 in Vancouver, will host speakers from the StoryWorld Conference in California, which runs one week prior.
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