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Gaming
Michael MacMillan has new gig in mobile gaming
MacMillan has joined the board of directors at Fuse Powered, the mobile game developer, where he will help senior management, led by chairman Yung Wu and CEO Jon Walsh, execute on their move into the iOS game space.
Nerdscreen: Matching creatives in the game world
Call it speed dating for creatives and game industry folks, minus the actual dating.
Breakthrough and Big Blue Bubble team up on Crash Canyon extension
Fresh from the announcement of landing money from the OMDC’s Interactive Digital Media Fund, Breakthrough Entertainment and London, Ontario gameco Big Blue Bubble are partnering on online social game Crash Canyon Adventure.
Games land $2 million from OMDC
The latest round of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund recipients from the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) proves that games are top of mind, as the body hands out $2 million among 19 projects.
McGonigal: Games can change the world
Be happy. Play games. That’s the message from game designer and theorist Jane McGonigal, who insists video games are anything by wasteful time and energy, and can instead can positively impact people and a real world found wanting.
Antic Entertainment tops indie game development competition
Canadian indie game studio Antic Entertainment has won a game development competition mounted by Korean games publisher Nexon, with $1 million in project financing at stake.
Relic Entertainment launches internship to honor the late Brian Wood
Indie game studio Relic Entertainment has launched a new game design internship for Vancouver Film School graduates to honour the late Brian Wood, lead designer on Company of Heroes Online.
Nerdscreen: Explore game creation with LittleBigPlanet 2
Film influence in games are slowly but surely becoming the norm and LittleBigPlanet 2 is no exception. Level designer Christophe Velledieu from Media Molecule stopped off in Toronto to discuss the new title’s inspirations as well as its potential for folks interested in making games.
GameON: Keynote Dino Patti talks funding on first project
Seeking VC investors can be quite the challenge, but that wasn’t the case for Dino Patti and Playdead Games, as the keynote speaker revealed on the final day of GameON: Finance.
Carmody: Film biz keeping an eye on game industry
He’s the man who “made it cool to make films in Canada,” noted moderator Ray Sharma of producer Don Carmody, who delivered a keynote interview at GameON: Finance yesterday to discuss the success of his game-to-film adaptations.
bitHeads acquires Bedlam and Playbrains, forms new tech and media company
Software app developer bitHeads has acquired Toronto’s Bedlam Games and Ottawa gameco Playbrains to form new technology company Ascension CrossMedia Inc., with plans to forge ahead in transmedia.
Disney closes Propaganda Games in Vancouver
Disney Interactive Studios has closed down its Vancouver game development studio Propaganda Games, with the loss of 70 jobs.
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