Social gatherings, tech events, showcases and more in Canada.
Canada’s premier business-to-business video game conference. Over two days, connect with global industry professionals to explore crucial industry trends, develop new and innovative business-building opportunities, and help shape the future of gaming.
Toronto Games Week is a celebration of playable arts and culture! Toronto Games Week 2024 will be on June 13-19 and is a collective coordination of events organized independently by dozens of organizations, creators, curators, and companies.
The Game Discovery Exhibition (GDX) is the largest independent celebration of game dev and games culture in Canada; it showcases talent from Alberta and beyond.
This “8-day-long game jam aims to help grow the game development scene in London, Ontario and welcomes all who wish to take part, be they beginners, hobbyists, students, or professionals!”
Join us once again for a wonderful night of speed game industry networking, light food and games with the Quiver Games Checkpoint!
first Dirty Rectangles of the year
Presenting the Quiver Games choose-your-own-Deventure: a day-long game dev intensive 🎉
#GDX2023 is coming July 19-23 to #YEG! Canada's largest celebration of #gamedev and games culture is back for more and bigger than ever before.
Now in its fourth year, the Canadian video game conference has levelled up with the addition of Canada’s largest Game Showcase and an Esports Business Lounge
DemoNights brings back one of the most renowned showcases in the Québec video game industry.
The Game Design Club (GDC) will be hosting a GAME JAM for the kids at Inn From the Cold (The Inn), a Calgary-based shelter that is dedicated to helping find stability for families that are experiencing a housing crisis.
A night of live music celebrating achievements and the future of game audio with people in video games, XR/interactive media and music
The CUTC and Unity invite you to the MaRS Discovery District for a day of networking, discussions, and learning about STEM in Toronto!
Disco:MTL is bringing you an action-packed week filled with expert-led talks that will reinvigorate your marketing strategies, help you develop your community in engaging and inclusive ways, teach you how to build momentum for your game and leverage it for launch, master the use of social media, and much, much more!
Pitched as “Canada’s Premiere Video Game Business Conference”- a hybrid in-person and online event this year.
An afternoon of game demos, gamedev discussions and board games!
Have a Unity project (or…. many!) you’re working through right now? Whether you’re looking for accountability, collaboration, companionship or advice, this event will provide participants with the opportunity to hang out and work together, even if we can’t physically share space.
This low-key monthly online social is geared towards game devs and other creatives who want to talk shop about Unity and work together in a virtual space.
As with all of our events for now, this will be held online through DMG’s BigBlueButton meeting platform.
Hosted by Ahn Mur and Max Lander on the second Monday of every month.
We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and other games.
The 6th annual FIVARS - Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories - showcases an expertly curated selection of immersive experiences from around the world, featuring many North American and World premieres!
First of its kind in Nova Scotia, GameDev Atlantic is a game development conference designed to grow the industry in Atlantic Canada.
This conference will feature speaking sessions on a variety of topics. GDA also offers the opportunity for networking, funding, and mentorship. Studios of all sizes, as well as keen students or individuals, are encouraged to attend.
In 2020 this event will take place virtually, presenting to a much wider audience but still keeping the focus on the Atlantic development scene.
You can check out the full details on the Facebook Group - but there will be an only Women Game Jam hosted by a few people out in British Columbia.
The Women Game Jam is a game creation marathon that aims to promote the empowerment and growth of women* in the game industry! Women Game Jam Canada will be making games in parallel with participants in 8 countries across North and Latin America. Join us for this amazing online event from August 21 to 30!
Formerly the XP Game Developer's Summit, the event has now been moved online due to COVID-19 and renamed XP Game Developers Online.
The Indie Mixer returns to Toronto first week of February with an amazing opportunity to do speed networking with other professionals.
This is a beginner’s workshop for those wanting to learn the game development engine Unity.
Combining the best elements of tournament and convention experiences, the two-day event will feature a festival-like atmosphere. Guests can expect tournaments, free play, BYOC, live streaming events, panels, hackathons and more.
MEGA and MIGS are two events happening in Montréal from November 16 - 17 and November 18 - 19 respectively, with options to buy tickets for one or the other or both.
The 5th EGLX will be happening this October at the Metro Convention Center.
The 8th annual Full Indie Summit is happening in Vancouver, BC at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Saturday September 28 from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
Game Slice, the yearly event for testing unreleased games is happening again in London in September.
The yearly Fan Expo will be held August 22nd to August 25th this year at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Digifest 2019 is an annual three-day design and technology festival, as well as a startup showcase. This year, Digifest explores the theme Creative Growth to highlight how creativity impacts our everyday lives. The event will look into the future and see advancements in the field of mobility, education, blockchain, cannabis and culture.
You can pick up your tickets right here.
On July 27-29 Red Bull along with Bell Canada will be presenting one of Canada’s largest game development hackathon at AdrenaLAN in Toronto. There will be thousands of dollars of prizes to be won for the best hacks in areas like mobile games and VR/AR, along with workshops to introduce attendees to the world of game development and design.
AdrenaLAN will also include an exclusive panel on the future of hackathons and will include directors from Canada’s leading hackathons as well as companies like Google and HackerNest. Hackathon details and more information will be released at: www.redbull.com/adrenalan
Application form link: bit.ly/2JuSvAA
Beginners and first time hackers are welcome too!
Final application deadline: July 4th at 11:59pm EST
Any questions can be emailed to contact@omcn.tech.
The Indie Mixer is a new gaming event similar to speed dating, but for networking with game developers. You can check out all details on Facebook, or their Eventbrite.
The Indie Mixer is a brand new networking event for Indie Game Devs in Toronto!
The main event of the night will be set up similar to speed dating, with a mix of 1 on 1 and 4 on 4 sessions with peers, presenting a great space to talk with others in the community and create the possibility of collaborating with others in the future.
There will be a time to mix and mingle before and after, so bring your business cards and your game ideas and head on over!
Bloom Digital Media have released a demo for their upcoming visual novel game Long Story 2, which is a sequel to the 2017 game.
NetEase Games has announced the opening of a new game studio in Canada, named Bad Brain Games, to work on an "ambitious new franchise," which will be a story-driven open-world action-adventure game.
Autumn with the Shiba Inu, the next project from Toronto-based visual novel powerhouse Quill Studios, is coming to Kickstarter this week.
Canadian indie game studio Red Meat Games have released their episodic, narrative-driven audio game Project Dark on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Achimostawinan Games have released their Indigenous cybernoir detective narrative adventure game Hill Agency: PURITYdecay for Steam and itch.io.
With offices in Vancouver, BC, CD Projekt Red has become one of, if not the first, AAA game studios operating in Canada to offer their employees paid menstrual leave.
Kitchener-based indie studio Fluxscopic have released their 2021 puzzle-loaded action adventure game Mayhem in Single Valley on consoles.
Vancouver-based Red Hook Studios have released the last update to their roguelike sequel Darkest Dungeon II before it leaves Early Access in May.
Toronto-based Komi Games partnered with Limited Run Games to release a physical edition of their 2021 arena fighter Mighty Fight Federation for PS4 and PS5.
Montréal-based game dev Johan Vinet has partnered with Limited Run Games to release physical copies of his upcoming 2D cinematic platformer LUNARK for PlayStation 4, 5 and Nintendo Switch- set to release later this week.
The latest Bit Bazaar, a popular gaming/artist showcase put on by our friends at Gamma Space will be later this month, specifically:
The event will be hosted at the new Toronto Media Arts Center and you can check out the full details (and a list of playable games) here. It includes some unreleased games such as Light Fingers, and A Fold Apart so I'll see you there!
We break down Baldur Gate 3's unprecedented success & the knock-on effects it'll have on the industry and how we make games moving forward. We also speak to Ontario-based indie game devs Twinolli about their upcoming action-puzzler Highlighters which just got a (Dad Deck-verified) Steam demo!
We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and other games.
We reveal the winners of our ‘23 Community Awards poll and discuss Drinkbox’s latest teaser for their next project- and more!
This week thousands more game developers join Stephan in the "terminated by evil, stupid people" camp as layoffs hit tons of studios all over Canada and the world. We discuss Sonic as well. Sonic supports Unionizing your Workplace!
Stephan got terminated but that’s okay he just has more time to cover Canadian games now.
After a (ginormous) hiatus, Steve and Stephan are BACK to discuss some Canadian Games Industry news from the past few months but just catch up and talk about games and big game thoughts, man… and launch our end of 2023 Community Awards Polls! Nominate now!!
KEIGH THREEEEEE! New Compulsion Games’ game, Thunder Lotus goes multiplayer, age-old game development questions pondered and Zelda hierarchy debated.
In Stephan's last recorded and produced episode in Halifax, NS, we dive into a bunch of Canadian games from Fire Station to Super Animal Royale to Project Dark. We also talk new Canadian Nindies announcements and more news!
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We break down Baldur Gate 3's unprecedented success & the knock-on effects it'll have on the industry and how we make games moving forward. We also speak to Ontario-based indie game devs Twinolli about their upcoming action-puzzler Highlighters which just got a (Dad Deck-verified) Steam demo!