Ep 217 - Gamescom Canucklery

OVERVIEW:

Oodles of Gamescom announcements from Canadian studios and projects- from New Borderlands to a massive Age of Empires anniversary to loads more. We also go over all the fresh Canadian video game releases, wishlist some unreleased Canadian indies and talk about what we've been playing to close out. Enjoy!

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EVENTS:

• Game Slice 2022 Online (@GameSliceEvent) Stream: Oct 4-6 Playtesting: Sept 20-Oct 6 “Back for its seventh year, Joydrop is proud to host Game Slice 2022. We continue to conduct the event online as we await a safe opportunity to return to an in-person event.”

• Super FESTival 2022 by Hand Eye Society (@HandEyeSociety) Oct 15-16 Volunteer, showcase your game or apply to be a speaker for the 10th festival showcase by the Toronto-based non-profit arts org.

JOBS:

• Edmonton, AB: Crimson Herring Studio Job - Game Programmer (Unity), 3D Environment Artist

• Remote: Legends of Learnings - Game Developer

CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:

• Lunenburg, NS: Tiger Woods to be Cover Athlete and Executive Director for PGA TOUR 2K23

• London, ON: Trans Twitch streamer Keffals forced to flee country in wake of death threats and abuse

• Montréal, QC: The Outlast Trials Getting Closed Beta Halloween Weekend

• Québec, QC: New Tales from the Borderlands Announced, Gearbox Studio Québec Leading Development

• Toronto, ON: Hand Eye Society Releases Second Mixtape

• Toronto, ON: A Short Hike Getting Physical Collector's Edition from Super Rare Games

• Toronto, ON: Trio of Benjamin Rivers' Games Getting Physical Nintendo Switch Collection

• Vancouver, BC: Relic's Age of Empires IV Getting Anniversary Update, Franchise Turns 25 Years Old

• Vancouver, BC: Hardspace: Shipbreaker Coming to Xbox Series S, X and PS5

• Vancouver, BC: Blackbird Interactive's Homeworld 3 Delayed to 2023

LAUNCHES:

• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (August 25, 2022) Platforms: Switch, PS4, PS5 and Steam Developer: Northway Games (Vancouver, BC)

• Evasive Maneuvers (August 31, 2022) Platforms: Steam Developer: Sky Pyre Studios (Ottawa, ON)

UPDATES:

• Water Rats DLC for Radio General (August 23, 2022) Platforms: Steam Developer: Michael Long, Foolish Mortals Games (Saskatoon, SK)

PORTS:

• Inscryption (August 30, 2022) Platforms: PS4, PS5 Developer: Daniel Mullins Games (Vancouver, BC)

WISHLIST THIS:

Tall Poppy 2 by Attainable Entertainment (@AttainableEnt) in Sudbury, ON

Caerulean: Beneath and Beyond by Spotless Mind Studios (@That_Haifisch) in Montréal, QC

This Bed We Made by Lowbirth Games (@LowbirthGames) in Montréal, QC

MUSIC:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON)

• 00:05:57 - Ancient Futures from TUNIC, by @Lifeformed (Taipei) and @Janice Kwan (Taipei)

• 00:47:11 - Homeworld 3 trailer song by @InsideBBI (Vancouver, BC)

• 00:52:46 - Four Scrybes by @JonahSenzel (USA)

• 01:01:47 - The Bed We Made trailer song by @LowbirthGames (Montréal, QC)

• 01:09:10 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON)

PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234/Ko-fi (Alberta)

HOSTED BY: @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) & Stephan Reilly

PRODUCED BY: Stephan Reilly (Halifax, NS)