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This week the Steves are joined by Andrew Czarnietzki, co-founder of indie game studio Only By Midnight based in Edmonton, Alberta. Andrew is wrapping up production on their debut game Curved Space. He joins us on this week's show to talk about all the gaming news, events and jobs we always cover- but stayed tuned for an interview with him and the other co-founder later this week!
Read MoreUbisoft appears to have stuck their entire head in the sand this week and went ahead with their Ubisoft Forward Press Conference with no mention of the weeks of sexual assault and abuse allegations coming out online, high profile developer resignations, internal investigations and more that have been all over the news.
Read MoreThe gang talks about Gears 5 coming out, Chicory on Kickstarter, and some news on Celeste. We also talk about NHL 20, some mobile games, and Stephan’s trek across Canada.
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Winnipeg-based C4 Cosplay & Props has announced an upcoming Kickstarter for “Vendors of BioShock Infinite” to recreate the vending machines from the 2013 FPS BioShock Infinite.
Toronto-based Behold Studios has relaunched the Kickstarter campaign for their turn-based RPG Mahou Senshi Cosplay Club, a game “about a cosplayer that gets her powers from the costumes you make.”
Ottawa-based Hot Sauce Bread Studios (@HotSauceBread) have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their debut project Haste, a turn-based, collectable card game featuring “strategic yet action-oriented card combat played in real-time.”
As part of the Summer Gamefest, Quebec-based Sabotage Studio’s Kickstarter hit Sea of Stars gets a new trailer.
Toronto-based designer Devon Wiersma (@Devon_Wiersma) has successfully funded a materials free, rules-lite RPG entitled Runt on Kickstarter.
Québec City-based indie studio Sabotage (@SabotageQc) have officially achieved the most successful Canadian video game Kickstarter campaign ever with Sea Of Stars, hitting $1,335,111.00 CAD pledged of their initial $133,000 CAD goal with less than two days to go.
Windsor developer Chute Apps have released a kickstarter for their roguelike tower defense game - Rogue Star Rescue. The game was released on Steam in Early Access earlier this year, and they are looking to Kickstarter to finish development.
I sat down with Jean and Blair Leggett on One More Story's history, and what they have in store for the future of their studio - including the upcoming Shakespeare's Landlord.
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A little bit of a throw back episode this week since it's just Bret and I, and we kind of go all over the map - just like the old days. Also two weeks in a row with timestamps!
Timestamps:
2:00 - What we’ve been playing
13:46 - Stardew Valley
26:05 - We are to busy to play all the games
34:47b - News Time
48:15 - 2017 Games
59:23 - Wrap Up
E3 is a week away so it's prediction time! Bret, and Steve talk about local Toronto games including:
We also give our E3 predictions, so check it out!
Cuphead is celebrating its initial launch on PC and Xbox One 5 years ago today, September 29, with the announcement of a physical copy of the game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch.
London-based indie studio Big Blue Bubble (@BigBlueBubble) announced that their 2D action-platformer Foregone is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One on October 5, 2020.
The psychological co-op game Debris is out now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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Montréal-based Lucid Dreams, creators of Legends of Ethernal, is launching a Kickstarter for BIOMORPH which they describe as “a dark Metroidvania that still has plenty of surprises...”