Ep 185 - Edmonton Games Galore

Support Indigenous movements across this land: Land Back Lane in Ontario, Wet'suwet'en in British Columbia & Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia. Watch Night of the Indigenous Devs up now on YouTube!

Watch our interview from last year with Meagan Byrne from Achimostawinan Games.

Overview:

The first-ever Edmonton Direct aired this past week showing off oodles of Edmonton-developed games! We take a look at the list, the Ubisoft Indie Series finalists, Sledgehammer's new Toronto studio & much more.

Jobs:

Bad Jump Games (Pickering) - 3D Unity Developer

Insert Coin Accounting (Toronto, Montreal, Remote) - Auditor and Tax Supervisor (Montreal/Remote) - Auditor and Tax Supervisor (Toronto/Remote)

Knowledgehook (Toronto/Remote) - Senior/Lead Web Game Engineer

Mikutech/Joydrop (London/Remote) - Unreal Engine Programmer - Unity Programmer - Intermediate Full Stack Developer - Senior Full Stack Developer - Lead Full Stack Developer

Star Fort Games (Ottawa) - Senior Game Developer

Snowed In Studios (Ottawa) - Full Stack Programmer - Rendering Programmer - Senior Generalist Programmer

Sheridan College (Oakville/Remote) - Professor, Game Design (Part-Time)

Events (all times in EST):

- Comics X Games 2021 by The Hand Eye Society (May 8 - 12)

- VRTO (Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 11:00 AM – Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 8:00 PM ADT)

- Edmonton eSports Event (May 15 & 16)

- TennoCon 2021 fan event dated for July

News:

- First Edmonton Direct

- Skate out now on PC and Consoles

- Rocket Rumble Shows Off New Gameplay

- Call of Duty Developer Sledgehammer Games Opens Toronto Office

- Super Animal Royale Coming to Consoles with Cross Play Soon

- art of rally Drifts onto PS4 & PS5 This Summer

- Benjamin Rivers Drops Game Maker Studio 2 Adventure Game Tutorial

- Ember Knights Gets New Demo

- Clan O'Conall Out Now on PC and Mac

- EA bought Metalhead (Super Mega Baseball)

- Ubisoft Indie Series Finalists Announced (Our statement on Ubisoft)

Wishlist This:

1 - Astalon: Tears of the Earth by LABS Works (@LABSworks) in Ontario. Releasing June 3, 2021, Wishlist now on Steam. “Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!”

2 - Mass Effect (@masseffect) Legendary Edition by BioWare (@bioware) in Edmonton, AB. Releasing May 14, 2021, Wishlist now on Steam. "The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD."

3 - Mayhem in Single Valley (@MayhemValley) by Fluxscopic Ltd. (@FluxscopicLtd) in Kitchener, ON. Releasing May 20, 2021, Wishlist now on Steam. "In this fast-paced, puzzle-loaded action-adventure, you’ll juggle housework, zombie hoards, family dinners and radioactive squirrels! Oh, and you have to prevent the end of the world while keeping everyone from finding out it was all your fault."