Ep 187 - Chivalry 2 Impressions & Backbone Hype

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Overview:

We played the Open Beta for upcoming Toronto-based Torn Banner Studios' Chivalry 2, a medieval fighting game. We talk about PlayStation's first Canadian PS5 PS+ game (something only Steve and I really care about), Backbone finally gets a release date years after Stephan first played the prologue on his decrepit laptop & more!

Jobs:

A-Game Studios (Remote)Unity Generalist

Clever Endeavour Games (Montréal)Studio Assistant/QA

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

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Mikutech/Joydrop (London/Remote)Unreal Engine ProgrammerUnity ProgrammerIntermediate Full Stack DeveloperSenior Full Stack DeveloperLead Full Stack Developer

Snowed In Studios (Ottawa)Full Stack ProgrammerRendering ProgrammerSenior Generalist Programmer

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

Events:

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

TennoCon (July 17)

Gamedev Atlantic (October 22)

Damage Camp 2021 (June 5 - 26, 2021)

News:

LOVE - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories is now available on Nintendo Switch (Toronto)

Spiritfarer is getting a physical Switch/PS4 release on July 27 from iam8bit (Montréal)

First Trailer for Space Boat Shows Us a Wacky Alien World (Montréal)

Operation Tango will be the PS+ game for June on the PlayStation 5 (Montréal)

Backbone is coming to Steam, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Windows 10 Store, Epic, GOG on June 8 (Vancouver)

Nemesis coming to Dead by Daylight, get fucked Stephan (Montréal)

Wishlist This:

Poulet Poulet (@PouletGame) by R/T Games (@retsynNL) in Toronto, ON. Releasing November 1, 2021, Wishlist now on Steam. “Classic-style 2D platformer with hand-crafted fun stages, a vengeful chicken, and an evil exotic fish.”

Endlight by Bigpants (@misterbigpants) in Canada. Releasing August 2021, Wishlist now on Steam. “Break through and outlast shifting, twisting, chaos. Fly through surreal landscapes desperately trying to get hoops. Dodging is impossible, so start smashing.”

Crowsworn by Mongoose Rodeo (@MongooseRodeo) in London, ON. Releasing TBD, Wishlist now on Steam. “Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.”