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OVERVIEW:

This week Steve and Stephan dive into a month's worth of Canadian gaming news including an exciting union drive from BioWare Edmonton's contract workers, entirely single-player survival game The Long Dark is adopting a season pass model to fund future development and much more interesting stories!

EVENTS:

• Submit for Hand Eye Society Super FESTival
• Grant Writing for Creatives (May 11, 2022 @ 6PM EST)
  • “learning how to write grants for your game projects”
• Games Writing Working Group May[Online] (Thu MAY 5 @ 6:30pm EST)
  • “This low-key online social is specifically geared towards writers who want to work together in a virtual space.”
• TOJam 2022: All Twogether Now (May 13 to 15)
  • “while it is the 'Toronto' game jam, since we're doing things virtually this year you don't actually need to be in Toronto to join”

JOBS:

Here are all the game dev jobs we’re currently advertising on the site!

• Kixeye: Devs, Leads, VP & More (Canada remote or at office in Victoria, BC)

NEW GAMING STUFF:

RELEASES:

• Québec: Next Star System Releases on iOS
• Saskatoon, SK: Kaiju Wars
• Toronto, ON: NOW LEFT!!! Rogue Legacy 2 Leaving Early Access, Gets Animated Release Date Trailer
• Toronto, ON: LOFTY QUEST out now
• Vancouver, BC: Peglin is finally out!

UPDATES:

• Vancouver, BC: Dauntless Reach of Radiance Update Out Now

PORTS:

• PEI (Solo dev now living in Japan): Cardful Planning Releases on Switch
• Vancouver, BC & Regina, SK: Boreal Tenebrae (Boreal Tales) comes to Xbox and Switch
  

CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:

• Edmonton, AB: Keywords staff at BioWare Edmonton look to unionize
• Edmonton, AB: Crimson Herring Announces Steam Playtest for Sovereign Syndicate
• Guelph, ON: Lillymo Games Announces Super Perils of Baking, an ode to SNES-era platformers, and it comes to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC on June 3
• Toronto, ON: Drinkbox Studios Releasing Nobody Saves The World On PlayStation and Switch This Month
• Toronto, ON: Tea-Making Simulator With Cats Pekoe Gameplay Video
• Toronto, ON: Behaviour Interactive opens first studio in Toronto
• Vancouver, BC: Hardspace: Shipbreaker breaks out of early access next month and comes to GamePass
• Vancouver, BC: The Long Dark's first paid content will drop later this year and follow a "season-pass type approach"

WISHLIST THIS:

1. HASTE by Hot Sauce Bread Studios (@HotSauceBread) in Ottawa, ON. Releasing March 2022, Wishlist on Steam. “Haste is a card battle game played in real time. Unlike turn based games, Haste is action-oriented so you have to think quick to make meaningful decisions.”
2. SAK'D (@SAKDGame) by Alchemy Interactive in Canada. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam. “SAK’D is an action-adventure platform game wherein players assume the role of Sak, a not-so-ordinary pillow accidentally brought to life, imbued with powerful weapon wielding, spell-casting, monster-smashing abilities and sent on a quest to destroy evil.”
3. Cornucopia (@CornucopiaPC) by Subconscious Games in Vancouver, BC. Releasing April 23, 2023, Wishlist on Steam. “Experience the farm life at the tip of your fingers! Escape into a world of 2D Pixel Art Farm Simulation and be the hero of your own story. From cropping lands to breeding animals, fun, interactive mini-games to heartwarming soundtracks, and everything in between, Cornucopia has got you covered!”

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