Unikrn relaunches esports betting book in Brazil and Canada
Esports betting startup Unikrn (stylized as unikrn) is relaunching its services today in Brazil and Canada (except Ontario). The company will offer an esports...
HTC releases Vive Pro Eye in North America for $1,599
Having already released Vive Pro Eye in China and Europe, HTC today began selling the enterprise-class virtual reality headset in North America, and there’s...
Kongregate opens international office in Montreal to target indies
Kongregate has built a big business over the years as a web, mobile, and PC game publisher. And now it is adding a new...
Cuphead wins its biggest prize: the praise of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau
Canada has done a lot to facilitate the growth of its game-development industry, and that passion apparently goes all the way to the top....
Jade Raymond’s EA Motive studio now employs more than 100 people
Electronic Arts’ Motive studio has grown to more than 100 employees in Montreal, the company said today. The studio’s chief is Jade Raymond, the...
Japan’s CyberConnect2 levels up to become a global Triple-A game studio
CyberConnect2 has been making games for two decades, growing from a tiny company in Fukuoka, Japan, to more than 200 developers today. It has...
Canada’s Execution Labs shuts game accelerator and moves upstream to larger investments
After three years, Canada’s Execution Labs has decided to shut its game startup accelerator program. Now it is transitioning to doing fewer, more custom...
Why you should start your video game company in Canada
In the next few years, Canada will undoubtedly release many of the top video games in the world, and the support system set up here will be a big reason why.
How Canada has become America’s mobile app guinea pig
The nation’s app store can be likened to the state of Nevada in 1951, when nuclear weapons testing sprouted a continuous stream of mushroom clouds throughout the flatland.
With ex-Zynga developer carrying the flag, Kixeye invades Canada
Kixeye has also hired a general manager from Kabam.