The debut game from a new Western Canada indie dev duo was revealed during Day of the Devs 2024 ..read more

Halifax-based Max Inferno Games announced a 2nd DLC for their tidy puzzle game A Little to the Left during the Wholesome Games Direct, which will be available June 25th. Titled Seeing Stars, the DLC features 100 new stars to earn through new puzzles with retractable and collapsable items and a bunch of new twists on the organizing gameplay. Max Inferno Games was founded by Annie Macmillan, Lukas Steinman and their cat, Rookie. Their debut project was released for Steam and Switch in 2022 ..read more

South of Midnight, the next game from Montréal-based Compulsion Games (@CompulsionGames), recieved its first gameplay reveal during Xbox Games Showcase. Announced a year ago at Xbox’s Game Showcase in 2023, South of Midnight marks Compulsion’s third game since 2013’s Contrast was released on PlayStation Plus with the launch of the PlayStation 4. In 2015 the studio announced their next project, the BioShock-like We Happy Few, which turned out to be a janky, precedurally generated survival game. Despite innitial hype, it had a beleagured Early Access before launching to unimpressed audiences. Mi ..read more

Gears of War: E-Day was announced during Xbox’s Game Showcase, marking the 2nd prequel in the Gears of War franchise. Developed by The Coalition Studio (@CoalitionGears) in Vancouver, the studio behind the franchise since 2014, the game follows Marcus and the crew during the infamous Emergence Day referenced throughout the series. Gears of War: E-Day has no release date yet but it will launch day one on GamePass ..read more

Relic Entertainment, the Vancouver-based game studio behind the definitive editions of Age of Empires II and III most recently, has partnered with a UK investment firm to secure funding. Important Update from Relic Entertainment pic.twitter.com/nCcF8olDaC — Relic Entertainment (@relicgames) March 28, 2024 Relic states they will continue work on Company of Heroes 3 which launched to mixed reviews in February 2023. Emona Capital (the UK investment firm investing in Relic) had already invested in Relic’s collaborator and fellow Vancouver game studio Blackbird Interactive, the team working on Hom ..read more

Victoria-based indie devs Hololabs have released their mobile AR game Sky Haven: AR Merge Adventure for iOS. app store Released on Google Play back in April 2023, Sky Haven features 5.0 stars on the App Store and 4.0 stars on the Google Play store as of this writing ..read more

Pre-orders opened April 20 and now the next game from Echo Generation and Riverbond creators Cococucumber, Ravenlok, is now available for Xbox, PC, Game Pass and the Epic Games Store, All fairy tales and fearsome foes ??⚔️ Ravenlok is on the road to launch! ? Pre-order April 20 ✨ Launch May 4 ? Xbox, PC, Game Pass, Epic Games Store Spread the word! ❤️ #Ravenlok #announcement pic.twitter.com/8bGWbaOzMw — Cococucumber (@cococucumberco) April 12, 2023 Ravenlok is pitched as an “enchanting fairytale” which “marks the grand finale of the Cococucumber Voxel Trilogy” that started with Riverbond in ..read more

Vancouver-based indie powerhouse Brace Yourself Games (@BYG_Vancouver) announced their upcoming rhythm game spinoff will release on Nintendo Switch as well as Steam. Rift of the Necrodancer was announced in August 2022 for Steam and marks the 3rd game in the "Necrodancer” series from the studio after Crypt of the Necrodancer (2015) and Cadence of Hyrule (2019 ..read more

Newfoundland-based indie dev Gordon Little (@gordlittle) has released their open-world, dragon-flying game Ayre and the Crystal Comet on PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X. Xbox Store PlayStation Store ..read more

Toronto-based CAPY Games continues to release updates for their matching hit 5 years after its Apple Arcade debut. Now on most major platforms, GRINDSTONE just got The Cosmic Darkside Goo-Pocalypse update on Apple Arcade- presumably hitting those other platforms in the coming months. The Cosmic Darkside Goo-Pocalypse update is here! Find out what GOO-Jjary has in store for you, Stonegrinders! Update Grindstone NOW to get the brand-new update on Apple Arcade!https://t.co/T9TSWYdLNp pic.twitter.com/N8VrsoWSyU — CAPY (@CAPYGAMES) April 14, 2023 ..read more