Technology May 15/2013 Ubisoft Montreal’s Watch Dogs gets philosophical—how connected is too connected? I had the chance last week to see a preview of Ubisoft Montreal’s newest big-budget game franchise, Watch Dogs, and boy is it looking good. The game, scheduled for a…
Technology May 8/2013 Ubisoft Toronto is about to get a lot bigger: Peter Nowak The studio will have no choice.
Technology May 2/2013 An ode to LucasArts: Star Wars was its biggest asset—and its biggest liability At first, LucasArts wasn’t even allowed to make Star Wars games
Blogs & Comment Apr 11/2013 The Replacer returns for Activision’s Call of Duty Black Ops 2: Uprising And he brought J.B. Smoove with him.
Technology Mar 20/2013 5 reasons Electronic Arts is in big trouble (which is bad news for Canada) EA has pointlessly chased trend after trend.
Blogs & Comment Jan 24/2013 Activision hires The Replacer to live your life while you play Call of Duty According to the Entertainment Software Association, the average gamer is a 30-year-old guy who’s been hitting joysticks and pushing buttons for at least 12 years. Now we all know…
Technology Jan 11/2013 The biggest advantage Microsoft has over Sony and Nintendo It’s simple: an ecosystem.
Technology Oct 24/2012 TV and video game contracts could be the future Electronics makers are taking inspiration from the mobile-phone business: offer cheap gadgets to lock customers into contracts.
Blogs & Comment Oct 1/2012 How the Internet changed video game launches Google search statistics show that games remain largely relevant for up to a year after launch.
Blogs & Comment Aug 21/2012 Video game streaming could still be a ways off OnLive, which tries to position itself as the Netflix of video games, is on shaky ground.
Blogs & Comment Jul 18/2012 Suffering Vancouver video game industry highlights bigger problem Ontario tax credits aren’t the only reason studios are moving. In general, Vancouver is just too expensive.
Blogs & Comment Jun 14/2012 Canada’s video games ‘won’ E3—where’s the coverage? Media will cover obscure Olympic sports to no end, but are ignoring Canadian winners in a more important field.
Strategy Jun 6/2012 No Canadian digital retailers for billion dollar video game industry Lack of Canadian entrants could dim industry’s benefit to our economy.
Technology Jun 6/2012 Digital distribution challenges titans of video game industry Once the preserve of PC games, the ongoing shift from physical to digital distribution is enticing the biggest fish in the pond—the console industry.
Blogs & Comment Jun 4/2012 Wii U takes centre stage at E3 video game expo The Electronic Entertainment Expo kicks off this week, while a new report shows a sharp increase in gaming among Canadians, especially women.
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