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Loot boxes: not gambling, says Canadian judge News Mar 22nd, 2023

Loot boxes: not gambling, says Canadian judge

But by allowing the rest of the class action suit to continue, Electronic Arts aren’t out of the woods yet

Vancouver studio A Thinking Ape appoints new CEO News Mar 13th, 2023

Vancouver studio A Thinking Ape appoints new CEO

Founder and former CEO Kenshi Arasaki will move to role of chair

TikTok faces fresh regulatory challenges in the EU and Canada News Feb 27th, 2023

TikTok faces fresh regulatory challenges in the EU and Canada

The European Commission has banned employees from using TikTok, while Canada has launched an investigation into the platform

Krafton Montreal opens with reveal of The Bird That Drinks Tears adaptation News Feb 8th, 2023

Krafton Montreal opens with reveal of The Bird That Drinks Tears adaptation

The studio is being led by Patrik Méthé, with their first game being based on a series of novels

Mattel163 announces UNO! Mobile tournament with $50k prize pool News Jan 18th, 2023

Mattel163 announces UNO! Mobile tournament with $50k prize pool

Mattel163, the joint venture of Mattel and Chinese game giant Netease have announced a new eSports tournament for their UNO! Mobile game, with numerous prizes to be won

52.3% of Canadian gamers play games on mobile devices - more than any other platform News Nov 3rd, 2022

52.3% of Canadian gamers play games on mobile devices - more than any other platform

Android sees the bulk of installs across the top five games

Adverty & Apex Mobile Media partner to offer advanced in-game ads in Canada News Oct 27th, 2022

Adverty & Apex Mobile Media partner to offer advanced in-game ads in Canada

Adverty’s groundbreaking in-game ad format will be distributed in the Canadian regions by Apex Mobile Media.

Keywords Studios announces conditional acquisition of Smoking Gun Deal Sep 21st, 2022

Keywords Studios announces conditional acquisition of Smoking Gun

Founders of Canadian studio to continue managing the company

Interactive Ontario opens Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto News Jul 6th, 2022

Interactive Ontario opens Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto

President and CEO Lucie Lalumière joins Steel Media’s Chris James in opening the first Pocket Games Connects conference in Toronto

Pingle Game Studio opens Canadian office News Jun 28th, 2022

Pingle Game Studio opens Canadian office

The Ukrainian outsourcing expert has followed its recently opened London office with a new location in Ottowa

East Side Games joins programme for Canadian Indigenous games scholarship News May 11th, 2022

East Side Games joins programme for Canadian Indigenous games scholarship

Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games Studio will partner with the Vancouver Film School on bringing Indigenous voices to the games industry

Netflix partners with East Side Games Group to bring Dragon Up to service News Apr 20th, 2022

Netflix partners with East Side Games Group to bring Dragon Up to service

Coming to the service in May 2022

Tilting Point acquires children's mobile game developer Budge Studios News Mar 16th, 2022

Tilting Point acquires children's mobile game developer Budge Studios

Gains access to popular children's IP

Over 228 million active mobile gamers in the US and Canada in 2021 News Feb 23rd, 2022

Over 228 million active mobile gamers in the US and Canada in 2021

Down 4% over 2020

Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week News Feb 18th, 2022

Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week

The Pokémon Company keeps to its promise following delay

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