Ep 182 - The Other Canadian Game Awards

Support Indigenous movements across this land: Land Back Lane in Ontario, Wet'suwet'en in British Columbia & Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia. Watch Night of the Indigenous Devs up now on YouTube!Watch our interview from last year with Meagan Byrne from Achimostawinan Games.Overview:This week Stephan's audio crapped out at 18 minutes and we didn't notice, so we switch to the Skype backup (sorry).We go over all the results of the other Canadian Game Awards, as well as big updates to Canadian AAA projects Apex Legends, Dauntless, Age of Empires IV and the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Then we dive into some sweet indie news, some upcoming Canadian indies to add to your wishlist now and more. Enjoy!Jobs:- Bitwise Alchemy (Remote)Senior Engineer- Dark Slope (Toronto) - Lead Unreal Engine 4 VR Game Developer (multiple postings)- Popreach (Vancouver) -Lead Game Programmer -Senior Game Designer - User Acquisition Manager - DevOps Engineer- Sago Mini (Toronto) - Data Engineer - Senior Unity Game Developer - Senior Unity Developer Lead - Unity Game Developer - Talent Acquisition Manager - Play Designer - Mobile Kids Game - Unity Game Developer - Internship (Note: It is paid) - Unity Technical Artist - Internship (Note: it is paid)Events (all times in EST):- Unity Club (April 12 @ 6:30 PM) “Have a Unity project (or... many!) you're working through right now? Hang and chat with pals on challenges, techniques, learning paths and more.”- Red Bull Campus Clutch - Valorant Post-Secondary Tournament by Red Bull Canada (Sat, April 24, 2021, @ 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)News:- Dauntless 1.6.0 Update (and roadmap)- CD Projekt Red Acquires Vancouver Game Studio Digital Scapes- Knight Squad 2 out April 14th- Titanfall content coming to Apex Legends season 9- Mongoose Announces Kickstarter for Next Project- Streets of Rage 4 DLC- New Mass Effect Legendary Edition details- Age of Empires 4 Details Revealed- Certain Affinity's new VP of Canadian operations is Halo veteran Dan Ayoub- Canadian Game Awards WinnersWishlist This:1 - Last Soul by Wulum Ltd. (@WulumGames) in Calgary, AB. Wishlist on Steam, Releasing Spring 2022. “Shoot them all, jump, climb, use jetpack, shields, and platforms, slow time, and discover secrets on this hectic Sci-Fi adventure where you become the last hope of mankind in the shape of an awesome robot.”2 - Operation: Harsh Doorstop Arvin and LD Murphy from Montréal. QB. Wishlist on Steam, Releasing soon. “Operation: Harsh Doorstop is a free, community developed, tactical shooter. Developed by the studio Drakeling Labs in partnership with MicroProse Software, Inc. Built using the OHDCore framework for Unreal Engine 4.”3 - Space Boat - Episode 1 by Recombobulator Games (@RecombobulatorG) in Montréal, QB. Wishlist on Steam, Releasing “When the pizzas are ready!” “'Space Boat' is a humorous investigative narrative game set on an intergalactic cruise-ship inhabited by various carpet based lifeforms.”