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Ontario Hands Out 1 Million To Game Devs

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2008-02-13 02:46:15 by Brian Lockhart in DigitalBattle
Ontario (my home province) is actually making a strange effort towards game developers, handing out cash incentives to get them to stick around and keep churning out quality products. The move games especially from pressure of Quebec, which has huge subsidies that pay upwards of 50-60% of game developer wages. Thats why a lot of big name studios...
 
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U.K. Investigating Canada's Tax Breaks

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2008-03-31 07:27:48 by Susan Arendt in Wired: Game|Life
...Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. As Paul Jackson, head of the ELSPA put it, "The Canadians have driven a tank over the French Citroen and have now parked on our lawn. It is becoming very challenging to keep core development studios here The new investigation is meant to determine whether Canada's financial breaks for game developers is...
 
Tags: companies, bigger companies, canada, videogame companies, percent, game developers, labor costs, quebec, numerous tax breaks
 
 
 
 
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Too Human's Success May Determine Future of Small Canadian Town

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2008-08-19 12:48:51 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
...Ontario You see, if the game does well, then Silicon Knights does well. And if Silicon Knights does well, then the area their studio is based in could get an economic face lift. The developer recently helped form a project along with Brock University, Niagara College, the City of St. Catharines, and the Niagara Economic Development Corp....
 
Tags: silicon knights president, silicon knights, human, denis dyack cry, game, video-game producer, catherines, denis dyack, catherines standard
 
 
 
 
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Canada funds new Silicon Knights, Digital Extremes projects

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2008-02-13 00:00:00 by Jason Dobson in Joystiq
...Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), serves as part of the agency's Video Game Prototype Initiative, which looks to help companies create prototypes of video game concepts in order to attract potential publishers While Pariah dev Digital Extreme's game is described as a third-person "old school" horror game for the Xbox 360, PS3,...
 
Tags: silicon knights, video game concepts, game, silicon knights continues, horror game, legal mosh pit, xbox, microsoft xbox, attract potential publishers
 
 
 
 
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The indie loving Slave Circus

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2008-02-27 10:15:00 by gnome in the random Gnomes' random Lair
...Ontario. Slave Circus management brings extensive experience and support to independent game developers worldwide. Providing valuable experience and service to developers in the fields of game publishing and distribution. Slave Circus was founded by a dynamic sales and management team from such notable companies as Wal-Mart Canada, CIBC...
 
Tags: slave circus, slave circus website, pi-eye games, slave circus entertainment, games, distribution, distribution efforts, indie games, developers
 
 
 
 
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Dont Buy Bully, Buy Guns

2008-03-05 00:23:21 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...Ontario, Canada While reporting on the Canadian Teachers Foundation s beef with Bully and sending a warning to parents, an advertisement for Airsoft guns was proudly and blatantly displayed right below the news story Okay, sure, CD98.9 Newscentre wasnt really engaging in any editorializing, and there are far worse things than airguns, but...
 
Tags: radio station cd98, station, cd98, bully, gamepolitics, gamepolitics smart, bit, tasty bit, mainstream medias priorities
 
 
 
 
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Dyack talks sales, delays and naysayers

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2008-03-13 11:30:00 by Xav de Matos in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...Ontario, office. With such a history, Dyack wonders why people continue to doubt the company's latest piece We have no skeletons in our closet. I wish everyone knew all about the stuff that we've done in the past, but you look at Legacy of Kain , you look at Eternal Darkness , you look at Metal Gear ," Dyack proclaims. " Too Human is going...
 
Tags: dyack, dyack wonders, dyack reminisces, bad game, game, dyack proclaims, human, eternal darkness, eternal darkness fill
 
 
 
 
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UK Declares Trade War With Canada Over Video Game Biz

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2008-03-28 15:31:13 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...Ontario and British Columbia In response, the U.K.s Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport has opened a European Commission investigation of Canadas trade practices. A ministry spokesperson told the Sun The U.K. government is concerned that state aid offered to computer games companies by a number of federal institutions in Canada may not be...
 
Tags: canada, trade war, vancouver sun reports, sun, european commission investigation, british government, government, canadian tax credits, additional legal regulations
 
 
 
 
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UK Launching Investigation into Video Game Industry Exodus to Canada

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2008-03-31 00:42:51 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Ontario, Quebec and B.C The Canadians have driven a tank over the French Citroen and have now parked on our lawn, Paul Jackson, head of the industry organization representing British games studios, complained to the Financial Times earlier this week. It is becoming very challenging to keep core development studios here Now, the U.K. Ministry...
 
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Too Human Diary contains fake documentary

2008-04-01 16:15:00 by Richard Mitchell in Xbox 360 Fanboy
 
...Ontario. Of course, the real clue comes from a quote from the film itself: "I want this to be true. I sure do, but let'