Winners of Great Canadian Game Competition Announced
A number of exciting portable game developments are being funded by the Canadian Government. The recently announced winners of the Great Canadian Video Game Competition will each receive $50,000 in round-one financing to develop and market their original game ideas. We are excited to see that at least four of the 10 finalists will be developing software for portable/wireless gaming. These include an action-platformer for the Nintendo DS, a couple of paranoid conspiracy games over wireless and a brain trainer clone (wait, I thought these were all supposed to be original ideas, guys). Expect to hear a lot more from these indie developers in the near future:
 Here are the winners announded by Telefim Canada:
- Big Blue Bubble, Ontario, Hobby Shop, console. “I am fast becoming a big Wii fan and Hobby Shop is something that leverages the strengths of this platform.” (Moravek)
- Cerebral Vortex Games, Ontario, Ambush! Trivia, PC/Mobile/Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA). “Ambush! Trivia is innovative in the way that it merges the fun of a trivia game and the ability to reach and ambush people anywhere with the XBLA platform.” (Mallat)
- Dark Matter Entertainment, Ontario, Vertical Ascent, console. “Even on a well-known platform you can still create a breakthrough with controls. The concept is immediate and intuitive and could be very addictive.” (Mallat)
- HB Studios & TPB Productions, Nova Scotia, Trailer Park Boys, console. “This was one of the pitches that made us laugh out loud. Trailer Park Boys was a GREAT pitch.” (Zmak)
- Hop To It Productions Inc., Ontario, Create-a-date, online. “Create-a-date is exploring some totally new areas in the gaming industry that we never have seen before.” (Mallat)
- Hothead Games Inc., B.C., SWARM!, PC. “I love the character development and the innovative game play in SWARM!. It’s highly relevant in terms of trying to clean up the world, without being ultra violent.” (Moravek)
- Humagade Ltd., Quebec, Tamano, handheld. “Here is a developer that understands the dual-screen platform. It has the right mechanics and game play and the characters are cool.” (Mallat)
- LiveWires Designs Ltd., B.C., Reckless, wireless. “I love the way they take real world technology we take for granted everyday, turn it into your worst nightmare and force you to use that same technology to solve the mystery.” (Zmak)
- MindHabits Inc., Quebec, MindHabits Trainer, handheld. “MindHabits Trainer is exciting because it is not only trying to do some brain training, but its also trying to have an impact on your feelings.“(Moravek)
- Murmur Inc., Ontario, Echelon, wireless. “Echelon plays to the conspiracy theorist in all of us. It applies to both male and female gamers and, in forcing social interaction, adds a new dynamic.” (Zmak)
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