Video Games

THQ, publisher of Saints Row, Company of Heroes, Darksiders and Warhammer 40,000 has filed for bankruptcy. This resulted in studio layoffs but also, the acquisition of many developers.

Vancouver’s game development industry has shown as much change as the video game industry as a whole. Therefore, it’s important for forums like Vancouver’s seventh annual Game Design Expo to discuss topics such as the scene’s shift towards mobile, social and indie development. It will also focus on the growth of console game development with a panel of developers from 343 Industries, makers of Halo 4.

Vancity Buzz has partnered with NTDTV to give Vancouverites a look at all the great things there is to do while living in our beautiful city. This holiday season, a visit to the Vancouver Christmas Market and the Burnaby Village Museum are a must.

The past year has been a rough one for the video game industry in Vancouver, and it’s by no means out of the woods just yet. However, the local industry is getting a much needed boost today as Microsoft Studios officially opens the doors to their new gaming studio, Black Tusk Studios in Yaletown.

Sleeping Dogs is 2012′s sleeper hit because of its vision, charm and execution. It caters to gamers who want a violent, cinematic adventure with a solid story set in an open world. It has sold over a million copies internationally and has solidified Vancouver’s United Front Games with a strong cult following. If you haven’t heard of it yet, let me tell you why Sleeping Dogs makes a great gift this Christmas to yourself or a gamer friend. If you have, read on for a chance to win a signed poster from the development team!

We have partnered with NTDTV to give Vancouverites a look at all the great things there is to do while living in our beautiful city. In the second episode discover Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Vancouver is well-known for its vast video-game developer community and as a result, you can bet various entrepreneurs are aiming to disrupt this ever-evolving space. World-renown EA Games blazed the initial trail for the community right here in Vancouver’s Burnaby campus. Two former EA software engineers saw a gap in the social gaming space and decided to build a powerful software that would make it easy for developers to create casino-style games on Facebook and mobile. Meet a GrowLab alumni, BlueBat Games.

The Canadian tour of Video Games Live 2012 has performed in 9 cities. This epic concert that brings the songs from your  favourite video games to life ends in Vancouver at the Orpheum Theatre this Tuesday. VcB is giving away our final pair of tickets today!

Future Shop was born in 1982 right here in Vancouver, BC, opening a storefront on W. Broadway. Thirty years later, the company is Canada’s largest retailer and etailer of consumer electronics and  bringing an impressive multi-channel experience back to the Lower Mainland by opening a new store concept called “Futureshop.ca.” VancityBuzz recently toured the 5,000 sq. ft. store