Videogame Review: ‘Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault’ 1.0 – Refined Roguelite...
When the original Moonlighter came out, I was intrigued by its premise: a shopkeeper who battles through dungeons at night to stock and run his store during the day. The implementation of each facet...
View ArticleEarly Access Videogame Preview: ‘1666: Amsterdam’– Flawed, Fascinating, and...
The Long Journey to Amsterdam Few upcoming releases arrive with as much intriguing industry history as 1666: Amsterdam. It was conceived over 10 years ago by Patrice Désilets, the creative director...
View Article‘The Sinking City 2’ Review: A Tighter, Scarier Lovecraftian Nightmare
Back in 2019, Frogwares rolled out The Sinking City, an ambitious open-world detective title set in the waterlogged streets of Oakmont. While the concept was rich with Lovecraftian atmosphere, its...
View ArticleGame Review: ‘Prime Suspect’ from Fun Squared Games
Prime Suspect from Fun Squared Games challenges players to solve logic problems that range from straightforward to intricately complex. With orientation rules such as “to the left of” or “not in the...
View Article‘Pax Autocratica’ Early Access Review: A Totalitarian Blend of Base Building...
A heavy-handed, Warhammer 40k-esque brand of iron-fisted authoritarianism saturates every corner of Pax Autocratica from developer Multiverse. In this universe, the ruling regime enforces galactic...
View ArticleVideogame Review: ‘Celestial Return’– A Surreal, Dice-Driven Sci-Fi Noir Odyssey
Once in a while, an indie developer throws out the standard design rulebook entirely. Celestial Return, crafted by Metaphor Games and brought to market by Shoreline Games, is built on that exact kind...
View ArticleGame Review: Oasis: New Life on a Distant World from The OP Games
Oasis: New Life on a Distant World from The Op Games combines stunning art with challenging gameplay that will keep players adapting as they work to have the most diverse biospheres on a world with no...
View ArticleParty Game Review: ‘In A World’ from Ludonaut
In A World from Ludonaut Games draws players together to decide what in the world they would want in a world a little or very different from our own. Three Montana siblings spent years challenging...
View Article‘007: First Light’ Review – A Masterful, Generational James Bond Origin Story
The Evolution of an Icon How do you revitalize a pop-culture legend like James Bond with decades of history behind him, while keeping the core identity intact for today’s players? That’s the...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026 Interview: Elana Dunkelman, Myles Dobson, Actors and...
One key thought from this year’s XP Game Summit 2026 was impossible to ignore: Local development studios have zero reason to export their casting calls to the U.S. when world-class acting talent is...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026: The Indie Games Showcase
The annual XP Game Summit has quickly become a cornerstone of the Canadian game development calendar. While the event is widely recognized as a premier hub for corporate networking, high-level...
View ArticleXP Game Summit Interview: Lindsey Gardner, Casting/Voice Direction at Vapor...
Navigating the fast-paced realms of voice acting and performance capture can often feel like dealing with a massive, impersonal machine. After spending some time speaking with Lindsey Gardner it...
View ArticleRPG Review: ‘Vaesen – Mythic Britain & Ireland’ from Free League
Mythic Britain & Ireland expands the Vaesen Nordic horror roleplaying game world from Free League Publishing to more lands populated with the strange and macabre. Vaesen began as a sourcebook for...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026 Interview: Jean-François Mercure-Burroughs, VP...
Few Canadian studios have navigated the volatile shifts of the gaming landscape quite like Montreal’s Behaviour Interactive. To truly understand how the company evolved from a reliable work-for-hire...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026: Connecting the Industry Through Pitches, Panels, and B2B...
As the premier entity of the Canadian B2B conference cycle, the XP Game Summit 2026 proved to be far more than just a networking hub. It was a meeting of minds to facilitate discussions on balancing...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026 Interview: Trang Nguyen, Head of Operations at Soft Rains
One of the most compelling aspects of covering events like the XP Game Summit is discovering the incredibly diverse personal histories of the people building today’s standout indie titles. Fresh off...
View ArticleXP Game Summit 2026 Interview: Jason Lepine, Founder & CEO, XP Gaming Inc.
With all the attention paid to flashy previews at gaming conferences, Canada’s game development industry is actually fueled by a quiet, deliberate strategy. At the center of this national effort is...
View ArticleA Paragon Night in Toronto: South of Midnight Sweeps the 2026 Canadian Game...
TORONTO – There is something magical about the energetic pulse of the Canadian gaming community when it gets together in one room. Fresh off the bustling show floor and B2B panels of the XP Game...
View Article‘Saros’ PS5 Review: Housemarque Delivers a Stellar Successor to ‘Returnal’
As I was writing this review I realized you cannot talk about Saros without talking about Returnal. Saros is Housemarque’s latest PlayStation 5 exclusive, and it wears Returnal’s DNA on its sleeve,...
View Article‘Blue Prince’ PS5 Review: A Masterclass in Shifting Architecture and Cryptic...
Reviewing a game like Blue Prince on the PlayStation 5 feels like trying to describe a dream that you’re desperately trying to map out before it fades at sunrise. While the game has lived on Xbox and...
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