Today marks our fourth and final GameConnect (#GCTO) episode. In this video, Karim Kanji chats with Nicholas Murphy who is the Founder and CEO of GameDay InterActive. Nicholas is also the founder and creator of several other InterActive games including Rapid Roulette, The ProSports Exchange (PSX), Pick-A-Square as well as GameDay InterActive! Nicholas and his [...]
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We had the opportunity to get to know Spongelab for our last XConnect series, EduConnect and we also featured them in one of our GameConnect interviews to share with you the great movements they are making in the educational gaming arena. As a supporter of XConnect, Spongelab will be giving away 5 Professional Development Licenses [...]
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It’s so close we can taste it – and we’ve got a few updates! We’ve been in contact with some folks at Ubisoft – and we’re proud to announce that we’ve added Richard Carrillo, Lead Game Designer to our panel. He has spent over six years in the industry developing AAA titles and has worked on [...]
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While games bring us (much appreciated) entertainment and pleasure, gaming is also a billion dollar industry and depends on gamers to purchase products, maintain their user bases, and recommend their games to other gaming enthusiasts. Maintaining a user base and a strong player community is no easy task for any company but Valve has been [...]
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Nic Sulsky is the Co-Founder of InGamer. The InGamer 3-screen social gaming platform turns a passive sports-watching audience into an active one. InGamer provides sports, live event broadcasters & brands a platform that greatly diminishes audience fragmentation, eyeballs being distracted and early disengagement. It stimulates a stickiness that will allow partners to more effectively monetize [...]
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Toronto’s Independent gaming development scene is showing tremendous growth and has seen many success stories come out of Canada and into the international sphere. In a previous post, I mentioned a collaborative workspace that was designed to be a hub specifically for Web and Game makers alike. A place where people could work on their [...]
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Once you start a company, how do you make it sustainable? You might not always have that sticky factor with every game you create, but what do you need to do to create a business that is successful not just in the short term but the long run? Exploring successful gaming companies – small, large [...]
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Alex Hayter is the Marketing Manager for Toronto-based startup SpongeLab Interactive. Spongelab is a Global Science Community. Spongelab Interactive is a group of scientists, teachers, animators, artists, and programmers passionate about science education. They believe that cutting-edge technology and stunning interactive media should be available to everyone, regardless of fiscal constraints. In this short conversation [...]
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Mobile games have become an innovative platform with the advancement of Smartphone technology. With Smartphones being widely adopted in the world, it’s no wonder that mobile companies are maximizing on existing mobile features in order to stand out in a crowd of releases apps. With the growing infrastructure of social integration on Smartphones (Facebook, Twitter, [...]
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You know what this means, right? There will be fresh burritos available for our guests on August 29th. After all, we’ll need you to stay sharp and fuelled up to partake in our discussion on Gaming and Technology. If you haven’t registered as of yet, do so here. Space is very limited. About Chipotle Steve Ells, [...]
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