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2023 Canadian Game Awards Nominees Announced
The Canadian Game Awards (CGA) and Canadian Indie Game Awards (CIGA) are returning with the 2023 nominees, celebrating the many games created in B.C. and beyond. The awards highlight the contributions of the growing Canadian Gaming industry…

Whipped Cream “The Dark” VR Experience World Premiere at SXSW
"The Dark" featuring Monstercat artists Whipped Cream, Jasiah & Crimson Child, presents a new VR experience that blends electronic and opera music in an emotion-oriented story about a toxic relationship. Captured volumetrically at The Departure…

Trickfilm Real-Time Animation Festival
Trickfilm Entertainment Inc. is thrilled to announce the launch of the World’s first real-time animation festival, a celebration of animated films created and broadcast using EPIC Games' Unreal Engine. Submissions for the festival open on…

STEAM Sale on DigiBC’s Games from BC
To celebrate the August long weekend, the Games from British Columbia Steam page will be having a sale from July 29 to August 2. This page showcases the work of B.C.’s bold and innovative video game industry, and it features titles from…

#BCCreates: Recapping Creative Industries Week
In May 2022, British Columbia's creative industry stakeholders gathered in Victoria to reconvene after a 2-year in-person hiatus. The week was a celebration of the achievements from the writing and publishing, magazine publishing, digital, motion…

Commemorating National Indigenous History Month
National Indigenous History Month invites Indigenous Peoples to celebrate their history in the spirit of pride and preservation. For non-Indigenous Canadians, it is an opportunity to learn and show recognition of the role Indigenous Peoples have played and continue to play in shaping Canada.

Meet B.C.’s Creative Technology Industry
The creative technology industry is one of the most dynamic economic engines in BC’s economy, generating $2.3B in global sales annually while employing more than 14,000 British Columbians across 250+ companies.
As part of Creative Industries…

The IM4 Media Lab Podcast amplifies immersive Indigenous storytelling
The Immersive Knowledge Transfer Podcast is a creation of the IM4 Media Lab with the aim to amplify the voices of Indigenous creatives working with immersive technologies.
The IM4 Lab was created by Indigenous filmmaker, Loretta Todd, alongside…

Wings and Wizards merges world-building, art, tech, storytelling and design
There’s a new magical interactive experience coming to BC Place this summer. Wings and Wizards is an immersive entertainment experience that promises to bring a little magic back into the lives of the young and young-at-heart all summer long.…

B.C. Studios Nominated for Canadian Game Awards
Seamlessly blending interactivity, music, art and of course, entertainment, video games are an exciting component of B.C.'s creative industry. A 2019 statistic from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada stated that the video game…