Women In Games Vancouver

Gamesauce and Casual Connect Conference: Seattle July 19th – 22nd

TaraZM — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:32:17 +0000

Have you heard about the Gamesauce and Casual Connect Conference? WIGeh are involved in organizing the Leadership and Professional Development Track at Gamesauce this year. The conference is filled with lots of diverse and interesting topics that cover the breadth of Casual Game development. Find out more…

Jade Raymond: Game Changer

TaraZM — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:21:29 +0000

Great article courtesy of Canadian Business about Jade Raymond, Studio Head of Ubisoft Toronto. It also brings up an interesting question regarding stereotypical perception of female developers in the industry.

‘”They say, ‘You are an attractive female in an industry that has very, very few of them, and so obviously you don’t know what you’re doing, because you clearly are in this position for other reasons.’ Which is not the case.”
Read on here…

The Making of ModNation Racers

TaraZM — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:10:12 +0000

Come along to the Vancity Theatre on Tuesday the 29th of June to find out how Vancouver’s own United Front Games went about creating ModNationRacers. Visit SIGGRAPH for more details and to purchase tickets.

SOE G.I.R.L. Competition Winner Awarded

TaraZM — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:42:19 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment’s Gamers In Real Life design competition has awarded a 10-week paid internship and $10,000 scholarship to Art Center College of Design student Sylvia Liu, to help in her pursuit of a creative arts career.

Liu’s application for the G.I.R.L. scholarship, which aims to bring more women into the creative arts and eventually bring more women-friendly games to market, included concept art for a new EverQuest II environment and a new EverQuest II boss character.

Interview with Shannon Lee – VFS/WIGI Game Design Scholarship Winner

TaraZM — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:09:50 +0000

Check out our three part interview with VFS Student and scholarship winner Shannon Lee. She discusses her expertise, passion and studies in video games, including her experience as a women in games, and her inspirations.

WIGeh GDC Canada 2010 Mixer

TaraZM — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:30:40 +0000

What: Women in Games GDC Canada 2010 Mixer

Where: Century Restaurant and Bar

432 Richards St

Vancouver BC

After an informative and through provoking day at GDC Canada, wander a few blocks in our direction, to talk, meet and mingle with fellow GDC Canada attendees and Vancouver industry professionals.

Come and find out what Women in Vancouver Canada (WIGeh) are about, and participate in our topic of the month, what is the Future of Gaming?

Many thanks to Annex Pro http://www.annexpro.com/ for their involvement!

RSVP on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/wigehmixer

The Olympic Gaming Mixer

TaraZM — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:44:18 +0000

More info on the one and only Olympic Gaming Mixer!

http://tinyurl.com/OlympicGamingMixer

Canadian Video Game Awards

TaraZM — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:24:48 +0000

Title: Canadian Video Game Awards
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
Link out: Click here
Description: Co-locating with GDC-Canada this year is the 1st Annual Canadian Videogame Awards. This event will honour and celebrate the best and brightest in Canadian videogames. It will be a great, fun, fast paced night featuring Canadian hosts and presenters. Canadians are masters of their craft when it comes to making games, visual effects and computer animation. They work tirelessly to build terrific entertainment, which then becomes a world class export that the entire planet consumes and is thrilled by. It is time to let everyone know where this fine work comes from!
Featuring Video Games Live!
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-05-05

Game Developers Conference Canada

TaraZM — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:20:34 +0000

Title: Game Developers Conference Canada
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
Link out: Click here
Description: Game Developers Conference™ Canada is the premier event for developers and business development professionals looking for best practices for managing established franchises, developing new global titles, or looking to take advantage of new distribution models. With new digital distribution opportunities, it is easier than ever to get original IP directly to players and actively connect and build new player communities. Attend GDC Canada and learn best practices from industry trailblazers at Zynga, IUGO, Vogster and Pug Pharm on managing your development team to success in a multi-billion dollar industry. WIGI members save 10% off conference passes when they register with code WIGICAN. Learn more about GDC Canada pass options and content here:
http://www.gdc-canada.com/
Start Date: 2010-05-06
End Date: 2010-05-07

Video Game Industry Update in BC

TaraZM — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:39:10 +0000

Interesting news piece about our industry, especially regarding female gamer stats towards the end.Video Game Industry Update