The Game Developers Conference Canada (GDC Canada) will take place in Vancouver on May 6-7, 2010. The conference is a chance for game developers to network , learn, and share ideas about the video games industry.

GDC Canada evolved from the Vancouver Game Summit and will keep the same perspective of catering to Canadian game developers.

Got to the link for more information GDC Canada

www.candevs.ca

The 1st Annual Canadian Videogame Awards will be taking place on May 5th, 2010 in Vancouver. The event will be recognizing Canada's talent in games, computer animation and visual effects.

Several awards will be given including Best Downloadable Game, Best Game Design, Best Visual Arts, and Game of the Year.

For complete details hit the jump www.canadianvideogameawards.com

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This update is courtesy of Michael, President/CEO of Blackout Studios out of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A total of five new east coast companies have been added.

Another Castle Studios (Charlottetown, PEI) is a videogame company developing for the iPhone.

Another Castle Studios entry on CanDevs

Blackout Studios (Dartmouth, NS) is an entertainment software company focused on the digital download market.

Blackout Studios entry on CanDevs

Huminah Huminah Interactive (Halifax, NS) is a service developer for flash and 3D casual games.

Huminah Huminah Interactive entry on CanDevs

Silverback Productions (Halifax, NS) is an independent game developer, focused on creating high quality, original IP for the mass market.

Silverback Productions entry on CanDevs

Xona Games (Yarmouth, NS) is an independent downloadable games developer.

Xona Games entry on CanDevs

Thanks again to Michael for the heads up on these companies.

www.candevs.ca