From cyberpresse.ca (thanks Jonathan!) :
Les Studios Longtail de Québec, concepteur de jeux vidéo sur cellulaire, viennent de mettre à pied une quarantaine d’employés. «Les Studios Longtail ont dû appliquer des mesures importantes afin de faire face à la conjoncture économique», précise le communiqué émis en milieu de matinée.
La décision aurait été prise en [...]

From eurogamer.net:
Ubisoft has revealed that mysterious survival game I Am Alive will be released by the end of March.
That brings the launch forward from spring (Q2), which strikes us as bizarre, as we’ve heard next to nothing about the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game so far. But Ubisoft was adamant Q1 2009 [...]

From animationmagazine.net:
Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced that it has closed a definitive agreement with competitor Cambridge Animation Systems to acquire all of the Intellectual Property of Cambridge and the Animo animation software product line. Toon Boom says the acquisition furthers its market consolidation strategy in the global animation industry and reinforces its leadership in [...]

From igda.org:
Mark your calendar, here are the details of the next IGDA Montreal meeting. See you there!
When: Wednesday, January 28th @ 7:00pm What: IGDA-Montreal "GameNight" Where: The SAT, 1195 St.Laurent [...]

From edge-online.com (via joystiq.com):
Paris, France-based Ubisoft has acquired Brazilian independent developer Southlogic Studios, the companies announced Tuesday.
Southlogic’s staff of around 20 developers, now under the Ubisoft umbrella, has created games for PC, handheld and consoles. The studio has also provided art outsourcing and porting services.
Southlogic, founded in 1996 in Porto Alegre, recently [...]

From gamesindustry.biz (via joystiq.com):
Shares in publisher Eidos took another turn this morning following the announcement after trading yesterday that a takeover bid had been received by the company.
That news prompted the stock to rocket by an initial 40 per cent, going from 12 pence to 17 pence, before it fell back down to [...]

From gamespy.com:
Audiokinetic Inc. and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that Wwise, the industry’s leading audio pipeline solution, is now integrated with Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 (UE3), the number one game engine for cross-platform game development. As a member of Epic’s exclusive Integrated Partners Program (IPP), Audiokinetic provides a complete integration that will allow developers [...]

From cbc.ca:
Despite rising unemployment, plummeting consumer confidence and scarcer credit, the video-game industry in Canada is booming, according to market research group NPD.
Canadians spent a record $2.09 billion on video-game consoles, games and accessories, and year-over year growth was 23 per cent, NPD said in figures released Friday.
Nintendo Wii dominated the console [...]