How will this affect Eido’s Montreal offices?
From Gamasutra:
A court has approved Square Enix’s takeover of U.K.-headquartered Tomb Raider house Eidos, according to an announcement today by Eidos’ board of directors.
Square Enix hopes that the acquisition of a major Western game publisher will give the Tokyo, Japan-based firm a greater foothold in Europe and [...]

Cool trailer for the game ‘Wet’ from Montreal’s own A2M.
Did anyone else notice the popular Hollywood Wilhelm scream in there?
 
From gametrailers.com:
Get a good look at some gameplay in the Wet video game.

Don’t forget this meeting tonight! Is anyone else going?
From igda.org/montreal:
When: Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:00pm dinner / 7:30pm discussion What: IGDA Montreal Chapter "GameCafé" Where: Santo Bar Lounge, 191 St-Paul Ouest (acessible via metro Square Victoria or Place d’Armes) [...]

From kotaku.com:

He was toiling away in a Montreal game studio Artificial Mind and Movement, one of many working on some movie-based game. The game he’d been working on it in his own time was up for two awards at the Independent Games Festival at GDC. That game was Fez.
The game stars 2D fez-hat-wearing Gomez [...]

From 1up.com:
1UP talks to EA Montreal’s Alain Tascan about Army of Two: The 40th Day, Wii MotionPlus, PS3’s potential comeback year, and lots more.
EA’s Montreal studio has grown significantly over the past few years: it now employs over 400 people and serves as one of EA’s top development centers. After the recent announcement of [...]

From cbc.ca:
A Quebec university is using computer wizardry to treat mental illness while forging Canada’s reputation as a leader in the emerging field of cyber-psychology.
The lab at the University of Quebec in Outaouais first used virtual reality techniques to study and treat simple phobias like the fear of flying.
A decade later, its researchers are [...]

From gamespot.com:
What we heard: When Eidos Montreal announced that it was working on Deus Ex 3 in November 2007, many fans of the thought-dead sci-fi series rejoiced. Five months later, the same studio sparked rumors that it was working on a new version of Thief, another classic franchise created by now-defunct Looking Glass Studios and [...]

From ve3d.ign.com:
Not really Montreal specific, but i’m sure a lot of local companies are already using Scrum techniques.
And it is not really the first certification, but the first first aimed at video games.
Hey y’all Scrum Master wannabes, gather ’round to find out about a new certification course designed for video game development, aimed at [...]