A2M (Artificial Mind and Movement), Canada’s largest independent game developer, announces that it has acquired Wanako Games, a video game studio located in Santiago, Chile. The first and largest game studio in South America, Wanako Games specializes in the production of downloadable interactive content. The studio is acquired by A2M from Activision Blizzard.

With this transaction, A2M is expanding its offering across Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) and Playstation Network (PSN), using Wanako’s established TONGAS game framework, while entering a growing market segment which complements its existing portfolio.

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A2M Acquires Chilean Developer Wanako Games

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Maya owner Autodesk announced that it completed its acquisition of Avid’s Softimage business unit, a purchase originally revealed in late October and valued at approximately $35 million.

Autodesk plans to sell standalone versions of 3D software products SOFTIMAGE|XSI and SOFTIMAGE|Face Robot, and intends to continue developing these products. Character animation system SOFTIMAGE|Cat is expected to be integrated into the Autodesk 3ds Max product line, while the SOFTIMAGE|Crosswalk interoperability solution will be integrated with Autodesk’s own interoperability technology.

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Autodesk Completes Softimage Acquisition

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During the Montreal International Game Summit, Far Cry 2 technical director Dominic Guay painted procedural content generation as an increasingly important game development technique, not just to control costs as games get bigger and bigger, but also to retain the crucial ability to make changes throughout the production process.

“This talk is not about Far Cry 2 the game,” began Guay, who populated his talk with development examples from Far Cry 2’s creation rather than descriptions of the end-user goals of the game’s features.

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MIGS: Far Cry 2’s Guay On The Importance Of Procedural Content

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As the opening keynote for the fifth Montreal International Game Summit, celebrated game designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex) had to live up to his own legacy.
Origin and Looking Glass veteran Spector, whose Junction Point development studio is now owned by Disney, recalled a pessimistic talk he gave at the summit in 2005, “Gaming in the Margins,” where he discussed industry challenges, from new hardware to increased media scrutiny — and turned out to be “pretty much wrong about everything.”

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The Vancouver Film School today announced details for its 2009 Game Design Expo. The first day of the event will be keynoted by Clint Hocking, Creative Director at Ubisoft Montreal, with speakers from Epic, Insomniac, Radical, and Relic participating as well. There will also be an industry panel with representatives from EA, Obsidian, Propaganda, and more.

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Ubisoft Montreal director Clint Hocking at Game Design Expo 09

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Our client is an award winning, international game studio located in Montreal. They are currently working on a 3 new, totally exciting next-gen projects. They have established a highly creative, innovative, intimate development environment, and are looking forward to adding a few more talented individuals to their team.

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Applicants should submit both 2D and 3D work. A portfolio web link is preferred. When applying online please include jpeg examples of your work.

The Senior Artist position contributes at a very high level to the product and team as a whole. The Senior Artist should regularly be setting examples of communication, initiative, teamwork, and productivity while working to upgrade the skill and knowledge of the team and Art Department through mentoring, education, and direction.

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