From PRNewsWire:
Game Developer Research has compiled the results of its third annual Game Developer Census, tallying game development and publishing companies working in North America, revealing that the United States videogame industry employee count is essentially flat year-over-year, rising slightly from 44,400 to 44,806. More freely available information is available Game Developer Research website: [...]

From VentureBeat:
Another big publisher has made the move to open a dev base in subsidy-supported Quebec, Canada – with THQ  the latest to establish a Montreal studio. The Canadian studio will become the biggest among THQ’s studios, which employ about 1,200 people. Other game companies who got tax breaks in Quebec to hire lots of [...]

From NPD (via Joystiq):
According toleading market research firm The NPD Group, Canadian first quarter retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dipped nearly 8.5 per cent year-over-year.  The figures represent the first-ever decline in sales since NPD first began tracking the category in 2002.
The portable hardware and console hardware categories showed [...]

From Vancouver Sun:
A new report from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) shows Vancouver still the leading hub of the industry in terms of employee numbers.
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And because tax incentives in British Columbia pale when compared to those in Quebec, B.C. may slip into the No. 2 spot some time this year.
The [...]