The BC Tech Association has announced the finalists for the 2021 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). “Throughout the COVID-19 crisis the province’s tech sector pulled together to support our communities, help small business to adopt technology, provide reskilling programs and put workers displaced by Covid into new jobs in the tech sector,” said Jill Tipping, BC […]
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East Side Games Announces Partnership with Game Masons
East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Santa Barbara’s Game Masons for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. Game Masons is a trailblazer in the mobile esports world and is best known for the Mini Golf Stars game series which has combined […]
East Side Games Announces Partnership With Vancouver’s TinyRex Games
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has announced their 5th partnership, adding three new titles to their 2022 roster. The LEAF Mobile subsidiary has inked a partnership with Vancouver’s TinyRex Games for the global release of three mobile games on iOS and Android. TinyRex Games is a mobile games studio founded by Kenny Huang, Haig Sakouyan, Tim […]
East Side Games Partners With Australia’s Mighty Kingdom Games
Another day, another publishing partnership for Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG). The LEAF Mobile subsidiary has inked a partnership with Australia’s Mighty Kingdom Games for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. Established in 2010, Mighty Kingdom has released more than 50 games, with more than 50 million downloads, and has […]
East Side Games Partners With Argentina’s Bigfoot Gaming
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Argentina’s Bigfoot Gaming for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. This is the first collaboration between Bigfoot and ESG and will involve a single game multi-year publishing and IdleKit agreement between the two companies. The […]
East Side Games Announces Partnership with Night Garden Studio
East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Vancouver’s Night Garden Studio for the global release of a mobile game. Leveraging ESG’s IdleKit technology, the game will be developed in-house by Night Garden and is expected to launch in Q4 2021. “At Night Garden Studio, we’re thrilled to […]
Canada’s Video Game Sector Adding Jobs And Age Brackets During The Pandemic
With so many people turning to video games during the last year to be entertained and maintain human connection either at home with family or in online streams, it’s no surprise Canada’s gaming industry is thriving, with companies expanding operations in major cities like Vancouver and Montreal. Canada is a nation of gamers, with 61 […]
LEAF Mobile to Launch NFTKit and Offer Non-Fungible Tokens as Prizes in Select Games
LEAF Mobile announced today that its subsidiary studio, East Side Games, is set to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) game creation toolset called NFTKit for its IdleKit platform. Top performing players will, for the first time, have true ownership over their rewards by receiving NFTs as prizes in select LEAF Group games published by East […]
East Side Games To Develop Mobile Game For Rupaul’s Drag Race Franchise
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a multi-year partnership with World of Wonder Productions (WOW) for the exclusive mobile game rights to Emmy Award-winning competition series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, to develop and publish a new mobile game. The partnership includes rights to RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, and Untucked: RuPaul’s […]
LEAF Mobile Acquires Vancouver’s Truly Social Games
LEAF Mobile has acquired Vancouver’s Truly Social Games for $37 million. Truly Social Games (TSG) was founded in 2015 by Cooper DuBois and Patrick Tougas. Among TSG’s portfolio of titles is Planet Gold Rush, Gold Mania, Invincible Hero, Idle Surfing, Bomb Brawl! and Draw A Stickman: AR . TSG has also developed games on IdleKit, […]