Canada the New Hotspot for Video Game Creators

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1110995669946_56/?hub=Ca

Gameloft, Ubisoft Open Quebec City Studios

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=5274

Mad Catz Releases Promising 2005 Fiscal Results

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=5669

Ubisoft Creates Montreal Gaming University

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Feb/bga20050215029144.htm

Ubisoft, Canadian Government to Create "University"

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/02/11/news_6118461.html

Activision Absorbs Montreal Developer Beenox

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/25/news_6126482.html

Vivendi Universal Buys Canadian Radical Entertainment

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=6123

Canadian Hip Interactive Updates on Some of its Hottest Upcoming Games

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2005/26/c6914.html

Interview with Canada's BattleGoat Studios

http://www.gamesurge.com/pc/interviews/battlegoat.shtml

DICE Rolling Out New Battlefield FPS, PSP Battlefield 2

http://games.channel.aol.com/news.adp?articleID=294785&gameID=14959

Relic Acquisition Price Revealed

Documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission have revealed that THQ tendered a $6 million cash payment for Homeworld and Warhammer 40,000 developer Relic Entertainment, with a little more than an additional $4 million to follow over the next two years.

The price breaks down to $54,700 in tangible assets, $1.3 million in intangible assets, and $8.85 million in goodwill. THQ also assumed the $517,000 of debt owed by the developer.

Relic founder Alex Garden famously founded the company with start-up costs of just $5,000. THQ first announced the purchase of the company earlier this April.

Source: GameSpot - http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php