High school student wins nGen competition

A Thorold High School student has won nGen’s first video game pitch competition, which was judged by fourth year Interactive Arts and Science students from Brock.

Thorold student wins video game contest

Inspired by the frenetic combat of fighting games like Mortal Combat and Street Fighter, 16-year-old Matthew Webb dreams of digital fisticuffs.

His video-game idea, to pair characters drawn from everyday life to duke it out, from baseball players to criminals, won a contest hosted by Brock University's interactive arts and science program and nGen, Niagara's new-media incubator.

OMDC Gives $2.9 M to Boost Innovation

TORONTO – The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) proudly announces that it has invested $2.9 M in funding support through its Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund (the Partnerships Fund) to leverage an additional $7.1 M from 94 partners to support 17 innovative projects.

3-D role in building up America

A 3-D imaging company becomes a worldwide leader in its industry despite difficult odds.

The OMDC Intellectual Property (IP) Development Fund

The OMDC Intellectual Property (IP) Development Fund assists Ontario corporations by providing a refund of 30% of prior costs incurred in direct support of eligible early stage development activities to bring screen-based content properties closer to production or market ready stage.

Cerebral Vortex Games and Psi Pi Group Release iPrioritize for iPhone/iPod Touch

Cerebral Vortex Games, a Thorold, Ontario-based developer of casual games, and Psi Pi Group Limited are pleased to announce that i-Prioritize, a handy personal organization app, is now available for download on the iTunes App Store.

Cerebral Vortex Games Releases Word Burst and Sonus for iPhone/iPod Touch

Cerebral Vortex Games, a Thorold, Ontario-based developer of casual games, is pleased to announce that the games Word Burst and Sonus are now available for download on the iTunes App Store.

Ontario Government Infuses $26 Million into Kitchener Digital Media Hub

Ontario's Minister of Research and Innovation John Milloy, MPP for Kitchener-Centre, today announced that the province is providing $26 million to Communitech to create Ontario's hub for digital media tools, technology and applications.

The Big Table of Film and Video Incentives in Canada

While the downturn affects the pace of growth in each segment, PwC's forecast reveals it does not alter the underlying pattern of digital revenues expanding at the expense of their non-digital counterparts. Our forecasts show film entertainment spending in Canada will increase at a 4.2% compound annual growth rate to US$4.2 billion in 2013 from $3.4 billion in 2009.

Brock 2.0

The founders of FourGrounds Media are examples of Niagara’s new entrepreneurs of interactive media.