Poker, Pixels, and Persuasion: The Marketing Bets Behind Balatro - Thumbsticks Balatro looked like an overnight indie miracle, but the game's success took planning, strategy, outreach, and a little luck.

Balatro looked like an overnight indie success, but it took planning, strategy, outreach, and a little luck. Read our report from #MIGS25 to find out how Playstack brought the game to a wider audience.

#balatro #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #videogames

MIGS25 Interview: Capturing Performance, Elevating Story – A Conversation with Rouge Studios’ Jenna Melfi - Blogcritics At this year’s Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), I had the pleasure of sitting down with Je

MIGS25 Interview: Capturing Performance, Elevating Story – A conversation with Rouge Studios’ Jenna Melfi on the evolving arts of performance capture, cinematics, and storytelling in modern #videogames.
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Canadian video games take centre stage at Montréal International Game Summit Exciting new Canadian-made games were on display at MIGS, and these are some the highlights we got to play.

At #MIGS25, I got to test drive a bunch of very fun, very creative games in development by Canadian game studios 🇨🇦

So much to get excited for!

My highlight list feature for @mobilesyrup.com 👇

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MIGS 2025 • Montreal is playing in the big leagues

thelenaghioparadox.blogspot.com/2025/11/migs... ✨Discovering powerhouse innovators at #MIGS25 — from game tech 2 funding 2 playtesting, the future of gaming is NOW! 🚀🎮 #GameDev #TechMagic #IndieDev #SaaS #Playtesting #Funding #GamingInnovation #XboxDev #QuebecGaming #TechTrends #GlobalDevCommunity✨

So happy to have met @victoriatran.bsky.social again at #MIGS25! Can’t wait to read your book!

Five more Canadian indie gems The first look at future hits, courtesy of the MIGS 2025 indie pitch competition

A sneak peek at what's to come in 2026 and beyond from immensely talented Canadian game studios 🇨🇦

@lecatnipcollective.bsky.social @cosmicrungame.bsky.social @heartloopgames.bsky.social @mhdante.com @indigodoyle.bsky.social

The future of gaming is bright.

#MIGS25 #indiegames

BC's Michael Prince brings you the highlights of #MIGS25 – the longest-running game summit in #Canada.
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Inside MIGS25 and the Future of Canadian Video Games - Thumbsticks The Montréal International Game Summit (MIGS25) charts a path forward for the Canadian video games industry.

Can Canada stay one of the best places to make video games? Here's our report from the 2025 Montréal International Game Summit.

#MIGS25 #gamebusiness #gamedev #indiedev #canada

Buck and Chuck attend a gaming conference #migs25

This week we attended the Montreal international game summit to showcase our game Freedome Farmers. We dressed up for the occasion, watched people play our game and met a lot of interesting people.
#gamedev #indiegame #games #indiedev #memes

Back home after a fantastic time in Montreal at #MIGS25. It was my first time in this event and it was super fun. Organization was great, interesting talks/panels, good selection of games in the demo area, fantastic food and snow. You should put this event in your radar for next year.

CGAs debuted this at #MIGS25 and I'm glad it's since been posted publicly. This is a great snapshot of the Canadian gaming industry and I'd love to see more like this down the line. (And on that note, now that my travel is finally slowing down, I'll have a few Canadian gaming features coming soon!)

MIGS25 Interview: Crafting Worlds Through Sound — A Conversation with Pixel Audio’s Eric Shaw At #MIGS25 I sat down with Eric Shaw of Pixel Audio to talk game music, sound design, and building immersive worlds through audio. From Dead Space’s chilling atmosphere to Spiritfarer’s emotional soundscape and the upcoming Heavy Gear 3, Shaw explains why great sound makes great games.

At #MIGS25 I sat down with Eric Shaw of Pixel Audio to talk game music, sound design, and building immersive worlds through audio. From Dead Space’s chilling atmosphere to Spiritfarer’s emotional soundscape and the upcoming Heavy Gear 3, Shaw explains why great sound makes great games.

Really positive experience at MIGS this year. Met so many passionate game developers and publishers, and had some truly valuable conversations.

Thanks to everyone who connected with me. Looking forward to continuing the chats and seeing where these new relationships lead.

#MIGS25 #MIGS #gamedev

Mike Jungbluth from Compulsion Games on stage at MIGS 2025

The booth for Clerks & Quirks at MIGS 2025

A no less energizing #MIGS25 Day 2, which I actually preferred to yesterday—the talks today were top-notch. Good meetings, too, can't wait to share the games I've seen. An exceedingly positive first MIGS experience overall!

I’m in a #MIGS25 panel for 30 minutes and Valve announces a console and a bunch of other stuff???

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❄️A snowstorm couldn’t stop the future of gaming. At #MIGS25, creativity melted the cold—innovation, art & passion collided. 🎮✨ #Ubisoft #MontrealGaming #GameDev #Innovation #DigitalHumans #VR #AI #CreativityUnleashed

My shoes are soaked and I somehow have a huge cut on my arm but I made it to #MIGS25. 🤘

Live look at me walking downhill through snow, slush and ice to my Montreal hotel.
#MIGS25

Oh, how dearly I’ve missed this. 🤤
#MIGS25

All the VIPs and Business badges strolling by with food are making me hungry, too. Indie pitch competition coming up at 2 pm first though #MIGS25

A panel of speakers on stage C at MIGS 2025

Great panel on the visions for the future of the Canadian video games industry. Key takeaways: more homegrown funding and Canadian investment, more respect for marketing and selling Canadian games!

#MIGS25

Embers A Cozy Fantasy Journal booth at MIGS 2025

Almanach of Empire and Sorcery booth at MIGS 2025

The demo floor is sparser than I had hoped, but I'm still trying a few games today and tomorrow!

#MIGS25

Michel Nohra from Sandfall Interactive speaking on stage at the MIGS 2025 conference

Day 1 of MIGS. An energizing start (heh) to the day with a talk about the combat of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🎨

#MIGS25

I’m at #MIGS25 over the next few days. Do say hello!

#migs25 is here. Don’t forget your boots. (Like we did)

#gamedev #montreal #gamebusiness

Giant letters spelling Grand Quai dusted with snow

Winter wonderland #MIGS25

A view of the empty snowy pier in Montreal Old Port seen through a window that reflects Katya taking a photo

At the @ubisoft.com VIP Mixer for #MIGS25 Frightful weather outside, but this is why I love Montreal 😍

Soon traveling to #migs25, what is in your #gamedev survival kit that you can not be without?

72 Conventions this weekend in 🇨🇳 🇧🇪 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 🇳🇿 🌐 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇪 🇲🇹 🇲🇽 🇦🇹 🇭🇰 🇮🇩

What will you be attending? #Worlds2025 #UNWRAP #MIKUEXPO2025 #axchibi2025 #HalCon2025 #IEM #Kemocon18 #PAWCon25 #RICC2025 #SonicEXPO #Brisnova #MDEV25 #GGC25 #MaltaComicCon #AEAki2025 #MIGS25 (1/7) ~ LM