Quebec Games Celebration 2025
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The Quebec Games Celebration is an annual festival dedicated to celebrating Quebec’s vibrant video game industry— this year, it will run from February 17th to February 24th, 2025. The sale promotes the efforts of both indie and AAA developers who dedicate their passion to crafting engaging, immersive experiences for players around the world. This event is put together by the Indie Asylum, a collective of indie game studios and publisher helping small studios dream big since 2018.
  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I wonder if the province pulled some strings / spent some money / offered a deal to get this to happen, or if Valve just thinks its a good marketing angle.

    • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      These sales are pretty regular. I see them at least yearly, it’s not a political context-dependent sale on Steam’s part.

      Quebec also has a pretty big gaming presence, with Ubisoft, Behaviour, Eidos, EA, WB, Bethesda, and many others big players having studios in Montreal.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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        21 hours ago

        Not even considering current politics. Most of the games they are promoting may well have been developed in Canada, but by foreign corporations.

        Quebec also has a pretty big gaming presence

        Yes, but it’s not like it’s something that any sizeable portion of consumers seek out. The non-indie games have no recognizable Quebec culture, they could have been made anywhere on the planet.

        It’s not an accident that Quebec has an outsized presence in gaming. The Quebec government went out and made that happen through policy, taxes, subsidies, etc. They have a budget to promote the industry, and I strongly suspect that some money changed hands for Valve to present this angle to consumers when it is all but meaningless to the consumer experience. It’s really hard to come up with another explanation and I’m not sure you’re trying to offer an alternative or just add colour.

        • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
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          19 hours ago

          I strongly suspect that some money changed hands for Valve to present this angle to consumers

          Maybe? It’s certainly a reasonable expectation. I mean I agree it’s probably not something that people actively seek out in general, but they have all kinds of sales based on themes that people don’t necessarily think to look for either. As a gamer from Quebec, I don’t actively search for games made in Quebec, but it’s nice to be able to look at a collection like this and know that they’re all made locally without having to make an active search for that. It’s a factor that’s generally not advertised very explicitly.