Montreal startup sets sights on Facebook, mobile games

Release Date ‎May 30, 2011‎ in Financial Post

 
   

Montreal studio sets sight on social games

Montreal Gazette - Jason Magder - 1 Jun, 2011
Despite having the largest video-gaming sector in Canada, the bulk of Montreal's video-game studios are headquartered outside the country. But Alain Tascan hopes to help change that trend. ...

Montreal startup sets sights on Facebook, mobile games

Financial Post - ‎May 30, 2011‎
MONTREAL â€" One of Quebec's leading video game industry pioneers is starting a new studio specialized in developing so-called “social” games playable on any device with a screen. Alain Tascan, the co-founder of Ubisoft's Montreal operation, ...

Former EA Montreal GM Alain Tascan creates social games company

Games.com News (blog) - Brandy Shaul - 1 Jun, 2011
This week, former EA Montreal general manager Alain Tascan has announced the launch of SAVA Transmedia, a new social games company also based out of Montreal. This new development studio looks to "redefine ...

EA Montreal founder quits for new 200-man studio

Develop (blog) - Rob Crossley - 1 Jun, 2011
Canadian outfit EA Montreal has lost its general manager and founder Alain Tascan, the experienced industry exec has announced. Tascan has emerged as the CEO of a new social media and games company based in ...

New Social Gaming Company: SAVA Transmedia Launches in Montréal

DigitalJournal.com (press release) - ‎May 30, 2011‎
MONTREAL, May 30, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Today Alain Tascan is unveiling his next large-scale project in Québec's video game industry: SAVA Transmedia. The new venture is one of the first entirely independent gaming companies specializing in games for ...

Tascan Forms Montreal Social Game Company SAVA Transmedia

Gamasutra - ‎May 30, 2011‎
by Staff [Social/Online, Business] Console game veteran Alain Tascan (Ubisoft Montreal, EA Montreal) is debuting SAVA Transmedia, a Montreal-based social game company targeting Facebook and mobile gaming, and planning to grow to 50 people in its first ...

 

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