April 12, 2021

Gaming tech used to simulate a real-world pandemic

Improbable’s origin story is very similar to other gaming companies. Founders Herman Narula and Rob Whitehead met while studying computer science at Cambridge University in the […]
March 15, 2021

Alberta family built a video game using…. Excel??

A father-daughter team in Calgary spent their COVID downtime doing what many people would have thought impossible: building a video game in Microsoft Excel. Colin Hamilton […]
February 1, 2021

Digital Alberta briefing — January 2021

While certainly cliche, every year I’m always surprised by how quickly everything ramps up after the holidays are over. The days have just flown by this […]
December 21, 2020

New owner & rebrand wanted for former esports academy space

BECOMING MAINSTREAM Esports has seen significant growth over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, on a global scale. Even in our own backyard in Alberta, there’s […]
November 11, 2020

Portrait of an Albertan game developer

How to become a game developer, in 10 simple steps: Start your degree in biological science, with the goal of becoming a doctor. Shadow a real-life […]
October 30, 2020

Digital Alberta Briefing – October 2020

If nothing else, this is a great time to be a gamer (or a gaming company). Quarantines and cancelled physical events have pushed online gaming numbers […]