Getting legal advice can be daunting but is critically important. This talk gives indie and emerging studios a practical legal playbook built from real-world mistakes

Kick off XP26 with Producer Jason Lepine and the premiere of the new opening title sequence created in collaboration with Soft Rains.

Technology and video games have long been a space for innovation in health care and continue to be an area of impactful growth in Toronto

How Soft Rains leans on our breadth of skills and interests to weather changes. Kaitlin Tremblay and Trang Nguyen of Soft Rains will discuss ways

In October of 2025 Koolhaus celebrated its 20th year anniversary. With over 95% of new companies closing within 2 years of their start, keeping any

The game industry is now past the “wow” factor of generative AI; we’ve all seen the demos. Now comes the hard part, integration at scale.

Connecting player-centric thinking and profitability. Beginning with the simple philosophy that “UX is the relationship between creator vision and player expectation”, Ruwan shares his hard-earned

Everyone wants to make games that are easy to learn, yet also inventive and original. These goals are inevitably in tension: the more you innovate,

What is the most obvious and direct path to success for game developers today? There is always too much work to do, too many demands

As we cross the mid-point of 2026, the capital landscape for gaming has reached a critical inflection point. While massive consolidations dominate the headlines, a new era of “leaner and smarter” funding

Following our morning session on Building an OP Cashflow Strategy, this roundtable offers a dedicated forum to break down the complexities of Canadian tax, SR&ED,

In 2025, headlines consistently touted the success of indie games sold on Steam – titles like PEAK, Hollow Knight: Silksong, R.E.P.O and Clair Obscur: Expedition

Three marketing veterans get candid about the strategies that worked, the blind spots that didn’t, and the lessons they had to learn the hard way.

In an industry defined by rapid iteration and high-stakes launches, a blame culture can be as destructive as a game-breaking bug. This session explores why

Frame by frame hand-drawn animation is as strong as ever, and today it’s having a major impact across the video game industry. From gameplay to

Our Constantinople-inspired city in Streets of Fortuna is populated by literally thousands of fully simulated citizens, generated on the fly and then living their lives,