Newfoundland government to spend $2.4 million to help video game developer

[Zeus]

The Newfoundland government will spend approximately $2.4 MILLION to help fund a video game developer to set up shop in the province. The studio will focus on handheld, downloadable and small scale console segments and the funding will help with a variety of aspects including start up costs, wages, relocation, recruitment, training and office space.


ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland government will spend up to $2.4 million to help a video-game developer set up shop in the province.

Other Ocean Group, based in California, plans to create about 60 jobs over a five-year period for video-game artists, designers, producers, programmers and management.

The company will open the St. John's studio this year.

The studio will specialize in the hand-held, downloadable and small-scale console segments of the video-game industry.

The St. John's operation will produce titles for many platforms such as the Apple iPhone, Nintendo DS and Wii, as well as the Microsoft Xbox 360.

The government funding will help to offset initial startup and operating costs, including wages, relocation, recruitment, training and office space.


News Source: <a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmufr06VcHCAbp-MUUS8BEhWdr6w" target="_blank">Canadianpress</a>

[Fred_Guay]

It's cool that we can see the Quebec in your picture but I guess you don'T know that Newfoundland is ''Mainly'' the Island that isn't on your picture :) !

beside this ...I'm happy to have more video game developper in Canada!

PS. sorry for my bad english...

[MilkyJoe]

Add it to the thousand other things wrong with this country and the rest of the world.

He should have been hung & so should that ***** that aided him.

[Ninjaman]

All you guys had to do is use google to get the right pic....Newfoundland island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_(island))

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Newfoundland_map.png/240px-Newfoundland_map.png

[tommasi]

that should be done in halifax not in newfoundland :mad:

[halfway2hell]

that should be done in Halifax not in Newfoundland :mad: trust me dude you guys got the trailer park boys there wont be anything intellectual happening in Halifax in Halifax is a shithole **** sakes dude I had to fix your grammar when I did your quote LMAO

[Palmtree]

trust me dude you guys got the trailer park boys there wont be anything intellectual happening in Halifax in Halifax is a shithole **** sakes dude I had to fix your grammar when I did your quote LMAO
Why mention someone's bad grammar when you don't even use any punctuation yourself?

I have lived in both areas, and I can say that both places are shitholes, lol. I would much rather live in Halifax though.

On topic, I believe this is a bad idea. It reminds me of all the call centers around where I live, which are only there because the gov't pays millions to them to bring jobs to this area.

[kilodelta]

this is a big deal. it shows the rapid pace development of Newfoundland.

in 2007 they got the internet.
in 2006 they got electricity.

:p

[IJTF_Cinder]

this is a big deal. it shows the rapid pace development of Newfoundland.

in 2007 they got the internet.
in 2006 they got electricity.

:p

WTF are you talking about? Newfies don't have either of those!

Cuts into beer funds......

[ghaldos]

that should be done in halifax not in newfoundland :mad:

oh you're just bitchy Nova Scotia wasn't the first place to receive a wireless radio signal, oh and the whole gold mine thing that happened a few years back where you guys got the shitty part.