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A celebration of playable arts and culture in the city of Toronto! Toronto Games Week runs from June 12th-18th, 2025. 🎮🕹👾🎨🎲 Posts by @metroidcrime.com + staff. Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 torontogamesweek.com
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Congrats to Jim on the release of his new book! Catch “The Playful Page: A Sci-Fi Rom-Com Conversation” on Monday June 16th starting at 6pm @ Palmerston Public Library during Toronto Games Week! Jim and Holly Gramazio will be chatting about writing, games, fiction and more! Free event! #TGW25

What events are you looking forward to at Toronto Games Week 2025? We had a chat with Ellia, our Volunteer Coordinator, to find out what she's excited about! #TGW25

What are your fav games made in Toronto or set in Toronto? I need them for a special event for @torontogamesweek.com!

What events are you looking forward to at Toronto Games Week 2025? We had a chat with Ellia, our Volunteer Coordinator, to find out what she's excited about! #TGW25

⚠️ THIS IS NOT A DRILL ⚠️ The schedule for Toronto Games Week 2025 is now live on our website! torontogamesweek.com/schedule 🕹️ There's so many awesome events happening throughout the week, which ones are you all planning on attending? 👀 #TGW25

ISB Marketing & Discoverability Bootcamp is a great opportunity to network in person with your industry peers here in Ontario🤝 Meet some of your fellow indie developers just before the beginning of @xpgaminginc.bsky.social and @torontogamesweek.com! DEADLINE MAY 23: bit.ly/isb-bc

🎮Game Devs! Deadline for The G.R.I.D. applications is TONIGHT! playthegrid.games @torontogamesweek.com #game #gaming #gamedev #indiedev #playtesting #toronto #torontogamesweek #playtest #unity3d #unity

Our friends at @gamerella.bsky.social are currently looking for mentors to assist emerging game makers in taking their first steps in the gaming industry! Check out the link below for more information ✨

Today is the last day to submit a volunteer application for #TGW25! forms.gle/fZge6qht7T6S7ZNx7 👈 fill it out here!

Check out the games that everyone made during this year’s #TOJam2025!

⏰ GAME DEVELOPERS! THREE DAYS LEFT! Do you have a WIP game that you want playtested by industry peers? Are you going to be in the Toronto area during #torontogamesweek? Do you want a shot at winning a UNITY PRO LICENSE? Then apply. playthegrid.games @torontogamesweek.com #gamedev #indiedev

Toronto Games Week would like to give a huge thanks to @toronto.ca and Ontario Creates for being our major sponsors this #TGW25! We appreciate the support, and we can't wait until June! Stay tuned for more details about our schedule of events! 🍁

Hi folks! There's a little less than a week before volunteer applications close for Toronto Games Week 2025! It's a really quick form to fill out :) (you should do it now, while you're looking at this post) Applications are due by 11:59pm ET on Monday, May 12th! forms.gle/fZge6qht7T6S... 📝

Developer application deadline for The G.R.I.D. is in one week! Gives time for any @torontogamejam.bsky.social creations to make their way in too! Apply at playthegrid.games @torontogamesweek.com #gamedev #indiedev #torontogamesweek #toronto

Hi folks! There's a little less than a week before volunteer applications close for Toronto Games Week 2025! It's a really quick form to fill out :) (you should do it now, while you're looking at this post) Applications are due by 11:59pm ET on Monday, May 12th! forms.gle/fZge6qht7T6S... 📝

Hey there Bluesky! We're looking for games about biking, or bikes in general. We just love bikes and just can't get enough! Do you happen to know any bicycle games? Let us know in the replies! #Cycling

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For our final special guest, we'd like to welcome Holly Gramazio (The Husbands, Now Play This, 99 Tiny Games), game designer/curator and NYT bestselling novelist from Australia! @hollygramazio.bsky.social She'll be on a panel about about writing, games, & fiction during this year's event! #TGW25

Tickets are now on sale for Out of Bounds 2ronto, an all women/femme speedrunning event taking place on Sunday the 15th & Monday the 16th of #TGW25! 🎟️ ldy.gg/t/oob2 for more details!

We're got another special guest announcement for you all today! We'd like to welcome Adam and Rebekah Saltsman, founders of collaborative game studio Finji (Night in the Woods, TUNIC) from the USA! They'll be participating in events throughout the week at #TGW25! @finjico.bsky.social

Okay folks, hope you're ready... We're SO STOKED to tell you all about our special international guests for Toronto Games Week 2025! First, we're thrilled to announce that Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV), wildly prolific game designer from Ireland will be joining us! @terrycavanaghgames.com

Looking for a way to get involved during Toronto Games Week 2025? We need VOLUNTEERS to help out at various events! Have skills in photography, design, tech, or bartending? Have a car and want to transport things? Just wanna help in any way you can? Apply here! 👉 forms.gle/fZge6qht7T6S... 👈

Looking for a way to get involved during Toronto Games Week 2025? We need VOLUNTEERS to help out at various events! Have skills in photography, design, tech, or bartending? Have a car and want to transport things? Just wanna help in any way you can? Apply here! 👉 forms.gle/fZge6qht7T6S... 👈

The G.R.I.D. will be taking place this year at Toronto Games Week on Friday, June 13th! If you’re a game dev who is interested in taking part, you can apply on their website at playthegrid.games 🎮

Today is the LAST DAY to register for in person TOJam! I know you've been putting it off, but time is no longer on your side. REGISTER NOW! www.tojam.ca/register

Looking for a gaming event to attend this weekend in Toronto? There’ll be SO MANY GAMES and it’s also free! This Saturday from 2-7pm!

The schedule for Out of Bounds 2ronto, the next @ladyarcaders.com event at Toronto Games Week 2025, dropped today! Which speedrun or showcase are you looking forward to watching? 👀

The 2025 Level Up Showcase is happening TOMORROW from 2-7pm at Westin Harbour Castle! Interactive Ontario is proud to support the next generation of video game talent here in Ontario, and we encourage members of our industry to get out and do the same 🎮 levelupshowcase.com

⚠️ DATE CHANGE ⚠️ Toronto Games Week will now be starting and ending one day later, from June 12th-18th, 2025! We're looking forward to sharing our schedule with you all in a few weeks!

Looking for a gaming event to attend this weekend in Toronto? There’ll be SO MANY GAMES and it’s also free! This Saturday from 2-7pm!

Registration is now open for Toronto Game Jam!

At last year's TGW, we attended a game demo launch for Internity, a new visual novel in VR! The event featured a performance from the creators, Tough Guy Mountain, and audience gameplay stations for both VR and desktop. We're putting the finishing touches on our schedule for #TGW25 👀 stay tuned!

Our friends at Level Up Showcase are having their next event on April 12th at Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, ON! From 2-7pm, join them and meet the next generation of devs, play their games, and celebrate the showcase winners! Registration is free at levelupshowcase.com 👾

This #TransDayofVisibility we’ve collated a definitive list of 90+ trans games throughout history. Almost 100 games by trans developers and/or with trans representation. Featuring games from: @deconstructeam.bsky.social @maddymakesgames.com and many others 🏳️‍⚧️ checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

Are you a woman/femme who speedruns, does challenge runs, or simply wants to show off a game they love? Submissions close tonight at midnight! ldy.gg/oob2

🎉We're at Toronto Game Expo all day today & tomorrow! Stop by our booth to play Pekoe, our cozy tea-making sim where you serve tea to adorable cat friends. 🍵 📍 Find us at Table 56 🕹️ Play the game, pick up a Stamp Card, and get a pin that says Support Local Indie Devs! #IndieGames #TGE2025

Our friends at Level Up Showcase are having their next event on April 12th at Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, ON! From 2-7pm, join them and meet the next generation of devs, play their games, and celebrate the showcase winners! Registration is free at levelupshowcase.com 👾

It's a live in-person event... anything can happen! Lady Arcaders: Out of Bounds 2ronto game submissions are closing soon! Get them in asap! ldy.gg/oob2 🍁 Game submissions close March 30th at 11:59pm ET 📅 Volunteer applications close April 13th at 11:59pm ET ✔ #LAOOB2

🎉IT'S HAPPENING! TOJAM 2025 IS REAL! SPREAD THE WORD!🎉 We're also looking for volunteers to help out this year, so if that sounds like you fill out this form to get started! docs.google.com/form...

While we're on the topic of fostering a sense of community in our games industry at in-person game dev events, may I direct your attention to our cool, local, community organized up-and-coming annual event @torontogamesweek.com? torontogamesweek.com #gamedev

Last year, we attended @ladyarcaders.com Out of Bounds Toronto, a women & femme speedrunning event that took place at SeeScape! The crowd went wild as we sped through a variety of platfomer, retro, and RPG games! They're returning this year with OOB2! What games are you hoping to see this year?