Montreal Tech Watch

I don’t expect many MTW readers to choose this event over StartupDrinks, but for anyone who might be interested, this Wednesday at 7pm the IGDA and SAT (1195 St-Laurent) will be hosting Clint Hocking, Creative Director at Ubisoft. Admission is $5 at the door.

The talk he’ll be giving is titled “The Next Generation Player”, and is likely a slightly more polished version of the one he gave at the Game Design Expo in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago (techvibes has a summary). We can expect him to use numerous statistics and some informed prediction to take a look at how the next big change in games won’t necessarily be coming from new technology, but rather the demographic shift, as Generation Y replaces X in terms of both players and the creative leaders within the games industry. One thing to keep in mind is Hocking’s focus has always been the hardcore gamer, so he probably won’t even touch on the truly “next-gen” types of players — those people who play ARGs and games like Akoha.

Those interested can head over to the Montreal IGDA website for more detailed information, everyone else: Have fun at StartupDrinks!