Achimostawinan Games and Autoexec Games win 2022 Ubisoft Indie Series

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The 2022 Ubisoft Indie Series wrapped up last week in Canada with Achimostawinan Games (Ontario) and Autoexec Games (Quebec) being named the $50,000 Grand Prize winners. Unreliable Narrators (Quebec) and System Panic (Ontario) won National Bank's Special Prize and received $25,000 each. The two Grand Prize winners will also receive mentorship from Ubisoft.

Achimostawinan Games is an Indigenous-owned indie studio located in Hamilton, Ontario (part of the Between the Lakes Treaty or Treaty 3). Achimostawinan is a Cree word that means "tell us a story," which is exactly what the Indigenous-owned studio aims to do: craft new and modern Indigenous stories for a global audience. In the detective mystery game Hill Agency: Purity Decay, you play a tough-as-nails PI who solves everything from petty crimes to global conspiracies while exploring the different worlds that make up North America of the future.

"As a returning jury member, it's remarkable to see how indie studios continue to expand on what's possible in games year over year," said Andy Schmoll, jury chair and senior game designer at Ubisoft Toronto. "We continue to be surprised and excited by the pitches and the increasingly creative approaches studios are taking."

TimeMelters is a hardcore action-strategy game featuring a unique game mechanic that allows players to go back in time and fight alongside themselves. The game features strategy, witches, time travel and a full co-op campaign. Watch the launch trailer for TimeMelters, which is coming out this summer. Founded in 2017, AutoExec Games is located on Montreal's South Shore. The video game studio strives to create innovative gameplay mixed with rich and unique universes.

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