From March 6th to 12th, the second edition of Sherbrooke Video Game Week will take place, a community initiative supported by Sherbrooke Innopole that aims to support economic development around the video game sector and the technical-creative arts with a program which offers multiple activities for students, professionals and developers as well as video game enthusiasts and the general public.
We are very pleased to see the community mobilizing around the many existing events and we are confident that more activities will be added in the years to come. We will be there to support them! Our goal is nothing less than to position Sherbrooke among the industry leaders and make a strong mark internationally together with Montreal and Quebec.
– Marc-Henri Faure, Director, Business Services, Information Technologies at Sherbrooke Innopole.
An overview of the program
People who aspire to a career in video games have the opportunity to participate in one coffee talk to learn more about the Video Game Training Continuum, now available in Sherbrooke. In addition, online workshops will be available for primary and secondary school students, and several other activities are also planned in educational institutions.
Video game programmers and developers can meet for a special edition of the traditional evenings Gaming Drinks – another initiative overseen by Sherbrooke Innopole – where industry professionals discuss new technologies and their profession. They also meet around Sherbrooke Game Jama 48-hour hackathon in which fifty participants, alone or in teams, develop a playful game or video game, including design, programming, visual art, music and more.
The geek community and the curious will be particularly excited for the return of the event The console that comforts, which brought together more than 1,500 people at the Sherbrooke Fair Center last year and as many online. On the menu: discussions with Sherbrooke Studios, a digital zone with video games, board games and active games, Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League tournaments and more. There will be something for everyone, young and old, and all in favor of Leucan Estrie and CHAS (Centre Logement Alternatif de Sherbrooke).
The publication of the book Plongeon Virtuel by author Stéphane Baillargeon, a crime thriller set in the future of Sherbrooke and about cyber addiction, will also take place during Sherbrooke Video Game Week. Mr. Baillargeon’s work aims to adequately prepare and educate new generations for a future that is more connected than ever.
The video game sector has been growing very rapidly in Sherbrooke for a number of years. With this dedicated week we want to awaken the interest of the population in interesting and cosmopolitan professions. All this will make it possible to further develop the skills that exist in the regions and in the community.
– Marc-Henri Faure
The console that comforts
The Console That Comforts is without a doubt one of the star events of Sherbrooke Video Game Week. It comes in two parts:
The LAN:
Seating area with 400 seats for gamers to bring their own computer or game console, participate in numerous tournaments, play the games they want with their friends on the network and even meet many other video game enthusiasts.
- Valorant Tournament ($1000 Prize*)
- League of Legends Tournament ($1,000 Prize Pool*)
- Rocket League Tournament ($1000 Prize Pool*)
- Overwatch Tournament 2 (priced at $500*)
- Rainbow Six Siege Tournament ($1200 Prize Pool)
Featuring guest streamers who will be in the streamers area of the LAN.
The public area:
The general public area offers plenty of entertainment for people of all ages.
- Ubisoft Sherbrooke area
- National Bank area
- Redbull Gaming Ground area
- Laser Tag Arena by Laser Game Evolution
- Nerf Battle Arena by Ant Hology
- Demonstration of historic medieval combat by the Club d’arts Martiaux de Sherbrooke
- Beyparc QC Beyblade Tournament
- Escape game from Escaparium
- Console Museum (Vintage Console)
- A masquerade and a masquerade tournament
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate Zone (Tournament)
- board game area
- Dungeon and Dragons area
- Canteen + bar serving microbrewery beer (profit from bar goes directly to CHASherbrooke)
- Stage presentations by schools to showcase their video game/IT program offerings (NAD, Usherbrooke, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Collège Du Mont Saint-Anne)
- Activity on stage (programming to follow)
If: March 11 and 12, 2023, open Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm (The LAN is open from March 11 to 12, does not close)
Or: At the Sherbrooke Fair Center
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Donation Link: https://secure.webleucan.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?RegistrationID=5156216
For more details on Sherbrooke Video Game Week, visit www.sherbrooke-innopole.com/gaming.