Vancouver’s video-game industry is a bipolar beast. In one sense, the past year has been terrible. California-based Activision, the owner of Radical Entertainment, ceased game development at the studio. Rockstar Vancouver was closed outright by its owner, New York’s Rockstar Games. And there were the usual seasonal and end-of-project layoffs at the other studios making games for consoles. But, at the same time, some amazing games were released. Here’s our look at the best games made in Vancouver in the past year. Read more