> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.agamingnetwork.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Canadian Game Awards are BACK on May 21, 2026 - URL: https://www.agamingnetwork.com/canadian-game-awards-2026-2/ - Published: 2026-03-31T16:52:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-31T16:56:16.000Z - Author: Sami-Jo Perruzza - Tags: Made In Canada, Events Toronto’s Canadian Game Awards are BACK and heading to the [John W. H. Bassett Theatre](https://www.mtccc.com/facility/rooms-and-spaces/theatre/?ref=agamingnetwork.com) on May 21, 2026, and this year’s show is shaping up to be a strong showcase for Canadian game talent, creators, and esports. The event is the sixth annual edition, and it continues the awards’ “by the industry, for the industry” approach while putting a spotlight on games released in 2025. This year’s move to the Bassett Theatre puts the ceremony in a major downtown Toronto venue, alongside [XP Game Summit](https://xpgamesummit.com/?ref=agamingnetwork.com), which makes the night feel even more connected to the wider games industry scene here in the city of Toronto. The awards also expand fan participation through the new **Fan Choice of the Year Award**, presented with [ESAC](https://theesa.ca/?ref=agamingnetwork.com), giving players a direct way to support their favorite Canadian game of the year. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ec/a3eca723-12fa-420a-82c8-9461bd427c84/content/images/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-31-123207.png) The nominee list is especially strong for Montreal and Quebec City studios, with titles like *Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Hell is Us, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, South of Midnight*, and *Wanderstop* all showing up across multiple major categories. Toronto also has a notable presence through nominees like *Ambrosia Sky: Act One, Elsewhere Electric*, and the city’s own creators and organizations in esports and content creation. **Victor Lucas** is receiving this year’s Game Changer Award, a fitting recognition for someone who has spent decades championing Canadian gaming through *The Electric Playground*. With the mix of big-budget releases, indie standouts, esports names, and accessibility work, the 2026 CGAs look like a broad snapshot of where Canadian games are right now. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ec/a3eca723-12fa-420a-82c8-9461bd427c84/content/images/2026/03/assassins-creed-shadows-in-engine-screenshot-v0-akxjosgw8m0d1.webp) via Ubisoft Canada ## **Full List of Nominations** **Best Art Direction** - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) - 33 Immortals (Thunder Lotus Games — Montreal, Que.) - Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games — Quebec City, Que.) - Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Tribute Games — Montreal, Que.) - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal — Montreal, Que.) **Best Game Design** - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - Hell is Us (Rogue Factor — Montreal, Que.) - Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games — Quebec City, Que.) - Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios, includes Montreal’s Motive) **Best Score/Soundtrack** - South of Midnight (Olivier Derivière) - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Montreal’s Milk & Bone and Ruth Radelet) - Eternal Strands (Austin Wintory) - Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Tee Lopes) - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (The Flight and Montreal’s Teke: Teke) **Best Narrative** - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - Hell is Us (Rogue Factor — Montreal, Que.) - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal — Montreal, Que.) - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) - Wanderstop (Ivy Road — Vancouver, B.C.) **Best Performance** - Erica Luttrell as Melissa Mills in Battlefield 6 (Toronto, Ont.) - Olivia Lepore as Swann Holloway in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Montreal, Que.) - Momona Tamada as Oni-yuri in Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Vancouver, B.C.) - Peter Shinkoda as Fujibayashi Nagato in Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Montreal, Que.) - Elias Toufexis as Rémi in Hell is Us (Montreal, Que.) **Best Audio Design** - Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games — Quebec City, Que.) - Hell is Us (Rogue Factor — Montreal, Que.) - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios, includes Montreal’s Motive) - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) **Best PC Game** - Ambrosia Sky: Act One (Soft Rains — Toronto, Ont.) - Aloft (Astrolabe Interactive — Montreal, Que.) - Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios, includes Montreal’s Motive) - Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games — Quebec City, Que.) - Foundation (Polymorph Games — Quebec City, Que.) **Best Console Game** - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios, includes Montreal’s Motive) - Hell is Us (Rogue Factor — Montreal, Que.) - Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Tribute Games — Montreal, Que.) - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) **Best Indie Game** - Ambrosia Sky: Act One (Soft Rains — Toronto, Ont.) - Ctrl Alt Deal (Only By Midnight — Edmonton, Alta.) - Fresh Tracks (Buffalo Buffalo — Vancouver, B.C.) - Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Tribute Games — Montreal, Que.) - Wanderstop (Ivy Road — Vancouver, B.C.) **Best Mobile Game** - EA Sports FC 26 Mobile (EA Canada — Vancouver, B.C.) - Elsewhere Electric (Games by Stitch — Toronto, Ont.) - LHEA and the Word Spirit (Soul Fuel Games — Centre-du-Quebec, Que.) - Rainbow Six Mobile (Ubisoft Montreal — Montreal, Que.) **Best VR/AR Game** - Chronostrike (Pentachromatic Games — Montreal, Que.) - Elsewhere Electric (Games by Stitch — Toronto, Ont.) - Fruit Golf (Coal Car Studio — Vancouver, B.C.) - Prison Boss Prohibition (Trebuchet — Montreal, Que.) - Verse VR (Lofty Sky Entertainment — Toronto, Ont.) **Best in Accessibility** - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - EA FC 26 (EA Vancouver — Vancouver, B.C.) - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) - Squeakross: Home Squeak Home (Alblune — Montreal, Que.) - Wanderstop (Ivy Road — Vancouver, B.C.) **Best Esports Player** - Adam “mada” Pampuch (Canada) - Keith “NAF” Markovic (Canada) - Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken (Kelowna, B.C.) - Brandon “Dashy” Otell (Canada) - Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski (Canada) **Best Esports Coach** - Loic “Effys” Sauvageau (Quebec) - Mervin-Angelo “Dayos” Lachica (Ontario) - Antonin “AEC” Tran (Montreal, Que.) - Kurtis “Aui\_2000” Ling (Vancouver, B.C.) - Shaun Byrne (Windsor, Ont.) **Best Esports and Gaming Organization** - Shopify Rebellion (Toronto, Ont.) - Toronto Ultra/KOI/OverActive Media (Toronto, Ont.) - Raptors GC (Toronto, Ont.) - Vancouver Surge (Vancouver, B.C.) **Best Esports Event** - Battle of BC 7 (Vancouver, B.C.) - Call of Duty Champs (Kitchener, Ont.) - Electric Clash 2025 (Toronto, Ont.) - Raptors GC Tournament (Toronto, Ont.) - Bell Esports Challenge (Toronto, Ont.) **Best Content Creator/Show** - Stef Sanjati (Toronto, Ont.) - Nicholas “NickEh30” Amyoony (Halifax, N.S.) - Alex “Vansilli” Nguyen (Montreal, Que.) - Ashley Roboto (Southern Ontario) - Victor Lucas/Electric Playground (Vancouver, B.C.) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ec/a3eca723-12fa-420a-82c8-9461bd427c84/content/images/2026/03/SouthofMidnight_GameplayTrailer_Screenshot_02_Hazel-2ebaa1c24510b68b9e07.webp) Via Compulsion Games ## The Big Nominations **Game of the Year** - Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec — Quebec City, Que.) - South of Midnight (Compulsion Games — Montreal, Que.) - Wanderstop (Ivy Road — Vancouver, B.C.) - Hell is Us (Rogue Factor — Montreal, Que.) - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal — Montreal, Que.) **Studio of the Year** - Compulsion Games (Montreal, Que.) - Rogue Factor (Montreal, Que.) - Digital Extremes (London, Ont.) - Tribute Games (Montreal, Que.) - Yellow Brick Games (Quebec City, Que.)