Luigi’s Mansion 3 has been named the winner in the Entertainment Software Association of Canada and MobileSyrup‘s The Great Canadian Game-Off campaign.
Over the past several weeks, we challenged you, the fans, to vote for your favourite Canadian-made game. In Round 1, we started off with dozens of candidates across a variety of categories, which you narrowed down to nine finalists in Round 2. Ultimately, the winner was Luigi’s Mansion 3, Nintendo’s 2019 action-adventure game from its Vancouver-based subsidiary, Next Level Games. On top of making Luigi’s Mansion 3 (and its predecessor), the developer is also behind fan-favourite games like the Mario Strikers series and Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
For context, here were The Great Canadian Game-Off finalists:
- Age of Empires IV (co-developed by Relic Entertainment — Vancouver, B.C.)
- Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal — Montreal, Que.) [Second place]
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR — Oakville, Ont.)
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Interactive — Montreal, Que.)
- Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft Montreal — Montreal, Que.)
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games — Vancouver, B.C.) [First place]
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare — Edmonton, Alta.) [Third place]
- Need for Speed Underground (EA Black Box — Burnaby, B.C.)
- Night in the Woods (co-developed by Infinite Fall, partly based in Winnipeg, Man.)
Those who voted in The Great Canadian Game-Off were entered in draws to win gaming subscription gift cards courtesy of ESAC. The Grand Prize included $600 worth of gift cards, and the winner was Logan McCaskill of Toronto, Ont. Congrats to Logan!
The Great Canadian Game-Off is part of ESAC’s larger celebrations of its 20th anniversary, which looks back on the broader history of the Canadian gaming industry. More information, including some fun facts on the industry, can be found on ESAC’s website. Of course, MobileSyrup also regularly covers the Canadian gaming industry, including in our massive feature this summer in which we spoke with more than 20 figures about our massive but under-appreciated national gaming sector.
Image credit: Nintendo
