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We do project-based game producing

News

Article: Is It Time To Start Pre-Selling Games?

(25 Jan 2010)

Gamasutra has published another article by CTG's CEO Tim Carter, regarding the financing of games. This article posits the question of how the game industry might adopt the technique of pre-sales, which is well-established in the film/tv industry. [more...]

Core Talent Games Attends The Game ON Finance and Vortex Conventions

(Nov 2009; Toronto)

Core Talent Games (CTG) attended the GameON Finance convention and the Vortex Convention in Toronto in mid-November.

You can also read more about GameON (and see a photo of CTG principals Ray Chua and Tim Carter) at Incubator Games' blog here...

Related to this, Playback Magazine published a story recently (as hosted by Interactive Ontario) on Ontario's new push into the game industry, and how there are convergence opportunities for film/tv parties there.

Core Talent Games Options Design Document From Veteran Designer, Keith Nemitz

(22 Sept 2009; Toronto, San Francisco)

Core Talent Games (CTG) is pleased to announce it has optioned a game design document, written by Keith Nemitz, as part of its first slate of projects. [more...]

Core Talent Games Announces First Annual Game Design Open Submission

(15 June 2009; Toronto, San Francisco)

Core Talent Games Ltd today announced its first annual open submissions of game designs or early prototypes. During the month of July, all persons - game industry veterans or simply non-industry "gamers" - are invited to submit design documents or early prototypes for consideration to add to CTG's upcoming slate of projects. [more...]

Article: Reshaping The Game Industry

(4 Feb 2009)

Gamasutra published this article, by Core Talent Games' CEO Tim Carter, on how we can inspire innovation in the game industry. With 50 comments and counting, the article has inspired a whirlwind of debate.

On a side note, CTG has received numerous supportive comments. One creative director at a major studio (who shall remain nameless) even went so far as to email the following:

I look at my track record, over $100 million dollars grossed, and wonder why I saw such a tiny, tiny portion of that...

This industry has cost me everything...literally... and I’ve gained little reward in return.  Every year I try to position myself a little better, but with each passing year I am also that much more imprisoned by my ability and seniority in the industry...

Comments such as this tell us there is a business opportunity waiting to be tapped into, which CTG fully intends to do.

Also following the article, CTG received a number of design inquiries and submissions from veterans. [more...]

Core Talent Games Begins Rebooting The Game Industry

(24 Oct 2008; Toronto, San Francisco)

Today Core Talent Games Ltd (CTG; coretalentgames.com) officially begins business, with head office in Toronto and a field office in San Francisco. Its mission statement “rebooting the business of game design”, CTG plans nothing short of overhauling the way game projects are greenlit. [more...]

Core Talent Games Begins

Welcome to Core Talent Games. We do project-based game financing and development—using best practices borrowed from other entertainment industries to scout out the best game designs from talented creators, to directly compensate that talent for its work in a way that fits its needs, and to provide investors a diversified means of investing in exciting new game projects.

Stay tuned here for exciting announcements to follow, including our official launch announcement.

In the meantime, feel free to examine this website to learn more about our new business model, what we do and how you can be involved in rebooting the business of game design.

Stay tuned for our official launch...