Announcing all #LUS26 winners! Congrats!
PEOPLE’S CHOICE – Presented by @UbisoftToronto
1st: Maid Mayhem, Patch’d Up Games (Brock University & Niagara College)
2nd: Beats & Brains, Metropolitan Game Studios (TMU: Metropolitan Game Studios)
🤖 Made with AI
Announcing all #LUS26 winners! Congrats!
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT – Presented by the @cityoftoronto
1st: Omnicide, Chainsaw (Seneca Polytechnic)
2nd: System Overload, Since 213 (Sheridan College)
3rd: Whisper, Team Birb (OCADU & UofT)
🤖 Made with AI
Announcing all #LUS26 winners! Congrats!
ACHIEVEMENT IN AUDIO - Presented by @Behaviour Interactive
1st: Gimme A Hand, Octogroup (U of T & Sheridan College)
2nd: Maid Mayhem, Patch’d Up Games (Brock University & Niagara College)
3rd: Dust Bunny, Dust Bunnies (OCADU & UofT)
🤖 Made with AI
Announcing all #LUS26 winners! Congrats!
BEST GAME TRAILER - Presented by @BlueOcean_Games
1st: Grey Wake, Second Fiddle Studio (University of Waterloo Game Development Club)
2nd: Beam it up, Blorp!, Gnarpies (OCAD University)
3rd: Whisper, Team Birb (OCADU & UofT)
🤖 Made with AI
Level Up Showcase 2026 award winners are here.
An incredible group of student teams took the stage this year. See each category below.
Thank you to our #LUS26 award presenters: @zynga , @UbisoftToronto, the @cityoftoronto, @AMD, @SHGames, @Behaviour, and @BlueOcean_Games.
ACHIEVEMENT IN AUDIO
Gimme A Hand
Octogroup (U of T & Sheridan College)
Presented by @Behaviour Interactive
BEST GAME TRAILER
Grey Wake
Second Fiddle Studio (University of Waterloo Game Development Club)
Presented by @BlueOcean_Games
LevelUpTO retweeted
Interactive Ontario was proud to partner with Level Up Showcase.
None of this would have been possible without the outstanding sponsors, staff, and volunteers.
Congratulations to every student. You are the future of Ontario's interactive entertainment industry.
#LUS26
Level Up Showcase 2026 was supported by Interactive Ontario (@IOnews), Video Game Live Expo (@vglx_official ), and Hand Eye Society (@HandEyeSociety).
We’re grateful for their support in helping bring this year’s showcase to life. #LUS26
We’re proud to have Ontario Creates as a Platinum Partner of Level Up Showcase 2026.
Their continued support helps strengthen the Ontario gaming ecosystem and contributed to the success of #LUS26.










































