Village Gamer

A new novelization based on the latest installment of Ubisoft® blockbuster Assassin’s Creed® – one of the biggest video game franchises in the world– will be published on December 4 for $9.99. Assassin’s Creed®: Forsaken is the latest thrilling novelization by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. Assassin’s Creed® III, takes one of gaming’s most popular franchises to new heights in its most realistic world yet and introduces a brand new Assassin, Connor. Read the rest of this entry »

Softchoice has announced the launch of its Softchoice Cloud Portal – a secure online platform that simplifies the purchase, deployment, management and support of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. The Softchoice Cloud Portal addresses many of the challenges organizations face controlling the proliferation of SaaS applications within today’s business environments. Read the rest of this entry »

StyleTap Inc. has announced the release of StyleTap Platform for Android™, which allows over 30,000 applications originally written for Palm OS® to run on Android smartphone and tablet devices. Interested users and developers can visit the StyleTap Android page for instructions on obtaining a free 14-day trial of the Android version. StyleTap Platform for Android can be purchased for US$49.95. Read the rest of this entry »

Monitoring conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region; observation of the drought crisis across the horn of Africa; continued evaluation of Haiti’s earthquake response. It is conflict regions like these that Vancouver-based UrtheCast has agreed to image in support of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Read the rest of this entry »

With Darksiders II just weeks from its August 14th release, THQ Inc. has launched the Darksiders® II Soul Harvest™ app on the App Store^TM for iOS devices in the U.S. and Canada. The free app allows users to “harvest the souls” of others who check into nearby locations on Facebook. App users also can enter to win daily Darksiders II prizes with a chance to win a “Trip to the End of the World.” Read the rest of this entry »

Halifax-based Soundcarrier Music Network has officially launched its digital distribution channel, dedicated to promoting and supporting independent exploratory art music. It was created by Canadian musicians Norman Adams and Alex Kall, who recognized the need for an online space where live and studio-produced recordings of improvised, experimental, contemporary and “free” music could be made centrally available to a worldwide audience. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that the Local Programming Improvement Fund will be phased out by August 31, 2014. The contribution to the Fund will be gradually reduced until it is discontinued. As a result, the charge many cable and satellite companies have passed through to their customers will be removed from their bills. Read the rest of this entry »

London, Ontario board game studio Wiggles3D has ventured into the world of digital development, and invite you to play their first mobile title Paper Bees, a defense game that takes place inside a child’s diorama. Available for both Android (free) and iOS ($1.99 USD), Paper Bees offers 30 levels (more with the new Egypt update) of challenging game play in which the hive must be defended. Read the rest of this entry »