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Global Game Jam Inc. has announced that Microsoft Studios & Imagine Cup 2013 have extended their leading role within the games industry by becoming GGJ’s Headline Sponsor for 2013. The Global Game Jam™ is the world’s largest game creation event that fosters the development of innovative and experimental game concepts while promoting global collaboration and teamwork. GGJ is a creative incubator for game makers to challenge, innovate and experiment within their craft. GGJ brings together thousands of game development enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world on a single weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Infinite Game Publishing and Piranha Games have launched key competitive gameplay advancements for the ultimate Mech simulator, MechWarrior Online with 8v8 custom group Match Making, Electronic Counter Measure Suite warfare as well as the next Hero Mech, Ilya Muromets. In addition, players can outfit their cockpit with holiday-themed cockpit items including a Santa bobblehead. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft also announced yesterday that the first downloadable content pack for Assassin’s Creed III, The Hidden Secrets, is now available for Season Pass holders for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will be available for everyone else on December 11 via Xbox LIVE®, PlayStation®Network and for Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will release for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® announced yesterday that Far Cry®3, the open world first person shooter from Ubisoft Montreal and Massive, is now available on the Xbox 360®, Sony PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC.  Far Cry 3 has received critical acclaim by reviewers and is currently the highest rated shooter of the year (according to Metacritic). In Far Cry 3, players step into the shoes of Jason Brody, a man alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island. In this savage paradise where lawlessness and violence are the only sure thing, players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they choose to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way. As Jason Brody, players will slash, sneak, detonate and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost all sense of right and wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

From Rocket Monkeys in outer space to the 100^th episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the sky’s the limit for TELETOON Canada’s winter schedule, launching on Monday, January 7, 2013. New series, episodes, specials and more are set to premiere on TELETOON, TELETOON at Night, TELETOON Retro, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim throughout the winter months.  Read the rest of this entry »