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19th December 2012

THQ Inc. Secures Asset Purchase Agreement with Affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

THQTHQ Inc. has announced that it entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with a “stalking horse bidder,” affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., to acquire substantially all of the assets of THQ’s operating business, including THQ’s four owned studios and games in development. The sale will allow THQ to shed certain legacy obligations and emerge with the strong financial backing of a new owner with substantial experience in software and technology. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th December 2012

Nintendo Makes TV Smart And Social With December 20 Launch Of Nintendo TVii

Nintendo CanadaThe company that changed how we play is about to change how we watch. On December 20th, Nintendo will introduce Nintendo TVii, a free, integrated service for the recently launched Wii U console that combines what you watch and how you watch into one seamless, second-screen experience on the revolutionary new Wii U GamePad controller. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th December 2012

Compete For $10,000 And A Trip To Unite 2013 In The Unity 4 DirectX 11 Contest

UnityCommunique from the Unity team: We wanted to notify you about a new Unity 4 contest that has launched at Unity3d.com. Unity 4 brings you the fast rendering power and visual brilliance of DirectX 11. Our collaborative project with Passion Pictures,  The Butterfly Effect, shows the incredible level of visual fidelity possible with Unity and DirectX 11. Now we want to see what you can come up with. Create a DirectX 11 enabled project with Unity 4. Make it so beautiful that we won’t want to take our eyes off it, and then send it to us for a chance to win $10,000 and a trip to Unite 2013. Get your ideas going, gather your team and start creating with Unity 4 and DirectX 11.

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19th December 2012

Sleeping Dogs: Zodiac Tournament Add-on Available Now

United Front GamesAvailable beginning today, the Zodiac Tournament (400MSP or $4.99) add-on for Square Enix and United Front GamesSleeping Dogs invites players to become the dragon and unleash their fists of fury. Invited to an exclusive combat tournament on a hidden island off the coast of Hong Kong, Wei Shen faces the ultimate test of his mastery of martial arts, taking on the world’s greatest warriors in a fight… to the death. Set on the remote Zodiac Island, a crumbling temple complex plays host to a series of ancient arenas, each more complex and deadly than the last. Avoiding deadly fire pits or spike-clad ceilings are merely a distraction when up against a collection of cold-blooded killers from every discipline of close-quarters combat. Wei must utilise his full move set, combined with a few new ones picked up on the way, to defeat all that stand in his way and take-out  the island’s big boss. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th December 2012

English Regional Pre-Development Program Closed Due To High Volume

Canada Media FundThe CMF announced yesterday that the English Regional Pre-Development Program, launched earlier this month, is now closed due to a high number of eligible applications received. The CMF will no longer be accepting applications from producers who wish to receive funds for pre-development as part of this program. The English Regional Pre-Development Program, designed in consultation industry stakeholders, is intended to support producers in their preparation of documents to present to broadcasters at the early stages of development. For more information, please contact the CMF Program Administrator|Telefilm Canada in your region.

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19th December 2012

New End of Days Content Update For The Secret World Is Now Live

funcomFuncom is excited to announce that Issue #5; The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn has just gone live. This update introduces much new content, and also sets the stage for a very special in-game event called the End of Days. This event starts on the 21st of December and offers tons of new challenges. A competition is held during the event to reward those who do the most to stem the tide of this rising darkness. Catch the exclusive Issue #5 Preview Video narrated by Game Director Joel Bylos, and get a sneak peek into all the fresh content and some of the new and brutal monsters which bring the apocalypse. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th December 2012

CounterPath Awarded Patent Overseeing Routing of Mobile Voice Calls

counterpathVancouver-based developer of award-winning desktop, tablet and mobile VoIP software products and solutions CounterPath has been awarded patent No. US 8,335,187 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Titled ‘Routing Mobile Voice Calls,’ this patent outlines the process by which a Network Convergence Gateway (NCG) detects and monitors a mobile subscriber’s location and automatically routes calls to either a packet-based (IP) endpoint or the traditional circuit switched entity. Read the rest of this entry »

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