It’s that time of year again! You’ve put it off year after year, but this time, you know you’re sitting on the next big thing – this is your calling. Enter the Digi Awards today, and get the industry recognition your company deserves. On December 4, 2012, Canada’s digital scene will descend on The Carlu in Toronto for a night devoted to celebrating the best in the business. Read the rest of this entry »
With the 2012 Expo just around the corner, Fan Expo Canada™ announces a Top 12 List (because 10 is simply not enough) of must-see attractions and activities for this year’s convention. Combining the best of gaming, horror, comics, science fiction and anime, Fan Expo Canada is the largest event of its kind in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Minority Media, an independent game development studio, along with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), have announced that puzzle-platformer Papo & Yo, as part of the PSN Play summer promotion, is now available for pre-order via the PlayStation®Network (PSN) for $14.99 (or $11.99 for PS PLUS members). Read the rest of this entry »
Big Blue Bubble‘s license agreement for the Fighting Fantasy franchise will expire on August 14th, which means that all of the studio’s Fighting Fantasy titles will be removed from iTunes, so if you want them and haven’t yet gotten around to downloading them, you have less than one week to grab them. Read the rest of this entry »
Side Effects Software, a Toronto-based developer of 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce new prices for Houdini designed to facilitate growth within the Houdini global community, simplified branding for the two Houdini workstation products and integration with the Orbolt™ Smart Asset Store to give Houdini artists access to the combined knowledge of the whole community. Read the rest of this entry »
Toronto’s prairieFyre Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified Communications and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner developing unified communications and contact center solutions, is proud to announce it has completed interoperability testing of the prairieFyre Contact Center for Microsoft Lync with the Network Equipment Technologies (NET) Unified Exchange (UX) 2000 All-in-One Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA). Read the rest of this entry »
The XBLIG/XNA community is rising yet again after last year’s blazing hot Summer Uprising with the Indie Games Uprising III. Running from September 10th – 20th, nine Xbox Live Indie Games will be released, one on each day of the work week (Monday – Friday). This year’s line-up consists of a wide variety of developers and an even greater variety of unique and innovative games, including Pixel from Toronto’s Ratchet Game Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Following on the heels of its very successful workforce development project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Bluedrop Performance Learning has announced that a second Canadian province has signed on to CoursePark to deliver targeted online learning to its workforce and small business sector. Details are expected in September at a formal announcement where the province’s premier, a partner organization and Bluedrop will officially launch the program. Read the rest of this entry »
TeamUp, a newly formed Montreal company built on the guiding principle that 3D should be accessible to everyone, everywhere—today announced its Multi-Optics™ renderer and real-time 3D collaboration. The TeamUp platform is completely Cloud-powered, so customers have access to the fastest machines available and do not have to download, install, license or setup anything before working with 3D content. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time of year again! You’ve put it off year after year, but this time, you know you’re sitting on the next big thing – this is your calling. Enter the Digi Awards today, and get the industry recognition your company deserves. On December 4, 2012, Canada’s digital scene will descend on The Carlu in Toronto for a night devoted to celebrating the best in the business. Read the rest of this entry »
