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Chase McCain is known by the thankful citizens of LEGO City as a legendary police officer. But where did his story begin? Every legend has to start somewhere. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, available now exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™ system, is a prequel to the well-received LEGO City Undercover game for Wii U™. The story is set two years before the events of the Wii U game and follows Chase McCain as a rookie cop trying to prove himself in LEGO City. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has unveiled the first gameplay trailer for The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. Developed by Ubisoft Montréal, the game puts players in an outrageous medieval fantasy world called Opulencia where wealth, status and looting are the name of the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc., the National Hockey League (NHL^®) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA^®) announced today that fans can once again shape the face of the world’s hockey video game franchise with the launch of the 2^nd annual EA Sports NHL^® Cover Vote Campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Videogame Awards were handed out in Vancouver this evening, with Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 taking home six awards including Game of the Year and the Future Shop Fans’ Choice Award. Mass Effect 3 from Bioware took home three awards including Best Console Game and Mark of the Ninja, Assassin’s Creed III and Sound Shapes each won two awards. Best Social/Casual Game went to Funcom’s The Secret World. All the awards were for work developed in Canada and released in 2012. We have hundreds of photos from the red carpet and from the ceremony itself, but as we have to take an emergency trip to Victoria for a family issue, their posting will have to wait. Congratulations to Elias Toufexis on a job well done as the evening’s host. Read the rest of this entry »

The British Columbia Film Foundation‘s Daryl Duke & William Vince Scholarships are intended to honour the significant contributions of Mr. Duke and Mr. Vince to the film and television industry by assisting in the advanced training of outstanding BC filmmakers.  Two Daryl Duke Scholarships and one William Vince Scholarship – in the amount of $10,000 each – will be awarded to exceptional British Columbians who have completed post secondary studies or equivalent training at an accredited institute in their field, and are entering advanced education in film or interactive media. Read the rest of this entry »

Skills Canada British Columbia has announced the results of the Skills Canada British Columbia Provincial Competition 2013 including the 49 qualifying first place winners (PDF List) who will be competing at the 19^th Skills Canada National Competition. The provincial competition concluded today at the Trades – Trade & Exhibition Centre in Abbotsford. Medals were awarded to champions in six skilled trade and technology categories:  transportation, construction, manufacturing, information and technology (includes Animation, Film, TV, IT and Robotics), service and employment. Read the rest of this entry »

Rogers Communications has announced another Canadian first with the launch of the Rogers Anyplace TV on demand app for LG Smart TVs. This is the first on demand video app of its kind in Canada which authenticates to Rogers customer accounts via Smart TVs. Read the rest of this entry »

Softchoice is proud to announce it has earned the top spot on Computer Dealer News Magazine’s annual ranking of Canada’s Top 100 solutions providers. This is the seventh time Softchoice has received this prestigious award. The honor comes after a year of significant milestones, including the launch of Softchoice Cloud, North America’s first end-to-end platform for procuring, deploying and managing cloud-based applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Air Canada has announced it is inviting Canadian film students and emerging filmmakers to enter its seventh annual enRoute Short Film Festival. Each year, a celebrity jury selects the best short films and broadcasts them to a large international audience on Air Canada’s enRoute in-flight entertainment system. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Canada has announced the availability of the highly anticipated Samsung GALAXY Note 8.0. Small and lightweight, the GALAXY Note 8.0 brings a new era of intelligent Note technology to the mid-size tablet category. The compact one-hand-grip screen features an unrivalled multimedia performance and redefines the way users read, watch, play, listen, create and connect with family and friends. Read the rest of this entry »