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The 11^th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF), the largest festival of Latin American cinema in Canada, proudly announced that Colombian film will be the spotlight of this year’s festival. From August 30 to September 8, filmmakers from Colombia and other regions in Latin America will be attending the festival to showcase some of their most recent works. Read the rest of this entry »

MechWarrior Online developer Piranha Games and publisher Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) revealed the final tally of the “Sarah’s ‘Mech” fundraiser drive for the Canadian Cancer Society, a campaign honoring the passing of one of the youngest and most talented Canadian pilots in the Inner Sphere, five-year-old Sarah Marie Alida Parries. The custom Jenner Class Chassis Champion ‘Mech, “Sarah’s ‘Mech”, raised more than $122,200. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Romance Writers of America, more than 74 million people read romance novels each year. Most of them are women. Independent Vancouver game studio Silicon Sisters invites these women to try something new: playing a romance on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.  The newly released romance game Everlove is now available worldwide on the iTunes App Store. Everlove stars a young woman named Rose who has turned to past-life regression in order to gain insight into her personal problems. Read the rest of this entry »

Boingo Wireless, a Los Angeles-based DAS and Wi-Fi provider that serves consumers, carriers and advertisers worldwide, today announced the expansion of the company’s Wi-Fi advertising network in Canada, via new agreements with retail Wi-Fi solutions provider BOLDstreet Wireless. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the basic facts and features for the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins from WB Games Montréal (multiplayer by Splash Damage). According to the game’s release date, I have two months to finish Batman: Arkham Asylum (about 50% complete) and Batman: Arkham City, which I haven’t even opened yet. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game development studio Red Barrels announced today that its highly anticipated – and widely feared – survival horror game Outlast is now available for pre-order on Steam. Starting today through the PC launch on September 4, 2013, gamers who pre-order Outlast will receive a 20 percent discount off of the $19.99 price. Read the rest of this entry »

LevelUp, The Vancouver Island game industry association, will be welcoming dozens of video game developers from across North America this fall for the fourth edition of OrcaJam as part of the inaugural Thinklandia Festival. So what’s an OrcaJam? Simply put, it’s an event where a group of like-minded people get together and work on what they love; making games for 48 hours straight. Programmers, artists, audio engineers, board game designers… anyone interested in game development is welcome. Kicking off Friday, September 6th (6pm), and running through Sunday September 8th (6pm), OrcaJam lasts the entire weekend and includes a series of panel discussions, keynote speakers, a game showcase and judging panel and prizes at the end! Read the rest of this entry »

Producing revenues of $1.4 billion with 16,000 highly skilled workers, the globally renowned software clusters of Ottawa, Waterloo Region and London are collaborating with the gaming and entertainment hotbed of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to create a broad digital ecosystem across Ontario, Canada’s largest province by population. Economic development executives representing these regions as the Ontario Technology Corridor, together with provincial representatives federal government support, are attending gamescom 2013. The purpose of this investment mission is to promote the Ontario Technology Corridor and invite foreign companies to join over 1,000 interactive digital media firms currently thriving in the province. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have unveiled a new trailer for Batman™: Arkham Origins at gamescom in Cologne. Titled Nowhere to Run, the trailer showcases the indomitable super villains hell-bent on taking down the Bat and gives a first look at Firefly, one of the eight assassins featured in Batman: Arkham Origins, capable of raining fire from above. Read the rest of this entry »

The countdown has begun to Whistler’s 13th annual cinematic celebration. The Whistler Film Festival returns December 4 to 8, 2013 and with 16 weeks to go, the Festival is proud to offer a sneak peek of confirmed films and highlights from its Summit industry program. Set in North America’s premiere destination mountain resort, the Whistler Film Festival combines an international film competition with a screen-based industry Summit organized to address the ever-evolving landscape crossing borders and platforms in the digital age. The Festival hosts filmmaking luminaries for an intimate five-day program featuring up to 90 original films from Canada and around the world, filmmaker tributes, special events, and industry initiatives. Recognized by filmmakers and film lovers alike as one of Canada’s most important showcases for film, WFF is a place where artists are celebrated, audiences are inspired, new ideas are discussed, and business opportunities are solidified. Read the rest of this entry »