6th
August
2012
Ubisoft® has announced its line-up of games for the 2012 edition of Fan Expo Canada™, taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre August 23-26. This year marks Ubisoft’s most diverse presence at the show, featuring an amazing selection of the company’s most anticipated titles. Read the rest of this entry »
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1st
August
2012
Coming soon to iOS and Android mobile devices everywhere is My Singing Monsters, a world-building game from Big Blue Bubble where players collect and breed cute, musically talented monsters. There’s a big difference to this game, however, that sets it far apart from others of the genre; these monsters sing, play and dance. Read the rest of this entry »
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25th
June
2012
After a successful showing at E3 that saw Ubisoft® take home more than 100 awards, the company has provided updated release dates for some of its biggest titles being launched during the 2012 holiday season. Along with these new release dates, Ubisoft also is reaffirming its previously communicated financial guidance for 2012-13. Read the rest of this entry »
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8th
June
2012
Games for mobile are much like music, they’re consumable ‘re-usables’. As with music, no one listens to just one song over and over, they have a library of albums from their favorite artists and genres that they consume and re-consume. But unlike a song or album, a game can keep evolving with new levels and new game play strongly enhanced by music. Read the rest of this entry »
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15th
May
2012
Susan Hammond’s award-winning Classical Kids series has been re-developed for the iOS Apple iPad tablet and will be released via the Apple app store on May 22. Classical Kids -The Complete Teachers Edition features seven individual Classical Kids stories with accompanying teacher’s notes and includes the Juno and Emmy winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the platinum-selling Mr. Bach Comes to Call and the Juno and Parent’s Choice Gold Award winning Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery. The Complete Teacher’s Edition app is priced at C$139 and individual Teacher’s Editiontitles are available for C$19.99. Read the rest of this entry »
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27th
April
2012
THQ’s Jimmy Buffett-inspired world Margaritaville Online, developed by Vancouver’s Exploding Barrel Games, made headlines over the weekend when it took home the ‘Best Social – Casual Game’ award at the Canadian Videogame Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
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12th
March
2012
Ubisoft has announced four new DLC songs for Just Dance 3, including Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen’s “Professor Pumplestickle,” a whimsical number for any duo ready to bust out fun theatrical dance moves; The Reverend Horatio Duncan & Amos Sweets’ “Down by the Riverside,” an upbeat gospel-inspired song that will have you up and dancing in no time; Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America,” a rad British pop song featuring awesome 80’s pop dance moves; and Gorillaz’s “Dare,” an alternative hip hop rock song with a cool funky dance number. The tracks can be downloaded through the in-game Just Dance store for the Nintendo Wii for 250 Wii Points, or on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 240 Microsoft Points. Read the rest of this entry »
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17th
February
2012
Sound Touch Interactive, an emerging new mobile software and applications developer in Vancouver, has announced the release of Music Color 1.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. A revolutionary learning utility geared towards young kids and designed by parents, this unique app uses a wealth of classical music to teach users every color of the spectrum with effective and entertaining touch based activities. Read the rest of this entry »
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13th
February
2012
Starting today, video game fans and music lovers across Canada can use the Wii™ system to keep the beat in dozens of entertaining new ways. The Rhythm Heaven™ Fever game is now available, inviting players to enjoy a fresh lineup of more than 50 unique rhythm games. Read the rest of this entry »
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3rd
February
2012
Word from Hasbro Canada this morning is that the company has enlisted the help of pop icon Britney Spears to introduce the company’s new Twister Dance game. The innovative game combines today’s best dance music with the iconic Twister spots and will give girls a new way to learn moves to today’s hottest dance songs, including a custom Twister remix of “Till the World Ends” featuring Britney Spears. Read the rest of this entry »
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