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Edmonton’s Pyxwise Software is pleased to announce that Simplex Spelling HD is a top 10 finalist in the 2011 Best App Ever Awards in the category of “Best Special Needs App”. More than 7000 applications were submitted and over a quarter million nominations were placed by users of the site. The purpose of the Best App Ever Awards is to raise user awareness about the best apps available, not just the top selling titles. Read the rest of this entry »

Sarbakan collaborated with Ubisoft Montreal to create new downloadable content for Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, exclusively for Kinect for Xbox 360, available now for download on Xbox Live for 400 MS Points. A first for the Quebec City–based game developer, Sarbakan’s  DLC is part of the “Back in Shape” mode. Read the rest of this entry »

Bioware has announced that the demo for Mass Effect™ 3 will be available beginning February 14, 2012. The extensive demo will allow players to experience the all-out galactic war against an ancient alien race known as the Reapers from multiple fronts, including the mind-blowing opening attack on Earth that kicks off the single-player campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

Organized by Interactive Ontario, GameON: Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

While the first day offered a variety of sessions on venture capital, project-funding, value of analytics, lean start-up models, and exit strategies, there was a single and consistant message to game studios: Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar Games Vancouver and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. have announced that Max Payne 3 is expected to launch on the Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3 on May 15, 2012 in North America and May 18, 2012 internationally. The PC version will be released on May 29, 2012 in North America and June 1, 2012 internationally. Read the rest of this entry »

2K Games today announced that gamers in most regions who are Gold members on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network can now download an exclusive playable demo of The Darkness™II. On January 24, 2012, the demo will become broadly available worldwide for Xbox LIVE members, Windows PC gamers via Steam, and PlayStation® 3 users in North America via PlayStation® Network. The demo will be made available in most international markets on the PlayStation® Network on January 25, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has announced new fitness-inspired downloadable content for its best-selling title Just Dance® 3. Available today on Kinect™ for Xbox360® and tomorrow on Wii™, the new tracks can be downloaded through the in-game Just Dance store individually or as part of “Sweat Pack #2”. The tracks can be purchased individually on Wii for 250 Wii Points™ and on Kinect for Xbox 360 for 240 Microsoft Points. The full Sweat Pack #2 can be purchased for 480 Microsoft Points and 600 Wii Points. Read the rest of this entry »

Incubator Games has officially announced Feeding Time, a quirky, whimsical puzzle game coming to iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices this March. Feeding Time centers on a unique but intuitive eating mechanic where players match various animals with their favourite snacks. Read the rest of this entry »

Radical Entertainment, the creators behind PROTOTYPE 2, one of this year’s most anticipated games, and Dark Horse Comics, a leading publisher of gaming comics and graphic novels, have joined forces to create an all-new comic series set in the PROTOTYPE universe.  With the game due out April 24, 2012 from Activision Publishing, fans looking for a jumpstart at getting a deeper look into the world of PROTOTYPE 2 should keep an eye out for this exciting collaboration launching February 15, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

VanJam Industries, the developers of Rapstar: Face Edition, has released an exciting music product for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. As a new launch in the App Store, Rapstar: Face Edition offers the unique ability of recording rap videos. Essentially, this application turns an iDevice into a portable studio. Users simply map their face and record their voice with a selection of beats. The video scenes, gender, clothing are all selected by the user. Read the rest of this entry »