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Czech Republic-based Amanita Design and Vancouver developer Hothead Games have partnered to announce the launch of Machinarium for Android, including Google Play, Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the NOOK App™ store. Android tablet users can now discover the award-winning, steam punk world of Machinarium, navigating a clever little robot called Josef from the scrapheap into the city to save his robot girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive entertainment company Ludia and One Three Media (A Hearst/Mark Burnett Company) announced today the launch of the ‘Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?’ App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Based on the syndicated version of the wildly popular TV game show, the game lets users across North America find out if they are smarter than a 5th grader, experiencing the exciting competition by themselves or with friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo Canada has announced the addition of two great games to the Nintendo Selects value collection for the Wii console on June 10 with Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin 2, a Nintendo GameCube classic making its Canadian debut on Wii. Nintendo Selects games are available at a suggested retail price of $19.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Take a look behind the scenes of Game of Thrones, the role-playing game adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s extraordinary saga, coming to Xbox 360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC on May 15th in North America from Cyanide Studios. Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar presents the Official Launch Trailer for Max Payne 3, which will arrive next week in North American stores for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 15th and in Europe on May 18th, with the PC version releasing on May 29th.. Read the rest of this entry »

The newest trailer for Assassin’s Creed III gives a deeper look at the franchise’s new hero. Trapped between two worlds, Connor dons the mantle of the Assassin in the fight for justice against the Templars. Sentinel, outsider, and champion, Connor defends the land against those who would infringe upon freedom and liberty. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® announced a deal with Marvel Entertainment, LLC to develop a video game based on the popular Avengers characters and other heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe. To be  developed by Ubisoft Quebec, Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth’s interactive environments are inspired by iconic Marvel comic artwork and the Secret Invasion storyline. This game will be released this fall for the Xbox 360® with Kinect™ and Nintendo’s Wii™ U™ system. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom is thrilled to announce that one million gamers are now registered for ‘The Secret World’ beta tests. This impressive number confirms the game’s position as one of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online games in the world, and the number is also significantly higher than what Funcom’s previous MMO ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ saw at the same time in its pre-launch development phase.  Read the rest of this entry »

East Side Games, notorious for its successful social game Pot Farm, has just released a major update to their iOS title NomNom Combo – a game full of hungry critters and plenty of nomnoming. In this big update, East Side Games has added special Spinner Wheels to NomNom Combo. Read the rest of this entry »

The Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH chapter invites you to attend a presentation on Tuesday May 15th, at the Vancity Theatre featuring Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios.  The evening’s presentation will focus on Pixar’s lighting design process for Brave, which opens in theatres on June 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »