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On Saturday, April 28, lines extended around a New York City block where over 2,500 people from around the world converged at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen to attend the finals of the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series. Powered by Virgin Gaming and played exclusively on the PlayStation^®3, this pioneering event received worldwide participation by conducting preliminary qualifying matches online, resulting in over 100,000 competitors from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Going Loud Studios is proud to announce that “DLC Quest”, winner of Official Xbox Magazine’s Xbox Indie Game of the Year 2011 and a finalist for Best Indie Game at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards, is now available for purchase from the Mac App Store, at a promotional price of $0.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »

Activision Publishing, Inc. and Spider-Man Merchandising L.P., a subsidiary of Marvel, have announced two pre-order exclusives for North American fans who reserve an early copy of The Amazing Spider-Man™ videogame versions for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Developed by Beenox Studios with a planned launch date of June 26th, the game brings Spidey back to the thrill of free-roaming through Manhattan in an original epilogue story to Sony Picture Entertainment’s upcoming feature film.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar Games has announced that The Max Payne 3 Pro Exhibition held in association with Major League Gaming (MLG) on May 5, 2012 in New York City will be broadcast online at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012 from the Major League Gaming and Rockstar Games web sites. For the first time ever, Rockstar Games has teamed up with MLG’s elite professional players for an exhibition tournament hosted by MLG and featuring the competitive debut of  Max Payne 3 multiplayer. Read the rest of this entry »

Online science education company Spongelab Interactive has released a free online playable version of Knowledge Mine, a trivia game that combines puzzle genres to challenge and reward players’ knowledge of biology. Knowledge Mine is a science quiz title intended for high school and post secondary students. Read the rest of this entry »

Today during the first “PlayStation <3 Canada” event, Frima Studio announced the development of Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge for PS Vita and PS3. The sequel to the 2009 PSN hit Zombie Tycoon, Brainhov’s Revenge steps up the hilarious, irreverent RTS gameplay of the original with an array of new zombies, sharper graphics and multiplayer Cross Play capability.  Read the rest of this entry »

Just when you thought PROTOTYPE® 2 had enough gruesome, shape-shifting tools to get the job done, Radical Entertainment gives fans even more over-the-top viral powers with two great downloadable content (DLC) drops.  From Activision Publishing, Inc., PROTOTYPE 2’s first DLC pack, Colossal Mayhem, is available today, while the second DLC pack, Excessive Force, will be available on May 29, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Get a sneak peek into the world of Assassin’s Creed III and the game’s new hero, Connor, as he hunts his prey through the snowy frontier of Colonial America.  Gamers can channel their collective excitement for Assassin’s Creed III to band together in a valiant effort to unlock the world gameplay premier of Assassin’s Creed III in the Unite to Unlock campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that a sequel to its critically acclaimed strategy game Company of Heroes^®is scheduled to be taking PC gamers to the frozen frontlines of war in Russia in early 2013. As a true sequel, this game moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on the Eastern Front, challenging players to take command of the iconic Red Army and repel the Nazi invaders from the gates of Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a cross post with Canadian Online Gamers. Article written byMRBIGCAT

Recently, Canadian Online Gamers was invited to Ubisoft Montreal Studios to check out a single player hands off demo of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3, which is slated to arrive September 4th of this year.  At the end of the demo, I was impressed as Far Cry 3’s “branding of insanity” left a lasting impression.  Not to mention, the game even in pre-alpha stage looked pretty darn good, the characters appeared crazy as hell and the gameplay on the surface looks like it will be a blast.  Read the rest of this entry »