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The public release of KnockoutSurveys was announced earlier this week by Ottawa-based company Knockout Software Inc. This web browser-based application delivers a great user experience with unparalleled ease of use, allowing users to create their online surveys and polls, then distribute them instantly via a web link, an email, or embed the survey or poll directly in a blog or website. Results can later be analyzed directly from within the application. Read the rest of this entry »

Hothead Games has launched a huge content update to Zombie Ace, allowing iOS and Google Play users to deliver event more undead passengers and infection to all the cities in the game.  Also new to the title, Zombie Ace’s players now have also have  the ability to connect and compete with their friends around the world using GREE’s mobile social platform.  The new update is available to download from the iTunes and Google Play App Stores today. Read the rest of this entry »

EA SPORTS^TM NHL^®13 is now available at retail stores throughout North America. NHL 13 is available on the PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system. Headlined by all-new True Performance Skating and EA SPORTS Hockey I.Q., NHL 13 offers an innovative new gameplay experience that definitively captures the speed, creativity and strategy of NHL^® hockey. NHL 13 also delivers brand new experiences that connect hockey fans to their friends and the real world of hockey with the all-new GM Connected and NHL Moments Live modes. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its latest update – Varsity Volts – for the popular cartoon-style third-person shooter, MicroVolts.  Just in time for back-to-school, this new update will have MicroVolters geared up for school, and the battlefield, with all new weapons, parts and more.  Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal game publisher Strategy First Inc. and Crescent Moon are bringing the hit ‘IOS’ platform game ‘Paper Monsters’ to PC, and to celebrate the release, they are offering a 20% discount to anyone who orders the game between September 10th to 17th. Paper Monsters is a side scrolling platform game that invites you to dive in and watch as a living world made out of paper, cardboard, and a few cotton balls unfold right before your eyes. Available for only $4.99, Paper Monsters takes all of the classic 2-D platforming elements and combines them with gorgeous 3-D graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you ready for nine unique and creative Xbox indie games? The third annual XBLIG Uprising has launched, and will run until September 20th. On each day of the work week (Monday – Friday) a new title will be released onto Xbox Live Indie Games. The release schedule is as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions has announced the launch of another fresh Update for its free-to-play multiplayer action-combat game Brawl Busters. The “Get Glow or Die Tryin’” update features a new Glow Control mode, gamepad support, player limit customization and much more. With the arrival of this exciting new Update, players will hustle for Glow Control. The new mode is a supernatural twist on the classic King of the Hill. Busters are tasked with capturing and holding special Glow Zones that emit the radioactive Glow substance. Read the rest of this entry »

Frima Studio has announced the official debut of their CosmoCamp children’s brand with the launch of the first two apps from the CosmoCamp universe. Designed with input from child development specialists, the CosmoCamp apps are intended as educational entertainment for toddlers (ages 2-3) and pre-schoolers (ages 4-5). CosmoCamp: Picnic Problems interactive storybook, and CosmoCamp: Coloring Book, are available today for iPad and Android tablets, and are coming soon to Kindle Fire for $3.99 each. Read the rest of this entry »

Snowed In Studios, an Ottawa-based video game and interactive media developer, has launched its in-development PC building-block RPG Windforge, on the Steam Greenlight platform. With the launch comes the release of an anticipated gameplay trailer showing pre-Alpha footage of the game. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. has announced the general availability of its MoCA 2.0 solution.  The XConnex™ 1000 MoCA 2.0 Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver and the XConnex 1030 MoCA 2.0 stand-alone Media Access Controller and Physical Layer (MAC/PHY) integrated SoC introduces a highly integrated and cost effective market solution. .  ViXS’ MoCA 2.0 provides maximum throughput combined with new low power management features incorporated in its MoCA 2.0 MAC/PHY IC and innovative RF silicon design to exceed stringent low power requirements. In addition, enhanced security features have been developed for increased levels of content protection while maintaining backwards compatibility and interoperability to existing MoCA 1.0 and 1.1 deployed network solutions. Read the rest of this entry »