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Funcom is excited to announce the release of the very first raid experience for ‘The Secret World’, the company’s modern-day massively multiplayer online game. The Manhattan Exclusion Zone puts players in the middle of a devastated Times Square where they must battle skyscraper-sized monsters and unlock new pieces of the puzzle that is ‘The Secret World’. The raid is part of ‘Issue #4: Big Trouble in the Big Apple’ – the biggest update yet for ‘The Secret World’ – which is now live and ready for players to experience for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »

Bet to Win is the newest iOS app from Ottawa developer Arctic Empire. It’s the result of an eight week blitz to solve a problem that’s been nagging them for a while: the lack of a fun, reliable way to keep track of your friendly wagers. You know, the ones that get made late at night during a dinner, or a trip to the bar; the ones you know you’re right about, but can never seem to get your friends to admit to making later? Now, in under a minute, you can ante up coins, throw in personal wagers, and even start the smack talk!
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Corey King, Chief Executive Artist of Winnipeg indie game developer ZenFri Inc. says that Google’s big reveal of its “secret project” – an augmented reality (AR) espionage game, “Ingress” that plays out in the real world – is proof positive that his company’s groundbreaking game in development for iOS and Android, “Clandestine: Anomaly” has global market potential.
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An all-star cast of Emmy award-winner Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon, and comedian Jeff Dunham have signed on to lend their voices for the animated comedy feature The Nut Job, directed by Peter Lepeniotis for ToonBox Entertainment and Redrover Co., Ltd. Based on the 2005 award-winning comedy short film Surly Squirrel by Disney animation veteran Lepeniotis, The Nut Job marks the Canadian-based ToonBox’s first feature film with Korean partner Redrover, in association with Gulfstream Pictures, which is handling U.S. sales. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo’s Wii U^™ console – the first new home video game system in six years – arrives on November 18th, aiming to change the landscape of games and entertainment with its new Wii U GamePad controller. With more than 30 launch-day games for all types of players, Wii U arrives just in time for the holidays and is poised to be the must-have gift of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

FIFA Soccer 13 from EA Sports delivers the largest and deepest set of game-changing features in the history of the franchise. Five innovations revolutionize artificial intelligence, dribbling, ball control and physical play. The result is a true battle for possession across the entire pitch, delivering freedom and creativity in attack. FIFA Soccer 13 captures all the drama and unpredictability of real-world soccer with an infinite variety of natural and believable outcomes in every contact. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has announced that six titles will be available to consumers in support of the Wii U™ system launch in North America on November 18, including Assassin’s Creed® III, ESPN Sports Connection, Just Dance® 4, Rabbids® Land, Your Shape®: Fitness Evolved 2013 and ZombiU™. The same lineup will be available when the console launches in EMEA territories on November 30. Ubisoft currently has the most Wii U titles announced among third-party developers, representing nearly 25% of the launch day titles for the console. Other Ubisoft games arriving soon for Wii U include Marvel Avengers Battle for Earth and Rayman® Legends. Read the rest of this entry »

The biggest update yet for Funcom’s modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’, is just around the corner and will be hitting the game servers soon. ‘Issue #4: Big Trouble in the Big Apple’ is the fourth major content update since the game launched just four months ago, and it introduces an impressive assortment of new content and gameplay mechanics for players to discover. Today Funcom is excited to share with you a brand new preview video, narrated by Game Director Joel Bylos, providing a unique look at what is coming in this massive update:
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This Holiday Season, Sleeping Dogs players should prepare themselves for a collection of gameplay-extending add-ons, custom character packs and martial arts missions as the six months of add-on content continues. Beginning today, Sleeping Dogs players will be able to download the content-rich Dragon Master Pack, a killer collection of weapons, character upgrades, martial arts moves and missions only previously available individually at pre-order; the Drunken Fist Pack featuring a new fighting style unavailable to the sober man; three new classic outfits and weapons in the Square Enix Character Pack; a trio of tattoos available in the Gangland Style Pack; and the next gameplay-extending add-on pack, the Zodiac Tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced that Batman: Arkham City™ Armored Edition for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo will begin shipping to North American retailers today. Developed for Wii U by WB Games Montréal, the game builds upon the critically acclaimed, award-winning action game of 2011 created by Rocksteady Studios and makes its first appearance on any Nintendo platform as a launch title for the revolutionary new home console that hits stores beginning November 18th.  Read the rest of this entry »