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Electronic Arts Inc. has officially announced Army of TWO™ The Devil’s Cartel, the gritty third installment to the blockbuster action franchise celebrated for its intense, two player co-operative gameplay. Developed by Visceral Games™ Montreal, Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel re-sets the series that pioneered the co-op experience with a more intense, mature and grittier tone. Read the rest of this entry »

Quebec-based Wild Games Studio announced today that it is seeking crowd funding through Indiegogo for its much anticipated PC title – Day One. The campaign will run for 22 days, with an ultimate goal of $50,000.00. Read the rest of this entry »

On August 9th, the Max Payne 3 Local Justice Pack will be available to PC players worldwide. This pack features three new maps for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer (The Imperial Palace, Departure Lounge and 55th Battalion HQ), along with the M4 Assault Rifle, Light Fingers Item and a new São Paulo Police multiplayer faction. The Local Justice Pack will be available for one week only at the discounted price of $5.99, before reverting to its normal price of $7.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game developer Frima Studio has announced that Lights, Camera, Party! will be released on August 28. Powered by the Unreal Engine, this fast-paced, motion-controlled party game will be available for download on the PlayStation® Network for $29.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Coming soon to iOS and Android mobile devices everywhere is My Singing Monsters, a world-building game from Big Blue Bubble where players collect and breed cute, musically talented monsters. There’s a big difference to this game, however, that sets it far apart from others of the genre; these monsters sing, play and dance. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa-based Snowed In Studios has officially released the first gameplay video for Windforge, a building-block RPG for PC. Supported by the OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund, Windforge is currently in development at Snowed In, and is scheduled for release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Indie developer DrinkBox Studios confirmed today that Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, one of the hit launch titles on the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, is through its final PC testing phase and set for an August 15th release on the PC Steam marketplace.
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THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that its award-winning upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes^® 2 will feature innovative weather condition simulating technology never seen before in the Strategy game genre. Any historian will attest to the huge role the brutal Soviet winter played in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II and this is now realistically simulated in-game thanks to Relic Entertainment’s new Essence™ Engine 3.0 and its ColdTech system. Read the rest of this entry »

A new novelization based on the latest installment of Ubisoft® blockbuster Assassin’s Creed® – one of the biggest video game franchises in the world– will be published on December 4 for $9.99. Assassin’s Creed®: Forsaken is the latest thrilling novelization by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. Assassin’s Creed® III, takes one of gaming’s most popular franchises to new heights in its most realistic world yet and introduces a brand new Assassin, Connor. Read the rest of this entry »

With Darksiders II just weeks from its August 14th release, THQ Inc. has launched the Darksiders® II Soul Harvest™ app on the App Store^TM for iOS devices in the U.S. and Canada. The free app allows users to “harvest the souls” of others who check into nearby locations on Facebook. App users also can enter to win daily Darksiders II prizes with a chance to win a “Trip to the End of the World.” Read the rest of this entry »