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The creation of the digital Toronto Robert Bateman Urban Nature Trail (TRBUNT) was announced yesterday by Robert Bateman at a reception held in his honour by Momentum1 ‘community in motion’ and the Ontario Medical Association. The digital Trail, which will take the form of an app available on the Bateman Centre website, provides a guided tour via mobile devices of the Ravines and Trails of central Toronto that were once the childhood playgrounds of Robert Bateman. Read the rest of this entry »

Step into the action like never before! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced Batman: Arkham City™ Armored Edition for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game delivers the same impactful story and gameplay of the award-winning blockbuster created by Rocksteady Studios, now with enhanced gameplay features made possible with the Wii U and the new controller.  The game is scheduled for release holiday 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

A slew of major Canadian-produced video game titles are shining at this year’s E3 Expo, highlighting the strength and vitality of Canada’s video game industry. At this year’s E3 Expo, taking place in Los Angeles from June 5 to 7, 2012, Canadian-developed blockbuster titles such as Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed III, WB Games Montreal’s Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition for the WiiU, Electronic Arts’ FIFA Soccer 13 and United Front Games’ Little Big Planet Karting are taking centre stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Paramount Pictures and leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. have given fans the first look at the key villain to be featured in the upcoming Star Trek™ video game inspired by J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) film reboot. The announcement made at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), revealed that a legendary lizard-like race known in Trek lore as “The Gorn” will play the destructive and villainous role in the video game releasing in early 2013. The co-op game is based on a standalone storyline that continues the adventure of iconic characters Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock as they work together to stop the Gorn, an enemy race bent on conquering the galaxy. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft debuted its new, ground-breaking intellectual property yesterday at E3. The new open-world action-adventure game is called Watch Dogs, and development of the title is being led by Ubisoft Montreal, with a team comprised of industry veterans from blockbuster franchises like Assassin’s Creed®, Rainbow 6® and Far Cry™.  Watch Dogs blends cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated game design into a realistic and living open world where players must use any means at their disposal to take down a corrupt system. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that EA SPORTS™ is bringing innovations to EA SPORTS Football Club that will elevate its role as soccer’s social network, and drive a deeper connection for millions of fans to the world’s sport, their friends and their favorite club when FIFA Soccer 13 launches this fall. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has unveiled the development of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, the next blockbuster title in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy franchise. The game will be available worldwide for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC in spring 2013.

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Ubisoft and Sony Computer Entertainment have announced a partnership to give gamers exclusive content for Assassin’s Creed III on PlayStation®3 and for Assassin’s Creed III Liberation for PS Vita. SCE also will provide specially-priced bundles of each game for its systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft is giving gamers a one minute peek at Far Cry 3‘s E3 2012 trailer, with an invitation to watch the studio’s press conference live on June 4th at 3 pm Pacific Time, via YouTube as Far Cry 3 drags you into the depths of your psyche and the lawless jungle island. Read the rest of this entry »

Celsius Game Studios, creator of critically-acclaimed iOS arcade space shooter Red Nova, is excited to announce that its upcoming space trading game Drifter, originally slated for an iOS-only release, will now be coming to the desktop as well thanks to crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Read the rest of this entry »