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Capcom and Slant Six Gameshave released a new trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which is less than a month away from release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 versions on March 20th. The PC version will release on May 18th and will feature NVIDIA 3D Vision support, stunning high resolution visual effects make the hell of Raccoon City even more graphic. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City for the PC will include all the same features as the console version including the ability to compete in an eight player online team versus battle and four player campaign mode.

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The world war has gone intergalactic, as Montreal game publisher Meridian4 has announced that they have partnered with European developers Headup Games and Tindalos Interactive to bring Stellar Impact to Steam and other top distribution channels this spring.  Currently in beta on Tindalo Interactive’s website, Stellar Impact is an online strategy game that takes place in a sci-fi universe and now has a myriad of new features and enhancements. Read the rest of this entry »

By 2016, nearly four-fifths of 640 million mobile VoIP users will be making calls through apps downloaded on their smartphones, according to a recent report released by Juniper Research. While the mobile market has thus far been largely dominated by Apple iOS devices, Info Tech’s latest Android Market traffic numbers indicate its growth is four times faster than that of the Apple App store, making Android users an even more important target market for app developers. Read the rest of this entry »

GREE and Ubisoft have announced an agreement to bring a brand-new Assassin’s Creed mobile game to the upcoming GREE Platform. GREE Platform will launch in Q2 2012, and the new Assassin’s Creed title will be available in December in English and Japanese, with other languages to follow. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent developer and publisher of online games Funcom has announced that the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘The Secret World’ will launch on June 19^th, 2012. Originally slated for an April launch, Funcom has decided to invest more development time into the title in order to apply even more polish before launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Synchronica plc, an international provider of next-generation mobile messaging services, has signed a letter of intent with NewPace Technology Development Inc. to cooperate in the development, sales and marketing of a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) product.  Read the rest of this entry »

The latest CGI trailer for FarCry 3 has been released by Ubisoft. The trailer’s synopsis: Far beyond the reach of civilization is a mysterious island overrun with violence and suffering. While traveling with friends, you are taken captive and brutalized. Your only hope of survival lies in unraveling the dark secrets of the island and its deranged inhabitants. Alone at the edge of the world, where nothing is what it seems, you must find a way to fight back and escape this island of insanity. Read the rest of this entry »

In an effort to keep the Blacklight viral outbreak from becoming a reality, Radical Entertainment has confirmed  that it will release the ultimate in bio-outbreak control — PROTOTYPE® 2’s Blackwatch Collector’s Edition.  Planned to launch April 24, 2012 from Activision Publishing, Inc., this highly limited quantity PROTOTYPE 2 Blackwatch Collector’s Edition will retail for $79.99 and contain: Read the rest of this entry »

Commander Shepard — a battle hardened, no-nonsense leader — wants you to join the fight to take Earth back! Today BioWare, a label of Electronic Arts Inc., has released the demo for Mass Effect™ 3 on the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and PC. Mass Effect 3 is the most anticipated game of 2012, blending world class combat, deep customization options, cinematic storytelling and blockbuster action on a huge scale. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based regulated gaming industry developer Amaya Gaming Group Inc. is set to launch its first mobile and tablet casino games offerings, including a selection of its proven and popular slots and card game titles. Amaya’s mobile casino games will be available in the second quarter, with plans for more best of breed mobile games to be released as part of a phased roll out through 2012. Read the rest of this entry »