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The Local Justice Pack, the first downloadable content pack for Max Payne 3, will be available on July 3rd for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with the PC version launching on July 17th. This pack includes three new maps for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer featuring areas from the game’s intense final chapters, plus a new weapon, a new item, a new multiplayer faction and associated new Achievements, Trophies or Social Club accomplishments.
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Via the Trade Commissioners’ Office: Game Nation is headed to Casual Connect 2012 in Seattle, ground zero for the casual gaming industry.  The conference, which will take place at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall this July 24th to 26th, attracts over 2,500 industry professionals with a cutting edge lecture series and highly popular nightly networking events. Read the rest of this entry »

The App Store faces a zombie infestation today as mobile game publisher Fuse Powered, in collaboration with UK development studio Rebellion, launches Zombie HQ as a free app for iOS devices. Players must fend off undead hordes and rescue survivors to earn relaxation time in Zombie HQ, as one of the few remaining humans in a city plagued with zombies. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ Inc. has announced that its upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes^® 2, currently in development at Relic Entertainment, has received critical acclaim coming out of E3 winning a number of awards. Company of Heroes 2 impressed E3 judges and secured seven Best of E3 2012 wins thanks to its cutting edge Essence™ 3 Engine. Notable achievements include Best PC Game from G4 X-Play and Machinima as well as a number of Best Strategy Game plaudits from other outlets. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCTIA, together with DigiBC, Cleantech CEO Alliance and Wavefront, collaborated with KPMG to prepare a Technology Report Card for British Columbia. On the heels of the Jenkins report last fall and the innovation agenda put forth in the recent federal budget, our intent was to examine the performance of the technology industry in our own province. We asked KPMG to assess the industry performance over the past decade in the context of the BC economy and in comparison to tech sectors in other regions. Read the rest of this entry »

With the latest wave of apps to join the App Directory, HootSuite continues to simplify the lives of its 4+ million social media users – making it even easier to actively engage online with social media. The company’s latest integrations welcome mobile sharing app Instagram, content sharing network SlideShare, document sharing app edocr and engagement app Zuum into the popular, market-leading social media management dashboard. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble Inc. has announced that the studio’s Sonic the Hedgehog Skins for the iPhone and iPod app is now free.  Sonic the Hedgehog Skins gives users access to over 40 exclusive high resolution images of Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends for your iPhone and iPod Home and Lock screens.  The fun doesn’t end there, as content will be updated often. Read the rest of this entry »

The Federal government has delivered its much-anticipated budget, and its proposed changes to the $3.6 Billion SR&ED (“Scientific Research & Experimental Development”) program. These changes are strongly aligned with the broad recommendations of the Jenkins Report issued October 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

Gayatri Bajpai, Iuliana Constantinescu and Heather Trawick were announced today as the winners of the 2012 Daryl Duke & William Vince Scholarships, which were created to honour the significant contributions of Mr. Duke and Mr. Vince to the film and television industry by assisting in the advanced education of exceptional BC filmmakers. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey Canada…JELL-O wants to see your best JELL-Oh Face! You know, the face you make when you taste JELL-O for the first time or rediscover its fun all over again.  It’s so delicious, so pleasantly fun and so unexpected that you can’t contain yourself.  THAT’s your JELL-Oh Face!  And today, you can share it with the country’s first-ever vending machine that works with your unique JELL-Oh Face.  Read the rest of this entry »