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As many of you already know, Goldtooth Creative’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution CG Director’s Cut video game trailer has been voted as the top trailer of all time by users at GameTrailers.com. Goldtooth Creative president and creative director Kody Sabourin directed the award-winning trailer.

Responsible for the Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer campaign, Goldtooth contributed four high-resolution CG trailers, 10 game trailers, two TV spots and three viral live-action spots along with 60 minutes of in-game cinematics. Goldtooth Creative’s Paul Furminger also directed the video game’s live-action opening credit sequence. Read the rest of this entry »

Attention Canadian developers: US-based Zoo Entertainment, Inc. subsidiary indiePub has announced its 2012 Independent Propeller Awards video game development competition to be presented during the 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) ScreenBurn Arcade in Austin, Texas.

indiePub will award $50,000 in total cash prizes including $25,000 to a Grand Prize winner and $5,000 to the winner of each individual category: Best Art, Best Audio, Best Design, Technical Excellence and Mobile Game. The winning games will also be demonstrated March 9 through 11, 2012, in indiePub’s SXSW Interactive ScreenBurn Arcade booth located in the Austin Convention Center. The ScreenBurn Arcade is free and open to the public. Read the rest of this entry »

Fans of Dragon Age™ II can now embark on a gripping new adventure packed with intriguing characters, expansive environments and treacherous enemies in the Mark of the Assassin DLC pack for Dragon Age II. Available for download on Xbox LIVE®, PlayStation®Network, PC and Mac® for $9.99 or 800 Microsoft® and BioWare™ Points, Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin introduces a new party member and playable character named Tallis, voiced and modeled after internet sensation, Felicia Day. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite a quick rise to fame after the Willamette outbreak in the original Dead Rising, Frank West is down on his luck and looking to reclaim his celebrity by competing in the zombie slaying game show “Terror is Reality.” After discovering a nefarious plan that releases zombies into Fortune City, Frank is on the scene to get the scoop and make a name for himself once again in Dead Rising 2: Off The Record. Frank must make his way through the casinos, shops and eateries of Fortune City including the Uranus Zone, a new sci-fi themed Amusement Park with its own unique mini-games and ‘death trap’ rides.
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Electronic Arts Inc. and adidas Originals have announced a one-of-a-kind lifestyle and gaming partnership for Need for Speed™ The Run, which was developed by Black Box at EA Canada. Combining the cultural expertise of both brands, consumers will not only see the iconic adidas Superstar shoes in Need for Speed The Run, but they’ll also be treated with exclusive and limited edition Need for Speed The Run adidas branded apparel which will be available at all adidas Originals stores across the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Harmony Arcade has released its first iPad title, Toppling Towers, to the iTunes store. Published by Big Fish Games, Toppling Towers is a game that will test your castle smashing skills to the maximum. Players join main characters Knight and Horse on their hilarious quest to repair their bruised egos and defeat the Princess who so wounded their pride. Toppling Towers features a unique blend of arcade and puzzle style game play. Find each castle’s weak spot and use the right combination of weapons to assure victory, or just take the brute force approach and smash everything.

Toppling Towers is free to download and try, with the full version being unlockable from within the game itself for $2.99 (at press time, Big Fish had the game on sale for 50% off). Features of the game include a highly amusing story mode, a wide variety of challenging castles to defeat in a several different environments and powerful runes to upgrade your shot damage.

Toppling Towers is rated 9+ for Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence and is compatible with iPads running iOS 4.2 or later. A Hallowe’en version of Toppling Towers has also been announced, and if you are a purveyor of games on Facebook, you can play Castle Smash beta against your friends.

Ontario’s Extreme Ease Software, a developer of enterprise help authoring, PDF publishing, content management and knowledgebase management, has announced the availability of its latest release, HelpConsole 2010 Service Pack 5.  In this release, HelpConsole includes a newly redesigned PDF publishing engine, improved language translation, improved support for mobile devices including iPhone and Android phones, and provides full development support for all modern browsers including IE, Firefox Safari, Chrome and Opera. Read the rest of this entry »

Vistek’s Production Video Solutions Group (PVSG) is adding a second date to its fully-booked day-long (and free) Acquisition to Archive event. Wednesday, October 19th has been added to the original October 18th showcase of the latest technologies and processes to simplify and streamline video file-based production workflow. The Acquisition to Archive events will take place at Vistek’s flagship store at 496 Queen Street East in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile game developer XMG Studio and the National Post tested Canada’s students at the Great Canadian Appathon2 (GCA2)  mobile video game coding marathon, on their design creativity and development prowess. Over the weekend of September 30th, more than 125 competing teams gathered in 21 hubs for a sleep-deprived, energy drink-induced and pizza-fueled weekend of creating the next hit sports game app. Read the rest of this entry »

The winners from this year’s IndieCade Festival have been announced. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees who were among the chosen few for 2011, but especially to our Canadian developers who were recognized with awards:

Best in Show went to FEZ by Polytron Corp. and the Best Visuals award went to Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP – Superbrothers, Capybara Games, Jim Guthrie.

Other Canadian nominees were:

Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure by Untold Entertainment
superHYPERCUBE by Game Dev Collective Kokoromi
The Depths to Which I Sink – Bigpants