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Following the first day of San Diego Comic-Con, Ubisoft is bringing Assassin’s Creed III to gamers everywhere with the release of the Assassin’s Creed III Boston walkthrough demo.  Narrated by creative director, Alex Hutchinson, the walkthrough gives gamers an extended look into bustling Boston and how Assassin’s Creed III looks in cities of Colonial America. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo 3DS, which lets users see 3D images without the need for special glasses, has now sold more than 5.4 million units in North America, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States and Canada. With Nintendo 3DS XL, which features 90 percent larger screens, and New Super Mario Bros. 2 both launching on Aug. 19, and a holiday lineup that sees the Luigi’s Mansion and Paper Mario franchises make their hand-held debuts, the system’s momentum should continue through 2012 and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Apparently I’m a bit late with this news as well, but here it is all the same: The human race faces extinction as the war rages on in our backyard! Fight for humanity’s survival in the latest installment of downloadable content for Mass Effect™ 3 multiplayer from BioWare.  Available to download at no additional charge, Mass Effect 3: Earth adds three new maps based on three key cities in the galactic war – London, Vancouver and Rio De Janeiro. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile game publisher Fuse Powered, in collaboration with development studio Rebellion, today announced that Zombie HQ, a recently released iOS game, has surpassed the 1 million downloads mark in only 10 days. To celebrate the impressive milestone with players, Fuse Powered has discounted several premium packs for the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom has shared details about the content that will go into the first update for ‘The Secret World‘ coming July 31st. These content updates are called Issues, and the first Issue (titled ‘Unleashed’) will contain several exciting investigation missions, nightmare mode for two more dungeons, a marketplace feature and much more!
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The final chapter in the 3-part Max Payne 3 Comic Series produced by Marvel is now available as a free download from the Max Payne 3 website. “Fight and Flight” is written by Dan Houser and Remedy’s Sam Lake, and features pencils and inks by Fernando Blanco. Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of days behind on this but here it is: The Directors Guild of Canada congratulates the 2012 DGC Awards nominees announced today in Toronto. Selected from close to 180 submissions, the nominees in 19 categories represent a cross section of the industry’s outstanding talent working in the screen-based industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Originally posted on June 8th, reposting at the request of Lynda Brown-Ganzert as today is the last day to complete the survey, so if you haven’t yet done so, please do. The Government of BC, Vancouver Economic Development (VEC), the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC, the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, British Columbia Film + Media, Wavefront and DigiBC are undertaking a strategic review of BC’s screen-based industries to help support their collective future. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada Post has launched the Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards, a competition designed to recognize and reward successful innovation in e-commerce in Canada, and aiming to further boost the growing e-commerce sector. E-commerce retailers will compete in five categories for prize packages worth a total of $1 million. Read the rest of this entry »