eBay Canada put out the call today for sellers to enter its 8th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards Canada’s most successful and innovative eBay sellers. This year, in addition to the highly-coveted Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Canada will also crown winners in two new categories: Fashion-preneur and International-preneur of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »
Shaw Media and Insight Productions announced today that a national casting call for the first Canadian edition of the international smash-hit reality series, Big Brother, will begin on August 1, 2012. This announcement comes on the heels of Shaw Media sealing a deal with Endemol to produce the first-ever Canadian installment of the wildly popular international sensation. Canadians 19 years and older will have the option to apply online and in person at open casting calls at select cities across Canada. Online applications will be available online, and the submission deadline is October 16, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Ottawa-based Snowed In Studios has officially released the first gameplay video for Windforge, a building-block RPG for PC. Supported by the OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund, Windforge is currently in development at Snowed In, and is scheduled for release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Robots and Pencils, together with First Star Software, Inc. and Warner Bros. have announced that the landmark hit “Spy vs Spy” is now available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, featuring the famous Black and White spies from DC Entertainment’s MAD Magazine with online and local multiplayer matches, 16 new embassies (plus the original 8), and a pixel perfect retro mode as well as a modern mode. “Spy vs Spy” is just $1.99 on the iTunes App Store. Read the rest of this entry »
The space battle between the Allies and the Axis powers rages on as Montreal publisher Meridian4 today released the fourth new content installment – the Science Vessel – for intergalactic PC online strategy game Stellar Impact by Tindalos Interactive. Using a vast array of gravitational technology, the Science Vessel allows players to gain the tactical upper hand in taking control of enemy ships. This ship can venture deep into enemy lines to disrupt other ships’ formations and break the cohesion of the opposing fleets through its hi-tech arsenal, giving players the advantage they need on the battlefield. Read the rest of this entry »
To celebrate the start of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Rock Hippo Productions announced today that both popular free-to-play games, Brawl Busters and MicroVolts, will host their very own Micro-Lympics and Brawlympics games for their Clans and Crews. Both events will begin today, July 27th and run through August 12th. Busters can suit up and go for the gold, while MicroVolters can check out all that the Micro-lympics has to offer. Read the rest of this entry »
Vancouver Animation School is proud to announce its sponsorship of two “Birds of a Feather” sessions at SIGGRAPH 2012, which is coming to the JW Marriot at LA Live in Los Angeles on August 7th. Read the rest of this entry »
In what can only be tagged as cruel irony, Activision has announced the release of Radical Entertainment‘s Prototype 2 for PC in the UK today – and below is how a site for game journalists listed the announcement in its daily email of the latest press releases. Naturally, nowhere in the news release does it mention that Activision has ravaged Radical and turned it into a dark shadow of its former creative and vibrant self. According to the publisher, Prototype 2 hadn’t “found its audience” – well, if versions of the game are still being released, wasn’t the action taken against Radical a tad premature? Read the rest of this entry »
Rise of the Warriors brings a chaotic, perpetual world where players fight against thousands of others to iPhone and iPod Touch gamers. This mobile multiplayer online role-playing game offers a strategic fighting system that enhances the traditional text-based game. Read the rest of this entry »
eBay Canada put out the call today for sellers to enter its 8th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards Canada’s most successful and innovative eBay sellers. This year, in addition to the highly-coveted Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Canada will also crown winners in two new categories: Fashion-preneur and International-preneur of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »
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