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Electronic Arts Inc. has outlined the 2012 – 2013 benefits to the EA SPORTS™ Season Ticket program. The second year of the program is bigger and better with even more value accessible to EA SPORTS consumers with the addition of more than $100 of paid downloadable content (DLC) across the five participating franchises – Madden NFL, NHL®, FIFA, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® . In addition to the $100 of paid downloadable content included, the program will continue to offer three day early access to all participating titles and 20 percent off any additional paid downloadable content purchased for the participating titles. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions has announced the launch of another fresh Update for its free-to-play multiplayer action-combat game Brawl Busters. The “Get Glow or Die Tryin’” update features a new Glow Control mode, gamepad support, player limit customization and much more. With the arrival of this exciting new Update, players will hustle for Glow Control. The new mode is a supernatural twist on the classic King of the Hill. Busters are tasked with capturing and holding special Glow Zones that emit the radioactive Glow substance. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has unveiled the complete music track listing for EA SPORTS™ FIFA 13, featuring a mix of genre-spanning music from 50 Gold/Platinum superstars and breakthrough artists representing 12 countries from around the globe. The soundtrack reflects the passion and intensity of FIFA gameplay while defining the sound of the upcoming season for football fans worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

Frima Studio has announced the official debut of their CosmoCamp children’s brand with the launch of the first two apps from the CosmoCamp universe. Designed with input from child development specialists, the CosmoCamp apps are intended as educational entertainment for toddlers (ages 2-3) and pre-schoolers (ages 4-5). CosmoCamp: Picnic Problems interactive storybook, and CosmoCamp: Coloring Book, are available today for iPad and Android tablets, and are coming soon to Kindle Fire for $3.99 each. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite, makers of the market-leading social media management system, have announced the acquisition of Seesmic. HootSuite takes social business tools to the next level, allowing individuals and teams to analyze campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. HootSuite’s Free, Pro, and Enterprise clients make up close to 5 million global users spanning six continents, who send over 1.5 million messages through the dashboard each day. Notable clients include 79 of the Fortune 100 companies such as McDonalds, PepsiCo, Virgin, FOX, Sony Music among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Pierre Karl Péladeau, President & CEO, Québecor Inc., Quebecor Media Inc. and Sun Media Corporation and Wade Oosterman, President, Bell Mobility, and Residential Services & Chief Brand Officer, Bell Canada will deliver keynote addresses as part of the Canada Country of Honour tribute presented by MIPCOM, in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada. Organised by Reed MIDEM, MIPCOM will take place in Cannes, 8-11 October 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The Capital One™ Just For Laughs Comedy Tour is back – and this year’s Relationship Edition has issues. Host and former Last Comic Standing winner John Heffron leads a star-studded line-up that includes Canada’s sweetheart, Debra DiGiovanni, returning tour favourite Godfrey, and a pair of very special guests in SNL alum Jim Breuer and The Marriage Ref’s Tom Papa. Breuer will headline the tour through Western and Central Canada, with Papa assuming the duties for the Maritime shows. Read the rest of this entry »

Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. has announced the grand opening of the Bluedrop Training and Simulation Centre (BTSC), in Halifax. This state of the art facility is designed to host and develop some of the world’s most advanced training and simulation technologies to address the operational and maintenance needs in civil and military aviation, as well as army and naval domains. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCIC-New Ventures Competition started with 146 companies and  has now narrowed the field to ten finalist start-up technology companies that will pitch for $235,000 in cash and prizes. This year’s top ten includes companies from Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island featuring new technologies in the IT, life sciences, and cleantech sectors. Read the rest of this entry »

Snowed In Studios, an Ottawa-based video game and interactive media developer, has launched its in-development PC building-block RPG Windforge, on the Steam Greenlight platform. With the launch comes the release of an anticipated gameplay trailer showing pre-Alpha footage of the game. Read the rest of this entry »