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Polara, the new color switching side-runner from Vancouver-based mobile game developer Hope This Works Games, is now available as a universal app for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices running version 2.2 and up. The color-focused auto-runner can be purchased for the introductory price of $0.99 for a limited time. You’ll need lightning reflexes and a quick mind to survive Polara’s 50 challenging levels, and six different endless modes after completion, as you follow an immersive plot line to avenge the death of your father. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has announced a partnership with renowned writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Marc Laming to create a graphic novel based on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® franchise. This collaboration will introduce readers to new facets of Sam Fisher and will explore the Splinter Cell universe from a fresh perspective.  Set for release in 2013, the Splinter Cell Echoes graphic novel takes place between the events of Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell Conviction® and Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell® Blacklist™. The story bridges the gap between the two games with a realistic, original story that sets the tone for the opening events in Splinter Cell Blacklist. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its latest update – Knights of the Night – for their popular free-to-play cartoon-style third-person shooter, MicroVolts. This update introduces the new Coupon Shop, a twist on a favourite map as well as brand new weapons and parts. But that’s not all! Players can look forward to even more brand new Halloween content coming soon to MicroVolts as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Seamus Blackley, game industry veteran and co-creator of the Microsoft Xbox, has been tapped to deliver a keynote address at Interactive Ontario’s X-Summit conference, while YouTube star Corey Vidal will join the “TV on the Internet: Success, Lies and Videotape” panel. X-Summit is a cross-media conference dedicated to enabling content producers to tell their stories seamlessly across multiple platforms, happening in Toronto on November 6 & 7, 2012.  Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, Great Pumpkin! Where are you? This Halloween, hang out with Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang to find out for yourself in the latest interactive title from Loud Crow – It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for iOS. While Linus and Sally wait for the Great Pumpkin, you can create your own Peanuts character and join Charlie Brown at his first-ever Halloween party! Choose from millions of hilarious costume combinations and dress up to trick-or-treat with Lucy, Pigpen and the rest of the gang. Carve your own pumpkin, play a little ditty on Schroeder’s piano and bob for apples with Snoopy — just watch out for dog germs, blech! Read the rest of this entry »