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Ubisoft^® announced details of five different options for Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell^® Blacklist Collectors Editions, available exclusively in EMEA territories for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC. Read the rest of this entry »

Two of the hottest stars in hip-hop, Big Boi and B.o.B, have teamed up to drop “Double or Nothing”, the official theme song for the upcoming video game, Army of TWO™ The Devil’s Cartel. Also available today on Xbox®LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation®Network is the Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel demo, complete with epic explosions, massive destruction and plenty of dynamic co-operative action for you to enjoy with a friend. In “Double or Nothing”, Big Boi and B.o.B step into their in-game roles as T.W.O. operatives Charles “Chuy” Rendall (Big Boi) and Anthony “Baker” Barnes (B.o.B) and blast their way through Mexico’s most dangerous cartel. The video features live-action heroics of Big Boi and B.o.B and gives a sneak peek of the explosive, blockbuster action with in-game footage from Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel. Read the rest of this entry »

Available to download from today, the Year of The Snake add-on pack extends the story of Square Enix and United Front Games’ undercover cop drama, Sleeping Dogs, with a series of all-new, action-packed police missions set immediately after the main game. Year of the Snake features four new Achievements/Trophies and will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC from today, priced at 560MSP or $6.99. Year of the Snake sees Wei Shen’s story continue as he rejoins the ranks of the Hong Kong Police Department, only to be caught up in chaos. A vicious doomsday cult is taking root in the back streets of Hong Kong… the Cult of the Snake. Hell-bent on cleansing the city of its evils, they cannot be negotiated with as they pursue a murderous path to their righteous salvation. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft invites gamers to discover the new and devastating powers that Assassin’s Creed III hero Ratonhnhaké:ton will use as he faces a new enemy, King George Washington in Assassin’s Creed III’s “The Tyranny of King Washington” DLC.  Invoke the power of the wolf to stalk enemies invisibly, and call on wolf packs to take down your foes.  Use these special skills to defeat this new threat to freedom.  “The Tyranny of King Washington,” is an all-new single-player campaign told through three episodic content packs that lets gamers experience an alternate history of the events following the American Revolution. Read the rest of this entry »

Solana Networks, a technology vendor that provides intelligent monitoring products for mission critical networks, has announced the launch of SparrowIQ, a cost-effective, network performance management tool for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Delivered as an all-in-one software solution, SparrowIQ is a packet-based traffic analysis and performance monitoring solution that enables businesses to easily monitor and troubleshoot network and application utilization and efficiency. With networks now more stable and reliable, and bandwidth consumption on the rise, the focus has turned to how the services and applications crossing the network are performing and hence serving end users. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a dramatic one-two punch Thursdays on CTV as the network’s new original crime drama is promoted to the most-watched night on television. Beginning this week, Motive moves to Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, joining the night’s stellar primetime lineup following fan-favourite GREY’S ANATOMY in most of the country. Averaging 1.04 million viewers each week and winning its previous Sunday night time slot (among conventional programming, according to BBM Canada), the #1 new Canadian series of the season with total viewers and all key demos settles into the former Flashpoint time slot with an all-new episode this Thursday, March 14. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management  developer OpenText™ has unveiled OpenText SecureiX, its newest Cloud Services offering designed to let organizations exchange messages and information in a trusted, integrated and collaborative cloud environment. OpenText SecureiX is the first of a new generation of Information Exchange solutions that aims to fulfill the vision of exchanging any information in any format on any device. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent Montreal studio Red Barrels has announced that its first title – PC survival-horror experience Outlast – will be playable for the first time as part of the PAX East Indie MegaBooth in Boston, March 22-24. Attendees will be given a chance to walk the corridors of Mount Massive Asylum in the shoes of investigative reporter Miles Upshur as he tries to escape the evils that roam the complex’s halls. Red Barrels will be located in the Indie MegaBooth on the PAX East show floor, booth 776. Read the rest of this entry »

The Toronto Screenwriting Conference (TSC) has announced the recipients of the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award. Of the fifty-five applicants from across the country, five emerging writers have been selected. Each winner will receive a complimentary registration to the 2013 conference as well as an exclusive lunch with TSC founder and president of Meridian Artists Literary Agency, Glenn Cockburn. The fourth annual Toronto Screenwriting Conference takes place on April 6 & 7, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. has announced a multi-year merchandising and licensing representation deal with Russian agent Icon Promotions. Icon Promotions will represent DHX Media’s popular kids TV series Animal Mechanicals, Johnny Test and the Richard Scarry collection, which includes Vintage Richard Scarry and Hurray For Huckle, at the Russian Licensing Forum in Moscow March 13-15.  Hurray for Huckle currently airs on local broadcaster Carousel, Channel 1, while Johnny Test is broadcast on Cartoon Network Russia. Russian SVOD provider TVZOR also carries a host of DHX Media favorites. Read the rest of this entry »