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At long last, Super NES classic EarthBound is now available as a Virtual Console game in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U for $9.99. Nintendo announced its availability during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini video. Nintendo also revealed that Nintendo Zone locations will be getting StreetPass enhancements to let players connect with one another, and reminded people about this weekend’s Pikmin 3 demo program at select EB Games stores. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has announced the Limited Edition Pack contents of the open world action-adventure game, Watch Dogs™. The Limited Edition Pack will be available on November 19 across retailers in North America for $129.99 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One®, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, at their respective system launches, along with its release on PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® and Windows® PC. Fans can stay connected to the world of Watch Dogs with the following contents available in the Limited Edition Pack: Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced that 17 interactive digital media projects received a total of $12.1M in funding as part of the first round of production support from the Experimental Stream.  The Experimental Stream encourages the creation of innovative, interactive digital media content and software applications. Read the rest of this entry »

RBC has announced its RBC Secure Cloud mobile payments service (patent-pending). This new technology, a first in Canada, will allow clients to more safely and securely pay for purchases using their mobile devices. Keeping sensitive client data secure with RBC in the cloud, not on the phone, makes RBC Secure Cloud a safer, faster, more flexible solution. RBC will bring RBC Secure Cloud to market by the end of the year with debit and credit on a number of smartphone platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Retro City Rampage developer Vblank Entertainment has announced that the big game update released last month for the PC/Steam versions is now on available for PS3™ and PS®Vita. The studio also issued a reminder that there are some incredible deals available for those who have not yet purchased the game. Retro City Rampage is currently available on PC, Steam, PS3™ and PS®Vita for $ 4.99. Plus you can increase your savings if you take advantage of the Cross-Buy Deal, where purchasers get both the PS3™ & PS®Vita versions together for only $4.99. Read the rest of this entry »