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Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has officially announced Core Masters to be their next online PC game released in North America and the United Kingdom.  Core Masters is being developed by Soft Bigbang and in partnership with Neowiz Games, Rock Hippo will bring this exciting new entry to gamers hungry for a fresh take on the MOBA genre. An official date for the closed beta of Core Masters is yet to be announced, while development of the game continues to add new features and content.

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More free games are on the way, courtesy of Games with Gold on Xbox 360. Xbox Live Gold members worldwide can continue building their collection of digital games on Xbox 360 with three new titles, available for free download for a limited time starting yesterday. These titles are available as free downloads for a limited time for qualifying paid Xbox Live Gold members in all markets where Xbox Live is available. The equivalent prices for “Crackdown” and “Dead Rising 2: Case Zero” are applicable to the U.S. market only. The titles are free for Xbox Gold Live members. Some regions may offer different titles depending on market availability – more information is available on Major Nelson’s blog. The August line-up of titles includes: Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite announced yesterday that it has secured an additional $165 million US in capital for its Series B Financing round, in order to continue meteoric growth and dominance as a social relationship platform. The latest deal, representing one of the largest rounds of global venture capital funding, is a co-investment led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Accel Partners and existing investor, OMERS Ventures. Recently celebrating its 4th birthday, HootSuite pioneered the category of social media management. Today, HootSuite has more than 7 million users in nearly every country around the world who use its secure, social relationship platform for social media management, social marketing, social customer service, and social selling. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Animation School, a Canadian educational institution offering entry level and advanced programs for the animation, visual effects and video game industries, announced yesterday that the school has received its official accreditation from the accrediting body of British Columbia. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC provincial government is opening the lines of communication so British Columbians can speak up about the future of digital services and the tools that deliver them, including the BC Services Card. This fall, government will undertake a provincewide citizen consultation process to gain a better understanding of British Columbians’ priorities, expectations and vision for the future delivery of government services digitally, with a specific focus on how the BC Services Card may be used as a key tool to enable this vision. Read the rest of this entry »

Now available in public beta on Facebook is Chat Fu social game, the first major release from Toronto’s Blot Interactive. With Chat Fu, you can transform the world’s most popular social network into a word game of wits, wiles and Wushu. Mixing Kung Fu, wordplay and chat, it’s like no social game you’ve ever experienced. Read the rest of this entry »