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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released an action-packed video for Batman: Arkham Origins featuring gameplay from the playable Deathstroke challenge pack, including a sneak peak at the “100-to-1” gameplay mode.  The Deathstroke challenge pack, available to those who preorder the game for PlayStation®3, Xbox 360®, Nintendo Wii U™ or Windows PC, includes a fully playable Deathstroke character, two exclusive challenge maps and three unique Deathstroke character skins. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada, which chairs the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee, is pleased to announce that the feature film Gabrielle, directed by Louise Archambault, has been selected to represent Canada for consideration as a possible nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards, to be held in Hollywood on February 27, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent Montreal game studio Spearhead Games and game publisher 505 Games have announced a partnership to digitally release co-op puzzler Tiny Brains on the PlayStation®4, timed to the platform’s North American launch this November 15. In addition to Sony’s next generation console, the four-person action puzzle game will release simultaneously on PlayStation® Network and Windows PC via digital download. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that EA SPORTS™ FIFA 14 is available in retail stores now throughout North America, and as a digital download on Origin™. The game releases worldwide later this week. More than 5 million* fans worldwide—the most ever for an EA SPORTS game—have played the FIFA 14 demo and the game has received 32 review scores of 9 out of 10 or higher, including five perfect scores. Read the rest of this entry »

PEER 1 Hosting announced today that it is launching its recently released enterprise-class VMware public cloud solution, Mission Critical Cloud, in New York City, Seattle, Chicago and Salt Lake City. These new locations add to existing Mission Critical Cloud availability in Canada, the UK and Germany. PEER 1 is also introducing Magento-Optimized Build Blueprints for Mission Critical Cloud eCommerce customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Kelowna’s WTFast has announced the launch of its new data network designed exclusively for massive multi-player online (MMO) gamers and publishers. The WTFast GPN^TM (Gamers Private Network) uses proprietary software and a private global data network designed exclusively for the transmission and delivery of game data. Built by a team of passionate MMO gamers, the WTFast GPN^TM helps to ensure players around the globe always have the fastest, strongest, smoothest game connection available. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite has named Jeanette Gibson as Vice President of Community. Gibson, a digital marketing executive and social media leader who excels in social media strategy and campaign execution, will lead the company’s Community team and drive strategy and global outreach for the rapidly growing communities of HootSuite’s Free, Pro and Enterprise users. Read the rest of this entry »

As a lead up to Small Business Month in October, the B.C. government and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) are asking for input from the small business community to identify their top priorities for cutting red tape in the province. This Friday, September 27, join Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business Naomi Yamamoto, who will co-host a noon-hour Twitter Town Hall with Laura Jones, CFIB EVP. The town hall is one way the Province is reaching out to small businesses to help identify challenges, cut red tape and improve access to government services. The town hall builds on the 10-year history of government working with CFIB in its efforts to grow the small-business sector in British Columbia. Read the rest of this entry »

Not only will Chinese box office blockbuster Finding Mr. Right screen at the 2013 Whistler Film Festival, it will also be the subject of a case study as part of WFF’s China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition, an innovative co-producing initiative that gives Canadian filmmakers access to the world’s second largest domestic film market. Read the rest of this entry »

High Street Partners announced today it is opening a new international office in Toronto, Canada, further indication of the company’s growing prominence in the global SaaS industry. Currently, High Street Partners operates in Hong Kong, London, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo, and in multiple locations in the United States. The Toronto office will help Canadian companies wishing to expand and operate in the US, and in countries outside of North America. HSP also announced today it has tapped sales industry veteran Tom Gardner to lead the HSP Canada team, responsible for driving sales in one of the world’s most business-friendly economies. Read the rest of this entry »