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Retro City Rampage developer Vblank Entertainment has released Update#1 for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, which coincidentally also signals the availability of the game for handheld gamers in Australia and New Zealand. Retro City Rampage: DX has become one of the highest rated 3DS titles of all time, and it’s winning fans from every age group, with the first month of North America-only launch sales exceeding those for the game’s first month of global sales for the Xb0x 360 version. Retro City Rampage: DX is now available in the eShops for North America, Europe, the UK and Australia/New Zealand. Vblank has also announced that the original PSN version for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita (cross buy) is now $9.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto Radio and Television personality ‘Fearless’ Fred Kennedy (102.1 The Edge, Teletoon at Night) launches The Fourth Planet this week via Teletoon At Night. The science fiction comic will first be serialized online, releasing pages of the story each Monday in tandem with Fred’s own independent comic imprint BigSexyComics, which he founded in 2009. Written by Fred and illustrated by Mike Maciaszek, The Fourth Planet will find its print incarnation at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this August. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) are pleased to announce Canada’s presence at MIPDoc 2014, the world’s leading international documentary market, taking place April 5 and 6 in Cannes, France. The productions Inside the Mind of Leonardo, Secouristes de l’extrême, Arctic Defenders, Avatar Secrets, Burgundy Jazz and Who Killed Gandhi? will be screened at this forum devoted exclusively to documentary content. In addition, the documentary series Apocalypse: World War One and the production Fort McMoney will also be presented at conference sessions. Read the rest of this entry »

The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) is back for a third year, bringing the best of animation arts from Canada and around the world to Toronto’s Waterfront Corus Quay and the George Brown – Waterfront Campus from June 13-16 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Along with yesterday’s official Schedule Launch, the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) also announced that Eileen O’Neill will present a feature address at the 35^th BANFF, being held June 8-11, 2014.  O’Neill is Group President – Discovery Channel, Science Channel and Velocity Networks, responsible for strategic direction at all three networks within the Discovery Communications umbrella.  Discovery Communications is the world’s #1 nonfiction media company, reaching more than two billion cumulative subscribers through 190 networks in over 220 countries and territories worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc., a leader in developing and delivering platform-defining social video game experiences to consumers around the world, has announced that games industry veteran Fredrik Liljegren has joined the company as Vice President of the Graphics and Portability Group. The addition of Liljegren brings decades of technology and gaming leadership experience to TransGaming. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent developer Frima Studio is putting the fate of Raia in players’ hands in the new hack ‘n slash dungeon crawler Lightbringers: Saviors of Raia. In the game, players can work together with friends and other online players to eradicate the infection and cleanse Raia of all darkness. Armed with deadly weapons and bearing the power of the Light, players will reclaim the corrupted territories and deliver justice to the relentless plague. Lightbringers is free-to-play, playable now on browsers through Facebook as well as select Android and iOS devices.    Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite, the world’s most widely used social relationship platform partnered with marketing automation leader, Marketo to launch a new integration in the HootSuite App Directory. The Marketo-HootSuite integration gives enterprises the ability to connect social interactions from the HootSuite dashboard directly into their lead database in Marketo. Key social insights add a new layer of detailed data for enhanced leads, simplifying social lead generation and offering a clearer view of where prospects are in the buying cycle. Read the rest of this entry »

Through the magic of modern technology, I’ve just received a bundle of postcards from the creative folks over at Hinterland Studio on Vancouver Island. The Long Dark devs are excited to share a few images from their upcoming game, and they’ve also launched a new community for the game, where fans can get the first word on what’s coming down the path. In the coming months, Hinterland will be revealing even more information about The Long Dark, sharing more screens and in-game footage, and other announcements about our plans for Alpha Pre-Orders and Release information. The new images are displayed below: Read the rest of this entry »

comScore, Inc. presents the 2014 Canada Digital Future in Focus, the company’s annual report on how the prevailing trends in web usage, online video, digital advertising, mobile, social media and e-commerce are defining the current Canadian marketplace and what these trends mean for the year ahead. Key insights from the 2014 Canada Digital Future in Focus report include: Read the rest of this entry »