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Oh, Great Pumpkin! Where are you? This Halloween, hang out with Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang to find out for yourself in the latest interactive title from Loud Crow – It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for iOS. While Linus and Sally wait for the Great Pumpkin, you can create your own Peanuts character and join Charlie Brown at his first-ever Halloween party! Choose from millions of hilarious costume combinations and dress up to trick-or-treat with Lucy, Pigpen and the rest of the gang. Carve your own pumpkin, play a little ditty on Schroeder’s piano and bob for apples with Snoopy — just watch out for dog germs, blech! Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver indie developer Dingo Games has announced the studio’s new game, Clumsy Cat. In this iOS game you’ll control a cat wreaking havoc on a house. The cat’s owners will only be gone for a few minutes, so you’ll have to do as much damage as possible before they get back. How much destruction can one cat really do? Read the rest of this entry »

If you go down to the woods today… actually, don’t go down to the woods there’s no internet connection there so you won’t be able to download Behaviour Interactive’s Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® and PlayStation®Network. Not only can you join Naughty on his quest to wipe out all 36 bears on his hit list from today but you can also get your paws on the first two pieces of downloadable content as well. Relive your favourite 70’s horror moments with the Paradise Island Chainsaw Massacre set containing the Bearface mask, costume and chainsaw weapon complete with a unique ultra-kill for 240 Microsoft points or $2.99. Read the rest of this entry »

In this morning’s wee hours Vblank Entertainment sent out a notice stating the studio’s long-anticipated arcade action driving title Retro City Rampage is now available on Steam for PC as well as on the PS Vita and PlayStation 3 in North America. The game will be available on EU PlayStation later this month, and will be on WiiWare and XBLA later this year. You can also purchase the game directly from the Retro City Rampage site, which will give you both a DRM-free copy as well as a Steam copy. Purchasing through the PlayStation network for either the PS3 or Vita will give you a free copy for the other device. Read the rest of this entry »

Long-time Funcom designer Joel Bylos recently stepped into the position as Game Director for the company’s recently released modern-day massively multiplayer game ‘The Secret World’, and today the newly appointed lead released his first letter on the state of the game to the press and the community. In the letter, Mr. Bylos reflects on the game’s initial reception and what the team wanted to achieve before he goes into both short-term and long-term plans for the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Going Loud Studios has announced the first downloadable campaign for “DLC Quest“, winner of Official Xbox Magazine’s Xbox Indie Game of the Year 2011. The new campaign, “Live Freemium or Die”, is being developed to sweeten the deal in the bid to win a spot in the top 10 on Steam Greenlight. No gimmicks or kitten threats – just new content. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital agency Fuel has announced the launch of Leafy Landings, an interactive book series developed for the pre-school generation. Leafy Landings is the latest of Fuel’s youth properties designed to appeal to kids’ demand for entertainment and education through digital media.

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The exciting racing game ‘Headlong‘ by Ottawa-based studio PsychicParrot Games is on a ‘Pay What You Want’ sale over at Indievania.com for the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  Headlong is an adrenaline-fuelled racing game where players drive more than 25 unlockable vehicles across 7 environments in 30 career mode events. From monster trucks to super-cars and semis, each vehicle has a unique driving style and handling capability meaning that no two races will ever be the same! The arcade driving physics are specially designed for exciting drifting, jumping, crashing and racing action! Read the rest of this entry »

Whether you’re new to the franchise or have been a trainer from the beginning, Nintendo Canada invites all Pokémon fans to its family event to celebrate Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 on October 6 and 7 at Promenade Mall in Thornhill and at La Récréation in Montreal on October 7. Nintendo wants to bring Pokémon fans together to celebrate and play the latest games in the Pokémon series. There will be a variety of fun-filled activities onsite for everyone in the family to enjoy and some cool Pokémon giveaways while supplies last! Read the rest of this entry »

The battle to save the galaxy rages on and a familiar foe returns in the largest downloadable content pack to-date for Mass Effect™ 3 multiplayer! Available to download at no additional charge*, Mass Effect 3: Retaliation ups the challenge by adding treacherous environmental hazards to existing maps and will introduce the infamous Collectors as a new enemy faction in multiplayer. Also making its way into the Mass Effect 3: Retaliation pack is a brand-new challenge system that will reward players for their accomplishments in multiplayer. This new feature will give players the ability to track and compare progress across different multiplayer challenges. Read the rest of this entry »