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Dinosaurs once again roam the Earth in an amazing all-new game! Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. has announced, in conjunction with Universal Partnerships & Licensing, the launch of the ‘Jurassic Park Builder’ game app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Based on the ground-breaking film franchise, Jurassic Park, users will experience their own interactive journey on the mysterious Isla Nublar. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that its award-winning upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes^® 2 will feature innovative weather condition simulating technology never seen before in the Strategy game genre. Any historian will attest to the huge role the brutal Soviet winter played in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II and this is now realistically simulated in-game thanks to Relic Entertainment’s new Essence™ Engine 3.0 and its ColdTech system. Read the rest of this entry »

Need for Speed™ World, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online (MMO) racing game from Electronic Arts, turns two years old today and celebrates with a brand new reveal or free item giveaway each day this week until Friday, July 27. To kick things off, today’s goodies include: Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based indie developer Daniel Truong announced today that the ultra addicting puzzle game Pixel Blocked!, which has been described as “one of the best new puzzle engines to come around in a decade” by Kairi Vice, Indie Gamer Chick  – is now available for purchase. Pixel Blocked! features over 180 unique puzzles, and is designed to challenge the spatial logic, speed, and critical thinking skills of players of all ages. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. recently launched their free mobile app “Mega Bloks® First Builders™ Let’s Build!” which encourages parents and children to build and play together with the world-leading Mega Bloks® First Builders™ preschool construction system. Read the rest of this entry »

With Darksiders II just weeks from its August 14th release, THQ Inc. has launched the Darksiders® II Soul Harvest™ app on the App Store^TM for iOS devices in the U.S. and Canada. The free app allows users to “harvest the souls” of others who check into nearby locations on Facebook. App users also can enter to win daily Darksiders II prizes with a chance to win a “Trip to the End of the World.” Read the rest of this entry »

London, Ontario board game studio Wiggles3D has ventured into the world of digital development, and invite you to play their first mobile title Paper Bees, a defense game that takes place inside a child’s diorama. Available for both Android (free) and iOS ($1.99 USD), Paper Bees offers 30 levels (more with the new Egypt update) of challenging game play in which the hive must be defended. Read the rest of this entry »

For the July 3rd launch of the massively multiplayer online game The Secret World by Funcom, Montreal agency Human Equation led a viral campaign based on the theme of secret societies, generating more than 2.7 million in visibility on the web. The marketing offensive was deployed from May 22 to June 29, 2012 in five different languages and reached over 80 countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the first day of San Diego Comic-Con, Ubisoft is bringing Assassin’s Creed III to gamers everywhere with the release of the Assassin’s Creed III Boston walkthrough demo.  Narrated by creative director, Alex Hutchinson, the walkthrough gives gamers an extended look into bustling Boston and how Assassin’s Creed III looks in cities of Colonial America. Read the rest of this entry »

Apparently I’m a bit late with this news as well, but here it is all the same: The human race faces extinction as the war rages on in our backyard! Fight for humanity’s survival in the latest installment of downloadable content for Mass Effect™ 3 multiplayer from BioWare.  Available to download at no additional charge, Mass Effect 3: Earth adds three new maps based on three key cities in the galactic war – London, Vancouver and Rio De Janeiro. Read the rest of this entry »