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An all-new Spider-Man is poised to bring the action back to New York City as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Marvel Entertainment LLC announce The Amazing Spider-Man™ video game, planned to launch summer 2012 tied to Sony Picture Entertainment’s upcoming feature film of the same name.  Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom has released a new location video from the upcoming, modern-day MMO ‘The Secret World’. The Scorched Desert is a playfield set in Egypt and the new video showcases some of the hidden dangers and enemies the players will face in this area. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® has announced that Just Dance® 3 is now available for PlayStation®Move for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The third game in the multimillion-selling Just Dance franchise was made available for Kinect™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Wii™ system from Nintendo back in October. Developed by Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Montreal, Just Dance 3 is rated E10+ and is available at retail locations and online at the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $39.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®) Canada has launched Kidscape on iTunes, the first app made by kids to help kids. A special and innovative game, Kidscape is one of the first gaming apps to features images drawn by kids, with all artwork done by children staying at Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa based game developer RocketOwl Inc. has announced the full release of social game GreenSpace. The game is currently available for free on Facebook, with upcoming launches on Android and Apple’s iOS platforms (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch). “With GreenSpace, we set out to bring the best of competitive play to audiences around the world in a fun and social way,” said Graeme Barlow, CEO. “We want to provide a meaningful experience to all of our players through gaming,” added Barlow. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s QA International has announced that its latest educational product, the Virtual Human Body iPad App is now available for  $9.99 from the App Store. People of all ages will enjoy fingertip navigation through the 10 systems and structures of the human body, with lifelike imagery. The user-friendly interface of the app lets you explore and learn about the anatomy of the human body through a professional-grade virtual model and anatomical dictionary. Read the rest of this entry »

Four Canadian mobile game developers are taking part in 12 Indie Apps, a December fundraiser for Child’s Play and Doctors Without Borders. If you haven’t yet purchased Trainyard by Magicule, Smiles HD by Sykhronics Entertainment, Red Nova by Celsius Game Studios or Sword of Fargoal by Fargoal, now is your chance to get some great Canadian-made games and help support two great causes. It should also be noted that while Fargoal is based in Seattle, the studio’s primary dev is Ontario programmer Paul Pridham.

Chilliwack programmer Dan Carlson and teacher Dave Ellis have announced that their new word puzzle game Niwuzzles is now available exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch for $1.99. Niwuzzles, a word created from “nine-letter word puzzles,” is a unique and addictive word game using only nine-letter words centered around themes. Read the rest of this entry »

Sarbakan has announced that it has teamed up with premier game company Screenlife, LLC. to develop Scene It? Movie Night, a game that includes a series of downloadable Game Packs with add-on content for Xbox LIVE^® Arcade for the Xbox 360^® is available now for 800 MS Points and PlayStation® Network for $9.99. Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies is rated T for Teen and features actual movie scenes with dynamic film trivia challenges in a party game setting. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® Montreal is proud to announce that its real-time board game title Assassin’s Creed® Recollection is now available on the App Store, exclusively for iPad.  Designed and optimized to take full advantage of the large display and Multi-Touch interface of iPad, Assassin’s Creed Recollection allows players to live an entirely new experience in the world of Assassin’s Creed. Fans of the franchise are able to compete in political battles in a real-time board game, with key characters and locations from the original console game franchise. They can also discover and amass a wide variety of artwork created for the Assassin’s Creed games. Read the rest of this entry »