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Ubisoft^® announced the release of Assassin’s Creed^® Heritage Collection available exclusively in EMEA territories for the Xbox 360^®, PlayStation^®3 and Windows PC versions of the game. Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection is a high value compilation of the five previous Assassin’s Creed games and will be available in stores from November 8, 2013 in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »

Stingray Digital, a Montreal-based supplier of music services for multi-channel television service providers worldwide, announced today the availability of The Karaoke Channel App for Samsung Smart TVs. Designed and optimized for the large screen experience, this easy-to-use app delivers thousands of high-quality HD karaoke videos to television sets instantly through internet streaming. Read the rest of this entry »

Eidos®-Montréal™, a Square Enix® studio, is pleased to announce that Deus Ex: Human Revolution® –  Director’s Cut, the definitive version of the critically acclaimed action-RPG title, is shipping for the Wii U™, Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC on October 22. The Mac version will launch in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce the launch of ScopifyROM, an exciting new smartphone application that allows visitors to experience ROM objects in fun and interactive ways, including Animating a dodo, X-raying a mummy, and Skinning a dino. Developed by Toronto-based production company Kensington Communications, the studio behind Museum Secrets, ScopifyROM is a digital discovery platform that allows visitors to interact with select objects throughout ROM galleries in ways never before possible in any museum. By using their smartphone as a series of “scopes”, visitors can uncover exclusive ROM research and curatorial secrets. Read the rest of this entry »

Xbox has announced two more free games are coming to Xbox Live Gold members in October as part of Games with Gold. Starting today, two great titles will be available for free for a limited time, and one of them is from the award winning developers at Capybara. Follow the epic adventure of five young heroes leading their armies to save the world in Might & Magic Clash of Heroes – a unique mix of RPG and puzzle battle mechanics with online and local battle modes for up to four players. Don’t have Xbox Live Gold? Xbox has also announced that they will be unlocking Gold this weekend, October 4th through 6th. Read the rest of this entry »

via Xbox Wire: The Xbox team reached another milestone today with the introduction of Xbox Fitness.  This will be a new online service built exclusively for Xbox One that takes the world’s most popular fitness videos and makes them interactive.  The extensive library of videos from the world’s biggest fitness brands including Beachbody’s P90X® (Tony Horton) and INSANITY® (Shaun T), Jillian Michaels, Tracy Anderson and others, will be available for free with Xbox Live Gold memberships through December 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Square Enix® and Eidos-Montréal™, the award winning studio behind the critically acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, has announced The Bank Heist™, the exclusive Thief™ pre-order in-game mission. In Thief, lead character Garrett the Master Thief is entangled in the growing layers of conflict between Baron Northcrest and the oppressed masses led by Orion, the voice of the people. In a City on the brink of revolution, Garrett’s skills are all he can trust as he walks the fine line between politics and the people. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »