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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 »

Ubisoft has announced the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass offer, granting access to all five forthcoming DLC packs to players owning the original game on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Microsoft’s Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, and Windows PCs.  Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content will feature “The Tyranny of King Washington”, an all-new single-player campaign available as a continual episodic story through three DLCs that will let players experience an alternate history of the American Revolution. Read the rest of this entry »

Coming this fall, the Hostage Negotiation Map Pack DLC for Max Payne 3 from Rockstar will bring four new multiplayer maps into the fold – all specially designed for online action – along with a range of new Items and weapons plus the Filhos De Ogum avatar faction. The new Filhos De Ogum faction battles it out against the U.F.E. in the all-new Favela Heights map from the Hostage Negotiation DLC Pack for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer. Read the rest of this entry »

Hut hut! After 200 million games played across the chart-topping Big Win Sports franchise, the long awaited American Football game from Hothead is now available for free for iOS and Android gamers. Kick off the American Football season by creating your own dream team and then sit back and watch them crush your online competition. Use Big Impact cards to throw bombs, make game-changing interceptions, power through impenetrable defenses and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo Canada announced the launch of two new software titles yesterday that will have people broadening their artistic horizons and deepening their love of creative wordplay. Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! and Crosswords Plus are now available for the portable Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL systems, giving consumers a variety of fun ways to learn about how to draw and paint or challenge their puzzle-solving skills anytime, anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Behaviour Interactive is celebrating its 20^th anniversary. Through the years, the studio has developed over 140 titles across all major platforms, from games based on leading brands for the whole family, like Tetris and Brave, to original IPs like Assault Heroes™, WET™ and Naughty Bear™ (one of my personal favourites) for a core gaming audience.  With today’s anniversary, the company emphasizes its focus on leading the independent gaming scene in Montreal through the development of games on mobile, online and on social networks, while continuing to offer exciting experiences on game consoles. Read the rest of this entry »

Game Publisher 505 Games has announced that Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise, the new action-adventure game from Behaviour Interactive starring everyone’s favourite sociopathic Teddy Bear, will make its debut this October 10th on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® and PlayStation®Network. You are invited to join our favourite anti-hero on Paradise Island as he tracks down his hit list of bears across 11 all-new, expanded locations and making full use of his brand new combat system, special attacks and ultra-kills galore. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital Emmy® Award-winning game developer Secret Location, in conjunction with Fresh TV Inc. and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the commercial and brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, are taking a bite out of vampire-genre apps with the release of Humans VS Vampires, the official app for the hit show, My Babysitter’s a Vampire. Read the rest of this entry »

After releasing its successful videogame Timebuilders: Pyramid Rising, Quebecor Media subsidiary BlooBuzz is proud to launch the next episode of this adventure. Pyramid Rising 2 is now available on gaming portal Big Fish Games for PC and Mac. The first two games of the Timebuilders series: Caveman’s Prophecy and Pyramid Rising, have been sold in 120 countries and translated into eight languages, with a total of more than three million downloads. Read the rest of this entry »