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Ottawa-based Snowed In Studios has officially released the first gameplay video for Windforge, a building-block RPG for PC. Supported by the OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund, Windforge is currently in development at Snowed In, and is scheduled for release later this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Indie developer DrinkBox Studios confirmed today that Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, one of the hit launch titles on the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, is through its final PC testing phase and set for an August 15th release on the PC Steam marketplace.
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Robots and Pencils, together with First Star Software, Inc. and Warner Bros. have announced that the landmark hit “Spy vs Spy” is now available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, featuring the famous Black and White spies from DC Entertainment’s MAD Magazine with online and local multiplayer matches, 16 new embassies (plus the original 8), and a pixel perfect retro mode as well as a modern mode. “Spy vs Spy” is just $1.99 on the iTunes App Store. Read the rest of this entry »

The space battle between the Allies and the Axis powers rages on as Montreal publisher Meridian4 today released the fourth new content installment – the Science Vessel – for  intergalactic PC online strategy game Stellar Impact by Tindalos Interactive.  Using a vast array of gravitational technology, the Science Vessel allows players to gain the tactical upper hand in taking control of enemy ships.  This ship can venture deep into enemy lines to disrupt other ships’ formations and break the cohesion of the opposing fleets through its hi-tech arsenal, giving players the advantage they need on the battlefield. Read the rest of this entry »

To celebrate the start of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Rock Hippo Productions announced today that both popular free-to-play games, Brawl Busters and MicroVolts, will host their very own Micro-Lympics and Brawlympics games for their Clans and Crews.  Both events will  begin today, July 27th and run through August 12th.  Busters can suit up and go for the gold, while  MicroVolters can check out all that the Micro-lympics has to offer. Read the rest of this entry »

In what can only be tagged as cruel irony, Activision has announced the release of Radical Entertainment‘s Prototype 2 for PC in the UK today – and below is how a site for game journalists listed the announcement in its daily email of the latest press releases. Naturally, nowhere in the news release does it mention that Activision has ravaged Radical and turned it into a dark shadow of its former creative and vibrant self. According to the publisher, Prototype 2 hadn’t “found its audience” – well, if versions of the game are still being released, wasn’t the action taken against Radical a tad premature? Read the rest of this entry »

Rise of the Warriors brings a chaotic, perpetual world where players fight against thousands of others to iPhone and iPod Touch gamers. This mobile multiplayer online role-playing game offers a strategic fighting system that enhances the traditional text-based game. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »