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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced Cartoon Universe, a free-to-play, online world that will provide a safe, social environment for young kids to go on adventures, solve puzzles and play games with their favorite Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo! Characters. Cartoon Universe, which went into closed beta today, is being developed by WB Games Montréal, a Warner Bros. – wholly owned studio devoted to developing games based on Warner Bros.’ key brands. Read the rest of this entry »

With thousands of members from 20 different countries already signed up, Wilby.tv has officially launched its English version in the United States and Canada. “The Universe of WILBY™” is a fun, educational, 100% safe, free online social universe for children and their family. Read the rest of this entry »

In this free to play casual arcade game from Industry Corporation, gamers play as space kids Zip and Zap, who must protect their ship from an asteroid field. Armed with invincible energy shields, bash everything that moves to collect points and earn combos. Zip Zap is a challenging tap-to-move survival game with hours and hours of replay value. Read the rest of this entry »

Concerned Children’s Advertisers (CCA) today announced the development of a first-ever interactive experience that uses kids’ daily exercise as the sole energy source for playing an online game. The project, which involves equipping youth with a digital pedometer that tracks and uploads their every step, is being tested with a pilot group of 250 kids in communities across Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its new Maypole Challenge update for the studio’s cartoon style third-person shooter MicroVolts.  In this new spring update, MicroVolters worldwide will battle it out together to complete particular goals to unlock exclusive prizes that will benefit the entire MicroVolts community.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rockstar has announced its Max Payne 3 downloadable content plans with a full lineup of multiplayer content planned for release this summer and beyond, starting with the Local Justice Map Pack coming in June. Players will also be able to order the Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass to get all of the upcoming DLC at a special discounted rate, compared to purchasing each pack individually. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive educational game developer SpongeLab has released a new game on its web site. Dragon Breederis a free to play game that gives players the opportunity to learn about genetic inheritance as they breed dragon species, complete phenotype missions and meet monstrous creatures in a cloud-hopping sky world. Become the dragon master by breeding all types of dragons. Read the rest of this entry »

Tribal Nova, the developers behind the award winning PBS Kids Play! and CBC Wonderworld online learning programs have announced the launch of “i Learn With”, a suite of early childhood education apps designed exclusively for iPad. i Learn With is a curriculum-oriented, game-based school readiness program for children ages 3-6, developed and designed with experts in early childhood development to deliver a fun and truly educational experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Chipped Stones has announced its new title Acidity, a new bagatelle-like game for iOS devices is available now on iTunes as a free-to-play download. Unlike the traditional game, the player has some control over the ball after its release, as well as other novel elements such as mobile pins. Read the rest of this entry »