23rd
May
2012
Launched by award--winning mobile video game developer XMG Studio Inc., Fashion Star Boutique brings the hottest trends from the runways of the fashion world and incorporates them into a seriously fun game for smartphones and tablets. Fashion Star Boutique inspires aspiring designers to create their own fashion line and manage their very own store. Read the rest of this entry »
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16th
May
2012
Ganz, creator of Webkinz World™, the original kids’ online world, is excited to introduce a game-changing innovation in family-friendly virtual fun: Webkinz Friends™ on Facebook. Now teen and adult Webkinz™ fans can play the new Webkinz Friends social game, growing their Webkinz Friends family and creating the Kinzville of their dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
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15th
May
2012
marblemedia has announced that the site for its hit kids’ game show Splatalot has become the highest performing digital media property in the company’s history. The site offers an exciting variety of fun, interactive games that go hand in hand with the TV series. Launched in 2011, the site has become home to Splatalot fans from around the globe and has seen games played an outstanding total of over 33 million times. marblemedia will be attending and speaking at the 2012 INplay conference being held today and tomorrow in Toronto, showcasing the best of interactive kids media from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
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15th
May
2012
Czech Republic-based Amanita Design and Vancouver developer Hothead Games have partnered to announce the launch of Machinarium for Android, including Google Play, Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the NOOK App™ store. Android tablet users can now discover the award-winning, steam punk world of Machinarium, navigating a clever little robot called Josef from the scrapheap into the city to save his robot girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
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9th
May
2012
East Side Games, notorious for its successful social game Pot Farm, has just released a major update to their iOS title NomNom Combo – a game full of hungry critters and plenty of nomnoming. In this big update, East Side Games has added special Spinner Wheels to NomNom Combo. Read the rest of this entry »
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9th
May
2012
Going Loud Studios is proud to announce that “DLC Quest”, winner of Official Xbox Magazine’s Xbox Indie Game of the Year 2011 and a finalist for Best Indie Game at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards, is now available for purchase from the Mac App Store, at a promotional price of $0.99 USD. Read the rest of this entry »
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2nd
May
2012
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 »
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2nd
May
2012
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 »
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1st
May
2012
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 »
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21st
April
2012
Canadians have lots of reasons to enjoy mashing mosquitoes. But now with a new online game called Mosquito Masher, they can bash those bothersome bugs and save lives at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »
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