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13th December 2012

13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Open For Nominations

The Game Developers Conference has opened nominations for the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards through January 4, 2013. Produced by GDC parent company the UBM Tech Game Network, the Choice Awards are the most prestigious honors in the world of video game development. The Game Developers Choice Awards recognize the artistry and technical genius of leading industry professionals across multiple game development disciplines. The 13th Annual Awards ceremony will take place on the evening of March 27th, during GDC 2013 in San Francisco. Read the rest of this entry »

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13th December 2012

GREE Announces Knights & Dragons: Rise of the Dark Prince For iOS

IUGOGREE has announced the release of Knights & Dragons: Rise of the Dark Prince, an all-new free-to-play game for iOS devices developed in collaboration with Vancouver developer IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc. Knights & Dragons takes players on a medieval adventure to a fantastical kingdom, a once-peaceful place that has been overrun by the evil Dark Prince and his army. Knights & Dragons offers a suite of robust social features, including battling friends in weekly player-versus-player tournaments, hiring friends’ knights to use in battle, accessing leaderboards, and viewing players’ profiles and adding them as friends. Players will also able to check their in-game achievements and send game invites to other users. Read the rest of this entry »

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13th December 2012

Extreme Venture Partners backs Canadian startup Vouchr Ltd.

VouchrVouchr Ltd. today launched the Vouchr iPhone application, a free, fun, and simple way to make the best local recommendations for friends and family. Backed by notable investors such as Extreme Venture Partners towards a $1M seed round, the Vouchr app is available immediately in Canada on the iPhone App Store. Vouchr distinguishes itself from similar services through its novel approach to recommendations. Through the app, users ‘vouch’ for experiences they love at real-world locations by creating vouchers that only their Facebook friends can claim. The first friend to claim the voucher using the Vouchr app gets a gift of cash dedicated towards enjoying that experience. Why just recommend a great burger to your friends when you can give it to them as a gift? Read the rest of this entry »

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13th December 2012

Sprylogics Signs Definitive Agreement with PCS Wireless

mini-orbySprylogics International, an international provider of innovative mobile messaging monetization services, has has signed a Definitive Agreement with open market distributor of mobile devices PCS Wireless LLC. Sprylogics and PCS Wireless intend to add value to those devices through the distribution and preloading of Sprylogics’ 2ya application for Facebook Chat Mobile Messaging solution, which utilizes the Company’s Liquid Messaging Platform. The application will be distributed throughout North America across PCS’s Android device portfolio. Read the rest of this entry »

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13th December 2012

Oasis Animation to Produce a New Season of Martha Speaks for WGBH to Air on PBS KIDS

oasis animationOasis Animation is proud to announce that it has concluded a deal with PBS station WGBH for the production of 16 new episodes of Martha Speaks, an animated PBS KIDS television series for kids ages 4-7. Oasis will provide the preproduction, digital animation and postproduction services on the series, from its Montreal studios. This production will create 70 new jobs in Quebec. Read the rest of this entry »

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