Village Gamer

On Saturday, April 28, lines extended around a New York City block where over 2,500 people from around the world converged at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen to attend the finals of the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series. Powered by Virgin Gaming and played exclusively on the PlayStation^®3, this pioneering event received worldwide participation by conducting preliminary qualifying matches online, resulting in over 100,000 competitors from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Online science education company Spongelab Interactive has released a free online playable version of Knowledge Mine, a trivia game that combines puzzle genres to challenge and reward players’ knowledge of biology. Knowledge Mine is a science quiz title intended for high school and post secondary students. Read the rest of this entry »

Scotland’s Dimensional Imaging (DI) has announced the delivery of the latest version of its DI3D™ software to Electronic Arts. EA has been using DI3D™ software to capture highly accurate 3D facial likenesses of athletes and performers for inclusion in its videogames since 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced  the availability of the EA Sports™ SSX™ Mt. Eddie and Classic Characters DLC packs on Xbox LIVE® and the PlayStation®Network. Building upon the successful re-launch of the SSX franchise with 25 review scores of 9/10 or higher, the SSX DLC packs pay homage to the franchise’s rich heritage with the SSX Tricky inspired Mt. Eddie, three retro music tracks, and seven classic retro-themed characters from the SSX universe. SSX fans can purchase both packs as a bundle for $6.49 or download the packs separately for $3.99 each. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

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 »