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Eidos-Montréal®, a part of Square Enix Europe and the award winning studio behind the critically acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, has officially unveiled THIEF™ for PC, PlayStation®4, and other next generation consoles. THIEF is a reinvention of a franchise that helped define an entire genre of games, and is scheduled for a 2014 release. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian indie developer Phantom Compass takes its upcoming pinball puzzle role-playing game Rollers of the Realm on several side-quests in March. Rollers brings together the drama of RPGs with the fun and skill mastery of pinball, combining physics puzzle play with a unique nudge mechanic. Each character is a pinball, and each scene in the story is a new pinball board. Players can hot-swap characters during play to combat enemies on each board and protect their vulnerable flippers. A vertical slice of gameplay will debut in San Francisco this month. Read the rest of this entry »

Continue your journey with the Manatalopian Knights of Roaming Fortress as they discover the mythical Road of Anak and experience the monstrous power of a fierce and aggressive magic at work. Brisk Mobile and YETi CGI today announced the new Rage Campaign Expansion is now available on iTunes and soon on Google Play. Recently awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ in the GDC Play 2013 ‘Best in Play’ Showcase, the iPhone and Android Phone versions of Roaming Fortress are coming at the end of March. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft announced Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag, the next installment in the company’s best-selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag introduces an all new hero and setting, and will feature the most diverse and seamless Assassin’s Creed world ever created.  In development for nearly two years, the game is being spearheaded by one of the veteran Assassin’s Creed teams in Ubisoft Montreal with support from Ubisoft studios in Annecy, Bucharest, Kiev, Quebec, Singapore and Sofia.  Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag will be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and 4, Nintendo Wii U, Windows PC and other next generation consoles. The game will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii U™ on October 29, 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

CONCRETE is a first-person ‘experience’ from Dark Acre that explores cyberethics through the senses of a cyborg released as part of Breakdance Mcfunkypant’s One Game A Month initiative. Made over the course of the 4 weeks of February, 2013, ‘CONCRETE’ is an experimental game built in Unity 3D for play via web browsers. The player takes on the role of a cyborg tasked with assassination, and given a chance at redemption. It is an expansion on the characters and world introduced in ‘The Apartment‘, Jack’s previous month’s entry. ‘CONCRETE’ utilizes Allegorithmic’s Substance technology, enabling a high level of graphical fidelity at low overhead. The project is the culmination of over 28 months of full-time solo development by Jack and is the second project to be offered for sale via patronage of Dark Acre.

On March 6^th, Bay Street’s sharpest minds will compete against one another on Scrabble Night In Canada to raise money for Frontier College, Canada’s original literacy organization. With SCRABBLE® players like TMX Group’s CEO Tom Kloet, and CIBC’s Senior EVP Richard Nesbitt, along with journalists and Olympic athletes, the evening is bound to be a raucous evening, all for a good cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Spin Master Games is thrilled to announce it is the #3 Games Manufacturer in Annual 2012 according to The NPD Group* and has recently acquired the worldwide rights to Perplexus™. Spin Master Games has seen remarkable growth over the last year. The launch of the new kids game Fibber™ in Fall 2012 was extremely successful and was #1 dollar growth games property in Q4 2012 according to NPD and was nominated for Game of the Year by the Toy Industry Association. Popular games, Hedbanz™ and Logo™, continued to be top sellers, Logo™ being the #1 in family games and Hedbanz™ is the #1 children’s game, according to NPD in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Vblank Entertainment has announced that the critically acclaimed 8-bit open world action parody Retro City Rampage will be available for download from WiiWare in North America and Europe tomorrow, February 28th. As a special bonus, both the WiiWare and PC/Steam (via a free update on the same day) versions will include the “ROM City Rampage” Prototype. Experience what Retro City Rampage could’ve been like if it were actually released in the ’80s, as a 100% hardware-accurate ROM. If you have not yet tried Retro City Rampage on your PC, the Steam version is on sale for 50% off today only.

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Prepare to tear up the streets of Hong Kong in the next explosive, mission-based add-on pack for Sleeping Dogs. Unleash the firepower of the game’s first weaponised vehicle: an upgradeable supercar with roof-mounted machine guns, four-wheel steering and an EMP pulse weapon. Drug smuggling is big business for Hong Kong’s triad gangs and Wei Shen’s long-time friend Dr Tang has created the ultimate vehicle to turn the tide of the turf wars: a fully weaponised supercar. Uprated and upgradeable, the DZS-90 will give Wei Shen enough armour and firepower to take control of business and seize the streets back from the rival 18K gang. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicholas Stratigopoulos, a physical and health education teacher in Montreal, has announced the launch of his third educational app, Soccer PE. It is designed to encourage physical activity through the sport of soccer and ultimately designed to encourage the adoption of an active and healthy lifestyle for children. Read the rest of this entry »