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Vancouver online and social game developer Roadhouse Interactive Ltd. has acquired Facebook and iOS game developer The Embassy Interactive, also based in Vancouver. The acquisition will further strengthen Roadhouse’s development capabilities and enable the company to quickly expand its roster of projects which currently includes Family Guy Online™ and MechWarrior Tactics™. The Embassy Interactive was founded in 2008 and has developed several social games including UFC® Undisputed™ Fight Nation for Facebook, and Tangram Puzzle Pro for iPhone, an original IP that reached #2 in US iTunes downloads.
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A slew of major Canadian-produced video game titles are shining at this year’s E3 Expo, highlighting the strength and vitality of Canada’s video game industry. At this year’s E3 Expo, taking place in Los Angeles from June 5 to 7, 2012, Canadian-developed blockbuster titles such as Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed III, WB Games Montreal’s Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition for the WiiU, Electronic Arts’ FIFA Soccer 13 and United Front Games’ Little Big Planet Karting are taking centre stage. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo has revealed a massive lineup of first- and third-party video games for its upcoming Wii U home console, including new games in the Super Mario Bros., Pikmin, Wii Fit, Batman: Arkham City, Scribblenauts, Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance franchises. The Wii U console launches this holiday season and introduces the Wii U GamePad, a controller with a 6.2-inch touch screen that redefines how people interact with their games, their entertainment and one another. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc. has announced that the Toronto-based multiplatform deployer of interactive entertainment has signed an agreement with a leading IPTV solution provider. Under the terms of the agreement, the solution provider has licensed the rights to develop a series of GameTree™ TV based video games for distribution starting with a major North American IPTV service operator. Read the rest of this entry »

The integration of GenAudio’s AstoundSound® for Gaming with Audiokinetic’s award winning Wwise game audio engine offers game developers the ability to provide a new dimension in audio performance ranging from stereo enhancement to full-blown, immersive audio spatialization. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced a program to waive distribution fees on Origin™ for any developer that has a successfully crowd-funded, ready-to-publish downloadable PC game. Origin will provide distribution services free of charge for 90 days after the game’s launch, giving new crowd-funded games a chance to reach the growing Origin audience of more than 12 million registered users worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

INplay’s world is made of Lego. Or that is what Mark Surman, Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, wants us to see.  Not a far reach for the kid creatives in the audience who were looking for inspiration and ideas at this year’s international event. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based videogame creator Ryan Henson Creighton is set to lead a diverse team of over 30 creative professionals for one of the largest game jam teams ever assembled: Project Overboard. The game will be designed in its entirety over the course of the weekend of May 11-13, and will be made available for purchase online directly after. Read the rest of this entry »

Teradici, the developer of the PC-over-IP^® (PCoIP^®) protocol, together with Zoic Studios, a visual effects company, will host a live webinar on May 10 presenting the studio’s use of remote workstation solutions. As part of the “True Experience. Network Delivered.” webinar series, Teradici will provide an inside look into the IT challenges faced by creative teams in the entertainment industry. Read the rest of this entry »

BlackCherry Digital Media Inc. has announced the release of BC Gesture Library in the Unity Asset Store for $60.00 USD. An easy-to-use library of gesture scripts designed for the Unity3D community by a team of experienced Unity3D developers, BC Gesture Library comes with a rich graphical user interface allowing developers to explore the extensive collection of gestures and options for touch, drag, slice, swipe and many more. The user-friendly interface lets developers first test the gesture they want to use before applying it to a game object. Read the rest of this entry »