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Qwyrk Media Inc. has announced the launch of a new app that lets users personalize email and social media messages with music, movie quotes and sound effects. Available throughout North America, Qwyrk is an innovative application for audio “social self-expression” that allows users to add up to 24 seconds of a song, movie clip or sound effect to an email, Facebook post or tweet. Drawing from some of the world’s top record labels, movie studios and sound effect libraries, Qwyrk provides access to millions of licensed audio tracks which can be edited to complement just about any digital message, and sent or shared to make friends laugh, cry or smile. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Romance Writers of America, more than 74 million people read romance novels each year. Most of them are women. Independent Vancouver game studio Silicon Sisters invites these women to try something new: playing a romance on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.  The newly released romance game Everlove is now available worldwide on the iTunes App Store. Everlove stars a young woman named Rose who has turned to past-life regression in order to gain insight into her personal problems. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that the official game demo for the award winning EA Sports NHL®14 is available for download today in North America on Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation® Network. Powered by a generation of the best EA Sports™ technology, NHL 14 delivers hockey at its finest with big hits, real fights, unbelievable speed and skill. The NHL 14 demo features three modes: the NHL 94 Anniversary Mode, Play Now, and Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT). The NHL 14 demo is available for download in Europe on Xbox LIVE today and tomorrow, August 21, on PlayStation Network. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its latest update – The Alpha – for their popular free-to-play cartoon-style third-person shooter, MicroVolts.  The Micro World is under distress! Broken toys are rising in colossal numbers and alliances must be forged to fend off an invasion! Join the toy war, register for events and check out the latest happenings on the MicroVolts official site. Read the rest of this entry »

In Zorbit’s Math Adventure, a new app for iPad and iPhone from Mount Pearl developer Best Boy Entertainment, preschoolers help Zorbit and his colorful alien friends prepare for an intergalactic journey to Earth. Without any need for adult help, children learn all the math concepts they need to be ready for Kindergarten, entirely through story and play. Read the rest of this entry »

I have spent several “minutes” (or hours) playing the latest Nintendo title for Wii U over the past few weeks. I was given an advance copy by Nintendo – and to be completely truthful, I never played the first two titles in the franchise so I had no idea what to expect, or what improvements (if any) have advanced the game’s play and features over the previous iterations. I also had absolutely no idea how Pikmin 3 worked or what the premise was. I was also very ill-prepared for the “daily” time limit on exploration and task completion. Adding to that the fact is that we have not had a Wii U for very long, so new game, new platform – should be interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

LEGO® Legends of CHIMA™ Online is an all-new, free to play online game based on the popular toy line and cartoon series from the LEGO® Group. The game has entered its Open Beta test phase and WB Games Montréal is inviting you, and any kids you know, to get a first look in advance of the full release this fall. You can play the game now, but first check out the first gameplay trailer: Read the rest of this entry »

PC gamers disheartened that they couldn’t enjoy the bone-crushing gameplay and galvanizing art of Guacamelee! can now rejoice as DrinkBox Studios brings the award-winning action-platformer to Steam today. DrinkBox is offering a special Guacamelee! Gold Edition exclusively for Steam users for $14.99 USD. To celebrate the launch, Drinkbox is also offering a special 10 percent promotional discount on Guacamelee! and a free Steam code for the critically acclaimed Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack from now until August 15th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Year of Luigi is going strong, and the celebration of the 30^th anniversary of everyone’s favourite younger brother continues with Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, available exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system on Aug. 11. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team puts players inside the head of Luigi … literally! In the game, players journey into the imaginative dreams of Luigi to help save Pi’illo Island from a mysterious villain. Using the touch screen on the Nintendo 3DS system, players can manipulate a sleeping Luigi to make fantastical things happen in the dream world, such as altering the dream world environment and growing Luigi to gargantuan size. In his dreams, Luigi also has amazing powers called Luiginary Attacks, such as spawning hundreds of Luigis to form towers, giant hammers and wrecking balls to do battle with a host of nightmares. Read the rest of this entry »

Frima Studio has announced that the Nuns are on an all-new mission in the convent-ional, fast-paced Eternal Runner Nun Attack: Run & Gun. The Nuns haven’t shed their dirty habits! Rosy, Olga, Mandy and Eva are back with a smattering of Higher Power-ups and divine new abilities. Nun Attack: Run & Gun can be downloaded for free now on iOS and Android devices. Read the rest of this entry »