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Assassin’s Creed III’s Tyranny of King Washington – a three-part DLC series from Ubisoft that explores an alternate reality in which George Washington goes mad with unlimited power and foregoes Presidency to rule as tyrannical King. In this alternate world, Connor is and remains Ratonhnhaké:ton. Having never become an Assassin, he must endure new trials, acquiring the skills he’ll need to take down a possessed Washington and win freedom for his land once and for all. Read the rest of this entry »

GO Transit is introducing GO Tracker, another customer communications tool released by the region’s transit agency to keep their passengers in the know. GO Tracker is a web tool that provides real-time GO Train departure information right in the palm of the customer’s hand. On their mobile device or computer, passengers can view their estimated train departure times and platform information. Read the rest of this entry »

Turn on your Rudolph mp3, pour yourself a low-fat cocoa and curl up beside the faux fireplace with your cellphone: the winter holidays have entered the 21st century and are playing out before our eyes on social media. HootSuite has gotten into the holiday spirit with a dedicated Holiday social media command center, gathering together all the treats Twitter and Facebook have to offer this December. Anyone in the retail industry knows what a valuable time of year this is, but also how hectic and even frustrating it can be for customers. Understanding the real-time sentiment of seasonal shoppers will give businesses insight on how their clients are feeling about stores, products and the shopping experience in general. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media management system HootSuite has expanded its App Directory and its appeal for the second time in just over a month. This, the tenth wave of #SocialApps, includes some of the most popular content creation tools on the web: Vimeo, self-hosted WordPress.org blogs, Via.Me, Reachli, and Scripted. Among HootSuite’s over 5 million international users are countless artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, and other creative spirits who, along with all highly engaged users, will be able to draw significant value from these new apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Infinite Game Publishing and Piranha Games have launched key competitive gameplay advancements for the ultimate Mech simulator, MechWarrior Online with 8v8 custom group Match Making, Electronic Counter Measure Suite warfare as well as the next Hero Mech, Ilya Muromets. In addition, players can outfit their cockpit with holiday-themed cockpit items including a Santa bobblehead. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft also announced yesterday that the first downloadable content pack for Assassin’s Creed III, The Hidden Secrets, is now available for Season Pass holders for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will be available for everyone else on December 11 via Xbox LIVE®, PlayStation®Network and for Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will release for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® announced yesterday that Far Cry®3, the open world first person shooter from Ubisoft Montreal and Massive, is now available on the Xbox 360®, Sony PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC.  Far Cry 3 has received critical acclaim by reviewers and is currently the highest rated shooter of the year (according to Metacritic). In Far Cry 3, players step into the shoes of Jason Brody, a man alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island. In this savage paradise where lawlessness and violence are the only sure thing, players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they choose to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way. As Jason Brody, players will slash, sneak, detonate and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost all sense of right and wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

Hibernum Creations, a developer of unique gaming experiences, today released a major update for their musical multiplayer App, Hum a Song, which includes a number of game enhancements based on player feedback. Highly-requested additions include support for email invitations and a streamlined interface that lets players specifically challenge friends who have Hum a Song installed. Try out all the new features and see what everyone’s been humming about, for free. Read the rest of this entry »

hmv Canada has officially announced the launch of The Vault, its new digital subscription based streaming service. With millions of tracks available and constantly growing, the Vault will offer Canadians unlimited access to the hottest new releases, the biggest hits, and the deepest catalog in music. Read the rest of this entry »

Wishpond has launched the Wishpond Agency Program, bringing together all of the tools agencies need for social, mobile, online and local marketing for their clients.Now Agencies can leverage Wishpond, which is already being usedby more than 15,000 Retailers and Brands, to help their clients with a broad array of online marketing activities including running ads, sweepstakes andcontests, creating Social Stores, engaging fans via social networks like Pinterest, and analyzing prospect engagement and demographic patterns. Read the rest of this entry »