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Indigo has announced the arrival of the Kobo Arc on store shelves at all Indigo and Chapters stores nationally as well as online. The Kobo Arc is a competitively featured Android 4.0 multimedia tablet that provides a new way to discover content – books, movies, TV shows, music, web pages and more. With a Kobo-developed interface called Tapestries, Kobo Arc gives consumers an exciting new way to discover content. It’s the only tablet that gets to know you, so you get more of what you love. Read the rest of this entry »

The end of the world is nigh! Reverie World Studios is proud to announce the release of the “End of the World“ expansion event for its siege combat MMORTS game Dawn of Fantasy. This free massive expansion event unleashes the power of the dragons and has completely transformed the game world – cities lie in ruins and others are held by Dragon Kings and their minions. Players are invited to fight for survival and reclaim the online game world from the Dragons before it all burns down around them. Working alone or in co-op mode players will fight to overcome the greatest foe imaginable as they battle to liberate cities and push back the dragon threat. Read the rest of this entry »

A year ago, Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter was released and while full of potential, it didn’t quite meet expectations, including those set by the developer and publisher. Since its release, the main focus from publisher and developer has been to serve all of those that purchased and believed in Sword of the Stars II. Paradox Interactive has financed and distributed updates, giving Kerberos Studios the opportunity to continue patching the game to get it into a state where everyone can be proud of the product. Read the rest of this entry »

BenQ Canada Corp. has announced that the W1070 home entertainment projector will be available in Canada before the end of November at an MSRP of $999 (CAD). With full 1080p and 3D projection for under $1,000, the W1070 projector brings premium cinematic and multimedia experiences to home entertainment rooms — all at an exceptional value.  Read the rest of this entry »

SiteScout, a Toronto-based self-serve demand-side platform (DSP) for buying online advertising, has added significant mobile inventory and a number of new features to its ad-buying solution. Through integrations with MoPub, Nexage, Smaato and TapIt, SiteScout will provide its customers with more than 30 billion mobile impressions per month, making it the world’s largest self-serve mobile DSP. SiteScout is making mobile advertising intuitive and manageable, empowering advertisers to stretch their campaigns onto the devices consumers carry with them throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game development team Big Round Eyes is launching their online strategy board game “Pop ‘n’ Spawn” today. The free-to-play browser game combines amusing and captivating gameplay with the challenge and depth inspired by classic strategy games like chess and Go. Read the rest of this entry »

Vblank Entertainment‘s Retro City Rampage, which launched last month to very positive feedback and reception, has a new update based on player feedback. The update is available now for PS3, Vita and PC while the soon-to-be-released platforms, XBLA, WiiWare and PS3/Vita in Europe, will have the updates on their day one launch. Congratulations to Retro City Rampage for being the #1 PS Vita game for October and maintaining a 9.5+ customer score based on well over 1,000 ratings over the three platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal-based Genetec™, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, today unveiled its plans for bringing physical security software to the cloud. In conjunction with a strategic multi-year alliance with Microsoft Corp., Genetec is developing true, reliable, hosted security solutions including Video Surveillance, Access Control and License Plate Recognition (LPR) as a Service that will be built on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud-computing platform. The new cloud-based security solutions will combine the strength of Genetec’s unified security platform with the global reach, scalability, and reliability of Windows Azure. Following an aggressive development schedule, Genetec is planning on delivering its first cloud-based service offering in the first half of 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

iNTERFACEWARE™, a Toronto-based software provider committed to simplifying healthcare integration, has announced Iguana 5.5, the newest version of its powerful healthcare integration engine. The updated release builds upon the successful introduction of the Iguana Translator, an innovative development environment, and provides new options to organizations looking to streamline workflows, increase productivity and overall efficiencies while enhancing patient care. Read the rest of this entry »

Reverie World Studios has announced plans for the imminent expansion event to their flagship MMORTS game – Dawn of Fantasy. Beginning today, this massive expansion event which has been titled The End of the World, promises to greatly enhance the gameplay experience in Dawn of Fantasy’s Online Kingdom. And in Dawn of Fantasy’s best traditions – this expansion event is absolutely free. With fantastic siege combat in a persistent online world environment, players will build; trade; ally and siege with hundreds of other players as they try to rid the world of the Dragon menace. Read the rest of this entry »