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The team at Funcom is excited to announce the very first seasonal event for the company’s recently launched modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World‘. The event went live on the game servers today and include an all new storyline, new characters and even a special secret society competition that players can take part in. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver indie developer Dingo Games has released its latest project into the game-o-sphere. In the Clumsy Cat iOS game, you control a mischievous cat wreaking havoc in his owners’ house. The cat’s owners will only be gone for a few minutes, so you’ll have to do as much damage as possible before they get back. How much destruction can one cat really do? Read the rest of this entry »

Step into the world of glamor in the latest detective adventure game from G5 Entertainment and Big Blue Bubble, as Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion, a PC game originally developed by Big Blue Bubble, now strides onto Google Play, Kindle Fire, Nook Color and Nook Tablet runway. And, after its initial launch as a free app (with full version unlock in-game), Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion is now available as a full, paid version on iOS. Initially released for PC, this hidden object adventure has spent over 10 days in top 10 of all major casual game charts and the game has also instantly won hearts of iOS users; thus we’re excited to extend the availability of this treasure to gamers favoring other gaming platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal startup Sky Motion Research Inc. has launched their new app, which gives minute by minute weather predictions on your Android and iOS devices as well as online in your browser. SkyMotion uses a proprietary 2-hour precipitation forecasting technology developed by Sky Motion Research called Nowcasting that automatically tracks and predicts all precipitation in the United States and Canada in real-time using Doppler weather radars and many other real-time weather observations. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions provider OpenText has announced the immediate availability of a new set of services that leverage the company’s recently acquired EasyLink cloud infrastructure to facilitate secure information exchange in the OpenText cloud. Read the rest of this entry »

Bill & Sons Towing, the ten?part comedic web series, is making its next stop on Apple devices as independent production company Ready, Set, Panic launches a dedicated app on the App Store. Bill & Sons Towing: The App brings users into the fictional and funny digital world of the father-­son towing company. The dysfunctional family at the heart of this series debuted on YouTube earlier this year, featuring the dark depravity of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia with the emotional heart of Modern Family. It stars Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch troupe The Imponderables and a host of Canadian talent including Gemini Award-­winners Nicholas Campbell, Sonja Smits and Jayne Eastwood. Read the rest of this entry »

Thinkers50 and Rotman School of Management have launched a groundbreaking app that provides an encyclopedic look at one of the world’s most influential thinkers: The Don Tapscott iPad App: New Solutions for a Connected Planet. Rather than a book, best-selling author and new media theorist Tapscott has developed an interactive and evolving tool appropriate for the digital age. The app introduces Tapscott’s latest thinking on how we can rebuild 10 institutions including the corporation, government, science, education, the media, democracy and our systems for solving global problems.  As such it’s a pretty bold initiative – proposing ideas on how we can do nothing less than rebuild our civilization for the networked age. Read the rest of this entry »

Title: Game Development For iOS With Unity3D
Author: Jeff Murray
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
Published: July 26 2012
Pages: 280
SRP: $48.60 CAD
ISBN-10: 1439892199 Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has announced the launch of its newest update – “A Nightmare on Sunset Street” – for its free-to-play multiplayer action-combat game, Brawl Busters. In time for Halloween, this update introduces a spooky new map, makes room for larger zombie battles and touts a brand new Capsule Machine.
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Polara, the new color switching side-runner from Vancouver-based mobile game developer Hope This Works Games, is now available as a universal app for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices running version 2.2 and up. The color-focused auto-runner can be purchased for the introductory price of $0.99 for a limited time. You’ll need lightning reflexes and a quick mind to survive Polara’s 50 challenging levels, and six different endless modes after completion, as you follow an immersive plot line to avenge the death of your father. Read the rest of this entry »