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American corporation Zoo Entertainment, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary indiePub has formed a partnership with Connecticut-based 5381 Partners to support the release of its Android All-Stars prepaid retail card program, which will be distributed this holiday season to thousands of retail locations in United States and Canada, including Target, Toys R’ Us, Sam’s Club, Rogers Mobile and numerous others. Android All-Stars is being powered by indiePub’s proprietary digital delivery system which includes an Android client that also offers access to other All-Stars Android games. Read the rest of this entry »

Hothead Games has launched Gem King,which I thought was a new title – until I went and looked at the iTunes page for the game. Instead, it appears that it is a copy of Kickin’ Momma, a game which I thoroughly enjoy (and paid for), with a different name and a few updates. Kickin’ Momma has been removed from the App Store, and now this free duplicate is not compatible (and thus not downloadable) to my second generation iPod Touch, so apparently the “coming soon” screen on the 4th level of my Kickin’ Momma game will forever be empty – and the enjoyment I had in playing the game has been gutted. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. recently announced that ViXS’ XCode 4000 family of media processors are now being deployed in Toshiba’s latest High Definition (HD) TVs.  The XCode 4000 dual-stream HD to HD transcoding media processing system on chip (SoC) solution is shipping in all Toshiba’s Regza Z3 and ZP3 3D TV LCD models. Read the rest of this entry »

Software company OpenText has been selected a Top 100 Employer in Canada by editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers project for the 2012 competition. OpenText was also named in mid-September as a Top Employer for Young People in a special category of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers recognition for the second year in a row. Read the rest of this entry »

TransGaming Inc. will be adding over twenty new family-friendly titles to its fast-growing GameTree TV game platform for Smart TV. TransGaming has nearly tripled the size of the GameTree TV library to over 60 titles in the six months since its launch.

The new content will immediately be available to GameTree TV customers worldwide, and include successful independent titles such as Toki Tori, Field Runners, Slingo Supreme and TransGaming Developer Competition finalist games, Yo! Deshi and Smiles HD. The growth of the library has been made possible through TransGaming’s proprietary technology designed to rapidly enable games for multiple platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

For many a month, the crafty coders at XMG Studios have been as busy as buccaneers readying the sails and their new game “Powder Monkeys” for launch. They’ve had plenty of piratey fun, the odd sword battle, and truth be told they’ve even plundered the rum reserve more than once, but now’s the time to head to ship ya land lover. XMG’s “Powder Monkeys” sets sail in the App store today, and now you can start testing their awesome iOS game. Read the rest of this entry »

Things are about to get ‘real’ as Activision Publishing, Inc. confirmed today that PROTOTYPE®2 — Radical Entertainment’s highly anticipated open-world/action thriller — will be playable for the first time ever at New York Comic-Con in the Activision booth (#738).  In addition to giving fans a first taste of what PROTOTYPE 2’s new shape-shifting protagonist Sgt. James Heller is all about, Radical will also showcase part two of the game’s stunning three-part CG trailer series on the PROTOTYPE®2 web site on Friday October 14th, and has revealed the innovative online Infected monster creation tool PROTOTHINGY. Read the rest of this entry »

Earth has been captured, the galaxy is on the verge of total extinction, and it’s up to you as Commander Shepard to assemble the counter offensive and take Earth back. Award-winning developer BioWare, a label of Electronic Arts Inc.  has announced that multiplayer will be coming to the critically-acclaimed Mass Effect™ series for the very first time as part of the new Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mobile Marketing Association, along with its Premium Sponsors, is offering a series of interactive workshops  – Global Truths and Regional Relevance of Mobile Marketing: Insights Into The Canadian Marketplace in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal later this month. Tickets to these free sessions are limited, so register early. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent games developer Hothead Games celebrated the Canadian Thanksgiving, er, Thongsgiving this week with a special Steam sale offering on the sizzling action-RPG The Baconing, which will be available for $7.49 until Wednesday, October 18th. Read the rest of this entry »