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Music for Productions has just announced that they have added new production music for film and TV. The service offers tracks and original scores for broadcasting, film and television that maintain the quality and standards that are necessary for professional audio tracks. Music for Productions works with new and popular composers to bring the best stock music quality to their clients, and releases new production music for film and TV on a regular basis, to keep productions fresh and to offer the widest variety of production music on the market. Read the rest of this entry »

The essence of weekend living will soon be available 24/7 on television with the launch of the new Cottage Life channel. Building on the over 25 year history of this iconic brand, viewers can tune-in starting Wednesday September 4^th to watch new, exclusive shows on favourite themes like DIY, food, real estate and outdoor living to bring the lifestyle home. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

The 11^th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF), the largest festival of Latin American cinema in Canada, proudly announced that Colombian film will be the spotlight of this year’s festival. From August 30 to September 8, filmmakers from Colombia and other regions in Latin America will be attending the festival to showcase some of their most recent works. Read the rest of this entry »

MechWarrior Online developer Piranha Games and publisher Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) revealed the final tally of the “Sarah’s ‘Mech” fundraiser drive for the Canadian Cancer Society, a campaign honoring the passing of one of the youngest and most talented Canadian pilots in the Inner Sphere, five-year-old Sarah Marie Alida Parries. The custom Jenner Class Chassis Champion ‘Mech, “Sarah’s ‘Mech”, raised more than $122,200. 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 »

Boingo Wireless, a Los Angeles-based DAS and Wi-Fi provider that serves consumers, carriers and advertisers worldwide, today announced the expansion of the company’s Wi-Fi advertising network in Canada, via new agreements with retail Wi-Fi solutions provider BOLDstreet Wireless. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the basic facts and features for the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins from WB Games Montréal (multiplayer by Splash Damage). According to the game’s release date, I have two months to finish Batman: Arkham Asylum (about 50% complete) and Batman: Arkham City, which I haven’t even opened yet. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game development studio Red Barrels announced today that its highly anticipated – and widely feared – survival horror game Outlast is now available for pre-order on Steam. Starting today through the PC launch on September 4, 2013, gamers who pre-order Outlast will receive a 20 percent discount off of the $19.99 price. Read the rest of this entry »

LevelUp, The Vancouver Island game industry association, will be welcoming dozens of video game developers from across North America this fall for the fourth edition of OrcaJam as part of the inaugural Thinklandia Festival. So what’s an OrcaJam? Simply put, it’s an event where a group of like-minded people get together and work on what they love; making games for 48 hours straight. Programmers, artists, audio engineers, board game designers… anyone interested in game development is welcome. Kicking off Friday, September 6th (6pm), and running through Sunday September 8th (6pm), OrcaJam lasts the entire weekend and includes a series of panel discussions, keynote speakers, a game showcase and judging panel and prizes at the end! Read the rest of this entry »