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Big Blue Bubble’s hugely popular and critically-hailed My Singing Monsters is the winner of the Global Game Stars (GGS) competition at GMIC 2013, passing hundreds of other titles from around the world represented at the Silicon Valley technology conference this past Wednesday. The event kicked off Monday, October 21^st, with three full days of seminars, panel discussions, and exhibitions, as well as talks from industry moguls and mobile specialists. The Global Game Stars competition was adjudicated by several major players, to include representatives from Onavo, PopCap, and Kabam, among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Game Connection Europe has unveiled the list of yet unsigned game projects nominated for the prestigious European Selected Projects 2013 Awards. On the morning of 3rd December at the Selected Projects Awards Ceremony, each of the 15 nominees will have 5 minutes to pitch their project in front of all the publishers, distributors and buyers at Game Connection Europe. The jury will then award 2013’s Overall Best Project from amongst the hugely impressive and varied, international array of entries – based on presentation quality, project innovation and market potential. Once the final selection has been made, the winners will be presented with their prizes by official sponsors of the Selected Projects program, Sony XDEV Studio Europe, Microsoft Studios and Namco Bandai Games. Read the rest of this entry »

Gaming clothes label musterbrand has announced it is partnering with Ubisoft to release an apparel and accessories collection based on video game Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. The officially licensed collection is now available online. Read the rest of this entry »

The 4^th annual Merging Media Conference is placing special emphasis on global perspectives through the introduction of a unique pilot initiative called “Projects Seeking Partners.” The program invites producers from other parts of the world to come and pitch their cross-media projects to potential Canadian co-producers. By the way, you can win a pass to the conference in our contest, which runs until noon on October 30th. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine you’ve just found out your six-year-old child needs surgery in a couple of weeks. Where do you begin? My First Surgery is now available on iTunes to help parents and patients better prepare for their first time in the operating room. Dr. Robert Baird, a practicing surgeon at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, saw a need for a communications tool that could help ease parents’ anxiety about the process. The interactive app breaks down each step by explaining what will happen before, during and after the surgery. Undergoing surgery is never easy for a child—or a parent– but this app will help make the entire process a little less scary. Read the rest of this entry »

Ontario law firm Harrison Pensa LLP has announced that a settlement has been reached and approved by the Court whereby NVIDIA Corporation has agreed to pay CAD $1,900,000.00 in exchange for a full release of claims brought on behalf of Canadians who purchased a computer for use and not for resale equipped with a defective NVIDIA graphics card known as either a Graphics Processing Unit or a Media Communications Chip (“GPUs”). Consumers are eligible for compensation if they purchased certain laptop computers for use and not for resale made by Apple, Compaq, Dell, HP, or Sony that contain a defective GPU made by NVIDIA (the “Affected Computers”). A full list of “Affected Computers” is available online. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has launched Let’s Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians, a discussion about the future of Canada’s television system. The regulatory agency wants to hear from as many Canadians as possible, and the broadcasting industry can play a role in making them aware of Let’s Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Hippo Productions Ltd. has teamed up with Sharknife creator Corey Lewis to lift his epic battles out of the comic book pages and into the video game world of MicroVolts Surge! Just in time for Halloween, players can get the new game update now free to download.  The war between action figures over battery resources surges on at the Microvolts site. The first two characters to be released as part of the Sharknife Signature Edition sets are the titular Sharknife himself, and his eternal rival Orcasword. Read the rest of this entry »

New York’s Cieri Media is launching a new festival aimed at showcasing the geekiest shorts they can find. The Ge/Ne/rk Fest NYC, which stands for Geek/Nerd/Dork Festival, is looking for submissions – I couldn’t find anything on their site that says “USA-made films only” so I am going on the presumption that it’s open to global submissions. The festival will accept submissions of short films, up to approximately 25 minutes in length, in the categories of Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror/Thriller, Fantasy, and Animation/Anime. Read the rest of this entry »

Eidos®-Montréal®, a Square Enix® studio, is pleased to announce that Deus Ex: Human Revolution® – Director’s Cut, the definitive version of the critically acclaimed action-RPG title, ships today in North America for the Nintendo Wii U™, the Xbox 360®, the PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC. Read the rest of this entry »