From PocketGamer.biz:
As part of a three-way deal with THQ Wireless and Team17 Software, EA Mobile has confirmed that it has picked up the Worms license, giving the publisher rights to all past and future releases in the series on mobile.
The move has long been common knowledge, talk that EA was interested in a [...]

Juste un petit rappel à propos de deux activités qui prennent place demain (Mercredi) soir. À laquelle irez-vous?
 
IGDA Montreal: February 24th: Jonathan Knight discussing adaption of Dante’s Inferno
"Burn Babe, Burn: Adapting Dante’s Inferno"
Is Dante Alighieri laughing, or rolling, in his grave?  Can the world’s most exciting and dynamic entertainment medium tackle the challenge of [...]

Here is a review of Blood Bowl, a fantasy sports game (based on a board game) developed by Cyanide (who has offices in Montreal).
 
From GameTrailers:
Can the gory action of Blood Bowl bring a new crowd to sports games?
 

Video Games | Blood Bowl | Review HD
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

From GameTrailers (also on YouTube):
Here’s another trailer for Splinter Cell: Conviction, from Ubisoft Montreal, coming out April 13th.
This trailer examines the storyline in more detail. Are you all eager to play it?
 

Video Games | Splinter Cell: Conviction | Story Trailer HD
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Update: From Gamasutra: Ubisoft Responds To Online-Only PC DRM Outcry
 
Update: Here is a funny comic from Ctrl+Alt+Del:

 
From PC Gamer (via Joystiq):
When we heard of Ubisoft’s plan to require an internet connection for all their future PC games, we hoped they’d abort it or scale it back in the face of the outrage and [...]

From Gamasutra (via Massively):
As the MMO genre matures, and as certain avenues of competition are closed off by saturation, developers naturally begin to turn their sights towards unexplored territory for the genre. One such is Funcom’s Ragnar Tornquist; perhaps best known for The Longest Journey, he’s more interested in exploring a supernaturally-tinged present-day world [...]

From Gamasutra:
Electronic Arts is set to close servers for a number of its games, removing the online component from titles like Godfather and Lord of the Rings: Conquest beginning in March.
Consumer weblog Kotaku located a full list of the planned closures — many are original Xbox titles, the service which Microsoft itself plans to [...]

From Montreal Gazette:
The Quebec government announced Monday a new program to accelerate permanent residency status for foreign-trained workers.
Immigration and Cultural Communities Minister Yolande James made the announcement at the Science Centre in Montreal’s Old Port accompanied by the executives from two of the city’s leading high-tech firms, Electronic Arts, and CGI.
James said the [...]