Apr
22
2010
Congratulations to Montreal’s own Gamerizon team! Can’t wait to try the game out.
From Gamerizon.com:
The first version of Chop Chop Tennis was just uploaded to the App Store and is awaiting for Apple’s approval!
This first version contains the following single player modes:
Practice Wall: Just like lots of kids play tennis, play on the wall of their [...]
Apr
21
2010
CG Con’s “The White Conference” is coming to Montreal in a few days, April 23rd – 25th (see our previous post).
Again here is the list of speakers.
Here is your chance to win one of our two passes for the event (valued at $299 each).
How to win? You might be randomly chosen if you:
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Apr
21
2010
From GameSpy:
Warner Bros. continued its thrust into the videogame industry today, gobbling up Boston-based Turbine, the studio behind MMOs Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online. The acquisition effectively gives Warners all game rights to the LOTR franchise.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group made the announcement today, less than two months after [...]
Apr
21
2010
From Joystiq:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution [from Eidos Montreal] may be a long ways off, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the first two games in the series right now. In fact, if you’ve never dabbled in the series before, now is the perfect time, as Steam has both Deus Ex: Game of the [...]
Apr
20
2010
L’ÉNDI (École nationale en divertissement interactif à Québec) est fière de présenter sa dernière œuvre: Skate cross, notre premier jeu iPhone, publié à ce jour sur l’appstore !
Réalisé en moins de douze semaines par les étudiants de notre dernière cohorte, Skate Cross vous entrainera dans une course endiablée à travers les rues de Québec, [...]
Apr
20
2010
From Gamasutra:
The organizers of next month’s GDC Canada event in Vancouver are offering free Main Conference passes to Canadian game developers laid off in the last twelve months to help them return to the game industry.
Continuing a similar program conducted during GDC Canada 2009, and recognizing the toll the recession has taken [...]
Apr
20
2010
Trouvé sur Loto-Québec:
Loto-Québec félicite chaleureusement Les Produits Scientific Games (Canada) de l’acquisition d’une presse rotative en ligne qui place son usine montréalaise à l’avant-garde mondiale de la technologie en matière d’impression de billets de loterie.
« Bien qu’elle soit relativement méconnue, la collaboration entre Loto-Québec et son imprimeur se poursuit de façon ininterrompue depuis 40 [...]
Apr
20
2010
From Fast Company (via GamePolitics):
Ubisoft announced today that the company was launching two green initiatives. Starting with the upcoming Shaun White Skateboarding, Ubisoft games will no longer feature paper manuals packed in with the discs. These games will now feature digital manuals accessible within the games’ menus. "That is going to provide a huge [...]