Tag Archive 'press release'

Sep 02 2010

Korean Game Developers Adopt Autodesk Kynapse Middleware

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Note: Most (if not all) of the Autodesk middleware developers are based in Montreal.
 
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., September 1, 2010 — Korean game developers MAIET Entertainment and WeMade Entertainment have both licensed Autodesk Kynapse artificial intelligence (AI) middleware for their respective upcoming titles, "GunZ2: The Second Duel" and a new MMORPG, currently codenamed "LF." The studios [...]

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Jan 21 2010

EA: Tetris Game Surpasses 100 Million Paid Mobile Downloads, Is the Best-Selling Mobile Phone Game of All Time

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Blue Planet Software, Inc., the company that manages the exclusive licensing rights to the Tetris(R) game, and EA Mobile(TM), a division of Electronic Arts Inc., today announced at a press conference at the EA Montreal studio that Tetris has reached over 100 million paid downloads on mobile phones since 2005, making it the pre-eminent [...]

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Jan 19 2010

The NAD Centre is entering the blogosphere and social networks

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Since last November, The National Animation and Design Centre (Centre NAD) started a blog in order to share and exchange with 3D fans, information concerning its programs, students’ work, graduates’ career paths, as well as its involvement in the video game, film and television industries, pertaining not only to education but also to its [...]

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Jan 14 2010

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Honored with Game Developer Front Line Award

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 modeling, animation and rendering software has received the 2009 Front Line Award for Best Art Tool from Game Developer magazine. Autodesk Mudbox 2009 digital sculpting and texture painting software was a finalist in the same category.
The annual Front Line awards recognize the best tools in the game industry, as [...]

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Jan 07 2010

Funcom Montreal: Miguel Caron est PDG, 100 à 150 emplois pour 2010

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Trouvé sur Radio-Canada:
L’entreprise spécialisée dans le développement de jeux vidéo en ligne Funcom, qui annonçait l’ouverture d’un bureau à Montréal en septembre dernier, commence à déménager.
Pour l’instant, environ 25 employés des bureaux de l’entreprise en Norvège et en Chine ont été déployés dans la métropole. Parmi eux, des concepteurs de l’entreprise qui développent de nouveaux [...]

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