Assassin’s Creed short film to be released on YouTube

Assassin’s Creed short film to be released on YouTube
Ubisoft has announced that they would release a short movie based on their videogame title Assassin’s Creed on YouTube.
This movie would be released on YouTube on October 27.
It has been created by the Hybride Technologies studio in Canada. YouTube would highlight this movie on [...]

Microsoft acquiring videogame company BigPark

Microsoft acquiring videogame company BigPark
US based software giant Microsoft has announced that they are now acquiring Canadian online game developer BigPark.
The two companies did not reveal the financial aspects of this acquisition deal.
BigPark was founded in 2007 and it consists of developers who had previously worked on popular gaming titles like Need for [...]

Ubisoft acquires Action Pants

Ubisoft acquires Action Pants
France based videogame company Ubisoft has announced that they are now acquiring Canadian company Action Pants.
This deal would help the company establish a presence in the Western Canadian market.
A company representative spoke about this acquisition deal: “We have been looking closely at Vancouver for some time, as we wished [...]

Rockstar Games and Microsoft Present the Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox LIVE® Weekend

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Microsoft proudly present the Grand Theft Auto IV LIVE Weekend exclusively on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network beginning Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28 in the United States and Canada. This special weekend will be open to Xbox LIVE Gold members [...]

Facebook disables Scrabulous for US and Canadian users

Facebook disables Scrabulous for US and Canadian users
Facebook has finally taken the decision and they have now disabled Scrabulous game for their US and Canada based visitors.
They had to take this action after Hasbro complained about copyright violation related to the game.
Hasbro owns the rights to the Scrabble game in these two nations. Scrabulous [...]

Glu to Bring SUPERMAN/BATMAN Game to Mobile Phones Worldwide this Winter

Leading Global Publisher Takes the World’s Finest Duo from Comic Book Pages to Mobile Phones
Comic-Con International 2008
Today at the 2008 Comic-Con International, Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, unveiled SUPERMAN/BATMAN, a new game coming to mobile phones around the world this winter. SUPERMAN/BATMAN, developed and published by Glu through its [...]

Microsoft Xbox 360 Pro now cheaper

Microsoft Xbox 360 now cheaper
Microsoft has now reduced the price of their Xbox 360 Pro edition by USD 50.
This low end model would now cost $299 instead of $349. It ships with a 20GB hard disk.
Microsoft has also announced a new variant of the Xbox 360.
This new version would come with a 60GB hard disk [...]

Space Ace blasts its way on to Blu-ray Today!

GORMLEY, Ontario , Canada – February 5, 2008 – Ready your laser gun for a cutting-edge high definition gaming experience when Space Ace arrives on
Blu-ray from Digital Leisure. The follow-up to last year’s release of Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace has been completely restored and enhanced with an all-new 5.1 surround sound mix.
From legendary animator Don [...]

Microsoft Xbox 360 prices to be dropped in Canada

Microsoft Xbox 360 prices to be dropped in Canada

Microsoft has said that they are now going to drop the price of their Xbox 360 in the Canadian market.
The company continues to work on lowering the manufacturing cost so that they can pass on the benefits to the customer.
Microsoft Xbox 360 competes with Nintendo Wii and [...]

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