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Gamercamp Day 2: Talking Games
Day 2 of Gamercamp (Nov. 14) consisted of many talks about the games industry comprised of panelists that are all part of the world of gaming. There were talks on theoretical notions of the term “play,” talks on writing in games, talks on developing for the iphone, talks on how to get funding, and so [...]
Gamercamp Day 1: Highlighting the Indie Games of Toronto
Gamercamp 2.0 successfully launched and ran this past weekend showcasing the best of indie game design and game art in Toronto. Gamercamp is a must see for indie developers, those curious at looking at the gaming industry from the margins, and those wanting to learn about how games are made. The first day (Nov. 13th) [...]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will Take Overpriced DLC Over Online Pass System Any Day
Kotick: Online passes aren’t “in the best interest of the gamer” In a recent interview, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick claimed the publisher is not interested in introducing any type of online pass system to increase revenues from the trade-in market. “We can do some of these things that EA and others have done,” Kotick told Joystiq. [...]
PopCap Teams With Taito For New “Pop Tower” Mobile Social Gaming Service
Seattle, Washington based publisher and developer PopCap Games isn’t known for making good games. They’re known for making great ones: Zuma, Peggle, Chuzzle and the company’s flagship game Bejewelled, just to name a few. PopCap recently announced that they have teamed up with Japanese heavyweight Taito Corp., as they look to increase their presence in [...]
GameStreamer Game Store now live at DDGameWorld.com
We are pleased to announce the addition of the Digital Download Game store powered by GameStreamer.net ! As part of our continuing efforts to enhance DDGameWorld.com, we saw a perfect fit for the GameStreamer store. DDGameWorld.com readers have a specific interest in digitally distributed game titles and now we can offer a selection of these [...]
2010 Essential Facts About The Canadian Video Game Industry
Last week the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESA) released their 2010 report entitled: Essential Facts About the Canadian Computer and Video Game Industry. In collaboration with the NPD Group’s 2010 Understanding the Canadian Gamer custom research, the comprehensive report gathered data from 2,579 Canadian adults, 398 Canadian teens (13-17) and 547 kids (6-12) and [...]
3 Cool Things you can do at Gamercamp!
The gaming scene in Toronto continues to grow, and the latest reminder is just around the corner with Gamercamp Lv2. Happening Nov 13-14 at theToronto Underground Cinema and the George Brown School of Design, Gamercamp is a celebration of the art, creativity and fun of video games. Launched in 2009 by Jaime Woo and Mark Rabo, the [...]
Scenes From The Windows Phone 7 Launch in Europe
Last weekend the much-awaited launch of the Windows Phone 7 began, with the first units going on sale in New Zealand, followed by countries throughout Europe and Asia-Pacific, including Australia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain and the U.K. Consumer lined up in each country to be among the first to own the [...]
PlayOn Launches Official Support for Canadian Consumers
Netflix, YouTube, ESPN, NHL, CNN, PBS, MTV.ca and Revision3 Among Initial Content Offering Media Mall Technologies, Inc. today announced the official launch of PlayOn support for content available in Canadian markets. PlayOn is a software solution that enables streaming of online video content to TV’s and iOS mobile devices. As usual we Canadians initially got [...]
Free Video Game Barcode Scanner App Launches In France, US and UK
Free Tool for Video Game Shoppers Launches in France – Coming soon US and UK markets. Cedemo, a European interactive company founded in the Principality of Monaco in 1989 has announced the launch of its free Video Game Barcode Scanner app for the iPhone in France. The app will also be released in US and [...]
