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Montreal’s Frima Studio is Building Games That Raise Social Awareness
0By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Games, News, O Canada
Successful Quebec-based gaming company Frima Studio are using what they do best to raise social awareness and promote change world round. Founded in 2003 by three budding entrepreneurs, the company has gone on to create a plethora of multi platform games boasting a portfolio that features over 80 mobile games and 200 flash games. For all of the company’s...
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Discovery Communications Invests $31.5 Million in Innovative Brain Game Start Up Lumosity
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 23rd, 2012 | Business, Games, Health, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News
Created by neuroscientists from Stanford University, Lumosity aims to improve core cognitive abilities through games. The company has been on a tear, increasing revenues by 25% quarter over quarter since its inception in 2007. That type of growth as well as 25 million members, 10 million of which have joined...
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VIDEO: Joel McHale, Penelope Cruz and her Sister Star in Nintendo Ads
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 22nd, 2012 | Games
According to Mashable, Nintendo seems to be pulling out all the stops in an attempt to breathe some life back into its Mario Bros. gaming franchise while also promoting its Nintendo 3DS portable gaming devices. The following two videos enlist some big names to help promote their products...
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Gaming Console OUYA Owns Kickstarter and Then Gets Even Better
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 14th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Games, Living
For those out there that have yet to be introduced to OUYA, you are in for a treat. The Rubik’s Cube sized gaming console, which is based on the Android platform and created by Boxer8 has aspired to be the next generation of gaming consoles. According to their K...
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British Mobile Processor Firm ARM Is Set to Introduce the Next Step in Mobile Graphics Quality
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 11th, 2012 | Business, Games, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Thanks to ARM, smartphones and tablets will soon possess visual graphics technology that rivals that of the highest end game consoles such as X Box 360 and PlayStation 3. The advancement comes by way of the company’s latest series of Mali T600 designs, whose current iterations can be found in the Samsung Galaxy S III among other devices. The new lin...
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Mobile Game Developer TinyCo Chooses Vancouver to Expand Game Development
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 6th, 2012 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Although news has been less than stellar for Canada’s largest west coast city and its game programming residents (TQ was on it), it seems as though not all stories have been bad ones. TinyCo, a San Francisco based mobile ...
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Imangi Studios Celebrates Temple Run’s 100 Million Downloads
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 5th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Games, Mobile Apps
Washington D.C. based mobile game creator Imangi Studios, which was founded and started by husband and wife duo Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova has reached an incredible milestone. The small studio and their ridiculously popular Temple Run mobile game have pass...
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Zynga Is In Hot Water In More Ways Than One
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 31st, 2012 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News
Facebook game maker Zynga would probably like to call a timeout right about now. Not only has the company stock dropped from a $10 IPO price to a much less awesome $2.95 as of today, but the social game maker has now been hit with insider trading allegations. According to
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Vancouver’s Gaming Industry Hit Again as Microsoft Lays Off 35 and Cancels Two Projects
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada
Technology and gaming giant Microsoft delivered some somber news this past week, laying off 35 staff in the Vancouver area. Those employees had been working on the development of two games, Microsoft Flight and Project Columbia. The halted projects come on the heels of Microsoft posting their very first quarterly loss as a public company...
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GREE Announces New Vancouver Development Studio
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 23rd, 2012 | Business, Games, News, O Canada, Social Media
It is often said that when one door closes, another opens. That seems be the case for Vancouver’s gaming industry following news that Radical Entertainment laid off 89 employees and closed their doors. They have instead been replaced in BC’s gaming landscape by GREE, a Japanese giant who are looking to expand their operations. The Vancouver studio will fo...
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