ESA Canada boss on 2024 gaming highlights, potential Trump impact on Canadian industry
It’s quite an interesting time for Paul Fogolin. For six years, the Vaughan, Ontario native served as the vice president of policy and government affairs at the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC), the lobbying group that represents Canada’s $5.5 billion gaming industry. It was an impressive tenure that ended in April when he left
Paramount+ Canada offering 50 percent off for Black Friday 2024
Paramount+ Canada has announced its big Black Friday 2024 promotion. Notably, it’s the same one as last year: 50 percent off subscriptions for your first three months or one full year: Three months of Standard (HD) — $5.49/month each (regularly $10.99/month) One year of Standard — $48.99/year (regularly $97.99/year) Three months of Premium (4K) —
Guerrilla Games and Studio Gobo on the making of Lego Horizon Adventures
Of all the entertainment properties to get the Lego video game treatment, PlayStation’s Horizon series probably wouldn’t be what first comes to mind. After all, Guerrilla Games’ action-adventure series is a somber tale about people trying to survive in post-apocalyptic world overrun by vicious machines. And yet, the Lego treatment is exactly what the series has gotten in Lego
After playing Obsidian’s Avowed, it’s now one of my most anticipated games
Avowed has really surprised me. Truthfully, I didn’t quite know what to think about the latest game from Obsidian Entertainment at first. On the one hand, a new RPG from the studio behind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds is certainly exciting. But on the other, some of the gameplay footage
How Obsidian is making Avowed more welcoming for everyone
When I first heard that Obsidian’s Avowed was set in the developer’s own Pillars of Eternity universe, I’ll confess that I was a bit afraid it would be difficult to get into. After all, I haven’t played those games, despite the good things I’ve heard about them, and so I feared that an otherwise promising fantasy action-RPG
PS Portal gets system update with audio enhancements and Cloud streaming
The PlayStation Portal is getting a new Remote Play system update. Some of the features include audio refinements, and another is cloud streaming support on the Portal for PS Plus Premium members. The audio updates include: Speaker audio output adjustment to make the volume lower when the audio level is set to minimum You will
Pokémon Go players have unwittingly been mapping the world
Niantic shook the world with its smash hit, Pokémon Go, and now, it’s looking to leverage all the maps and image data it’s gained from that game into a large AI tool that will help robots and people with smart glasses with navigation. The company published a blog post filled with jargon on the topic,
Xbox Cloud Gaming now allows you to stream your own games
Xbox Cloud Gaming has finally added the ability to stream games that you own. Since its launch nearly five years ago, the service, which is part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, has only allowed you stream games within the Game Pass catalogue. Now, though, Xbox has begun to extend that functionality to TVs and browsers
GameStop Canada’s Black Friday 2024 sale offers up to 75 percent off
GameStop Canada has revealed its big Black Friday 2024 flyer, which features savings of up to 75 percent on all kinds of games. Notably, some of the 2024 games that were just nominated at The Game Awards for Game of the Year and in other categories, including Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio and Silent
Square Enix and Tencent reveal mobile version of Final Fantasy XIV
Square Enix has partnered with Tencent-owned LightSpeed Studios on a mobile version of its incredibly popular MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV Online. The existence of the game was first leaked in the summer by the Chinese government, and now, it’s being officially revealed. In a press statement, Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida, the director of Final Fantasy
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