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Xperia Play and Arc on pre-order – WIN tickets to the launch party!

April 11, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, google, mobile gaming, Playstation Certified, SE, Sony Ericsson, Xperia, Xperia Arc, Xperia Play0 comment

UPDATE: Congratulations to Jen W. and Aruj, who should have received their invites. Remember to check your email! Are you an Android fan who’s been wanting a little more out of their mobile gaming experience? If so, then you probably already know this, but Sony Ericsson and Rogers have gone official with the Xperia Play, the first Android phone to feature PlayStation certification, as well as a slide out gaming controller. Along with the Play is the Arc, which features the same specs but lacks a physical controller in favour of…

Level Up Student Game Showcase

March 31, 2011April 5, 2011 Doug Groves event, HandEye Society, Level Up, Lightbox, mobile gaming, PC gaming, TIFF Bell Lightbox, XNA0 comment

This coming Monday April 4th, OCADU’s game design students, along with the University of Toronto’s computer science crew will be showing off the results of their gaming collaboration at Level Up, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Xperia Play and Arc hands on (video)

March 28, 2011March 29, 2011 Doug Groves hands-on, mobile gaming, Playstation, Playstation Phone, SCE, Sony Ericsson, video, Xperia Arc, Xperia Play4 Comments

After months of leaked prototypes and endless speculation on the name, Sony Ericsson finally unveiled their gaming smartphone earlier this year with the Xperia Play. Both the Play and the more traditional slate style Xperia Arc will be coming to Rogers this spring. The two devices, while sharing much in the way of innards, are definitely aimed at different mobile market segments.

The Great Canadian Appathon runs this weekend

March 10, 2011March 11, 2011 Doug Groves contest, game jam, Great Canadian Appathon, KPMG, Microsoft, mobile gaming, National Post, Telus, Windows Phone 7, XMG Studio0 comment

This weekend marks the Great Canadian Appathon, a competition to code a mobile game from scratch to completion in 48 hours. XMG Studio and The National Post are sponsoring the mobile game coding marathon, which starts at 5pm on Friday March 11th. The competition is open to university and college students, working either solo or in teams of up to four people, with the goal to make the best Windows Phone 7 game possible from scratch. Teams will meet up at one of six different locations across the country to start the marathon coding…

Angry Birds everywhere

March 7, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves 3DS, Angry Birds, facebook, Microsoft, mobile gaming, Nintendo, Rovio, Wii0 comment

It seems that Rovio’s fowl flinging game is aiming to be completely ubiquitous this year. The smash hit that took the iPhone by storm has since been ported to Android and a board game will be appearing soon on Windows Phone 7, Xbox LIVE arcade, and Nintendo’s Wii and 3DS. Beyond that, they are launching a Facebook version of the game in the coming weeks as well. The Finnish company has even announced a somewhat bizare deal with deal with Microsoft for Bing to be the ‘official decision engine‘ for…

Why the Xperia Play isn’t the PlayStation Phone

January 5, 2011January 27, 2011 Doug Groves CLIE, editorial, mobile gaming, Playstation, Playstation Phone, PSP, PSP Phone, PSPPhone, SCE, SE, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Xperia, Xperia Play4 Comments

Like most high end mobile phones, it all started with a couple of decidedly blurry photos, and has graduated to clearer videos and higher quality stills. A Sony Ericsson phone sporting PSP like controls on it certainly would lead one to jump to the conclusion that Sony is coming out with the PlayStation Phone, or PSP Phone. That alone is enough to set many a heart aflutter in anticipation.

At X’10 – Windows Phone 7 with Xbox Live

August 24, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves hands-on, interview, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile gaming, smartphone, Windows Phone 7, WP7, x10, Xbox Live68 Comments

Alex and I attended Microsoft’s X’10 event in Toronto, and the first order of business was to get a look at Windows Phone 7 in action – actually, I played a little Fable 3 before Alex showed up, but that’s another interview in the pipeline, but I digress. Greg Milligan of Microsoft gave us a demonstration of the new mobile platform, and showed off some of the Xbox Live integration as well. All in all it looks pretty impressive, and the screen response, even on the LG prototype phone (which…