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Other Ocean’s latest collaboration with LeapFrog Entertainment, Scout’s ABC Garden, has raced its way straight to the top of the iTunes educational category. Teach Scout your child's name, and favorite things to give the game a personalized touch. Follow your child's progress as they learn about uppercase and lowercase letters as they play and learn with Scout’s fun friends. Try it now on the App store and see what all the fuss is about!

CSI: Unsolved! brings you 5 thrilling mysteries, as written by the writers of the acclaimed CSI television series. Search for clues, process evidence, talk to members of the cast, and learn the tricks of the trade as you play through this engaging Nintendo DS game. CSI: Unsolved! also features bonus enhancements for DSi owners. See the official site and trailer for more.

Other Ocean brings Puffins: Let's Roll! to Nintendo DSiWare. Enjoy music by Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle as you navigate puffin eggs away from rocks, trees, ice and other hazards to get them back to the safety of their mothers. Take too long or bump into too many obstacles and you'll have a cranky baby Puffin on your hands. So hurry up and get those eggs back home! Race against the clock in two exciting game modes: safely return the egg to its mother in Egg Roll or try to collect all of the Golden Capelin in Capelin Catch.

Other Ocean and Sega are there at the iPad launch with an exclusive edition of Super Monkey Ball™ 2 for Apple's highly anticipated follow-up to the iPhone. The new release includes 4 new mini-games: Monkey Bowling, Monkey Target, Monkey Golf, and the all-new iPad exclusive Monkey Base. Monkey Base lets up to 4 players fight it out on the same iPad by launching orbs at each other to try to be the last monkey standing. And if all that wasn't enough, players can now experience 10 iPad exclusive levels from the Far East World, in stunning graphics! The iPad exclusive Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition is now available on iTunes. For more details, see the press release.

Hand in hand with fashion industry legend, Vogue, Other Ocean Interactive has developed an iPhone application for fashion lovers everywhere. With Vogue Stylist you can keep the latest fashion trends at the tip of your fingers! Add your own clothing to the wardrobe and the Vogue Stylist will include them in looks for all occasions. Look at today's top must-have items as recommended by the experts at Vogue. Found something you like? Vogue Stylist will help you find the nearest vendor who carries it, or even help you purchase online!

Earlier this week Apple unveiled its most recent creation – the iPad. Immediately after the launch event, journalists and other attendees were able to demo the iPad and its applications – one of which being Sega's Super Monkey Ball™ 2, developed by Other Ocean Interactive! Follow the jump to see a preview of how you will soon be able to enjoy rolling your favorite monkey around on Apple's brand new tablet computer.

With Other Ocean’s help, a "lost" twenty year old classic game makes a triumphant return from the grave in Dark Void Zero for Nintendo DSiWare, iPhone, and PC!

As the ‘80s were drawing to a close, the developers at Capcom began work on a top secret project that aimed to set new standards for the platformer genre. That game was called “Dark Rift”, and it blended the intense shooting action of Section Z™ with the latest innovations in platform jumping from Mega Man. In order to properly fulfill the producer’s vision for Dark Rift (later renamed Dark Void), the hardware engineering more team at Capcom was enlisted to design and produce an all-new chipset that would be included in every cartridge, enabling huge numbers of sprites and never-before-seen special effects to be displayed on the aging NES® platform and the PlayChoice-10 NES arcade cabinet.

Alas, time waits for no man and game developers are no exception. The dawn of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System® made the additional hardware requirements for Dark Void redundant. Capcom suspended development on Dark Void as it began to evaluate the SNES. Before long, the game was shelved and drifted into the annals of gaming history. Even the internal tape-based archives were lost due to an unfortunate magnet incident which even today is best left un-discussed. Dark Void became a legendary “lost project” at Capcom…until now.

To commemorate the latest version of Dark Void's humble origins, Capcom turned to Other Ocean to "recreate" the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled “Dark Void Zero,” on the DSi platform. The game was painstakingly re-constructed from rescued data, remaining design documents, and exhaustive interviews with the surviving Dark Rift team members.

You play Rusty, the first human born in the Void, who must take on the Watchers in a quest to stop their domination of Earth. With the aid of Nikola Tesla, and his state-of-the-art rocket pack, Rusty must take down the Watchers and their minions across three intense levels of action and intrigue.

Available now on the DSi Shop for 500 points, and coming soon to iPhone and PC.

"DV Zero surprised me with its well-laid-out, retro-style platforming -- so much so that my daily commutes flew by as I kept my nose in the screen. I would love to see a follow-up ... Regardless, the game has many more hours in store for me as I strive for higher and higher scores." - 100/100 1up

"This is one of the best handheld games I have ever played. I am really glad that it gets to come with me everywhere my DS goes, and I hope Capcom stays committed to the retro arcade genre they have pretty much created during the modern gaming era. I'd love to see Dark Void Zero Two or another IP that plays as well as this one does. This is a front-runner for my GOTY '10, and I say that with absolute confidence, knowing that there is a God of War, a Halo and possibly a new Zelda title on the way this year." - 90/100 Gamernode

"If you're a fan of classic 8-bit action titles and don't mind a slightly elevated level of difficulty, this is definitely a game you'll want to add to your DSiWare collection. And if you're not a fan, this wildly enjoyable title might just make one out of you." 90/100 Nintendolife

"It doesn't matter whether your first gaming system had knobs, a directional pad, or dual analog thumbsticks: Dark Void Zero's tight action and delightful presentation are sure to entertain." -85/100 GameSpot

Super Monkey Ball 2 for the Apple iPhone is here and available for purchase on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game offers 100 new levels, 15 new bonus levels, much smoother controls, 5 new themed worlds, and, for the first time ever on the iPhone, 3D monkey characters! The game also brings exciting new mini games to the iPhone experience. Monkey Bowling, the first of these mini-games, comes included with the purchase of Super Monkey Ball 2. Two more mini-games will be made available via downloadable patches in the coming months. In addition to all of this, Super Monkey Ball 2 can now be played competitively by up to 4 friends using local wireless. Get your copy today!

Other Ocean and Ubisoft bring you CSI: Deadly Intent – The Hidden Cases for the Nintendo DS™ system. For the first time ever, team up with the new cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™ Season 9 to solve Sin City’s most gruesome crimes. Explore four challenging and bizarre cases created exclusively for your Nintendo DS. Thanks to stylish visuals, heart-pounding interrogations, and unique touch gameplay, be prepared to feel like a real CSI detective. Dig deeper into a crime scene and perform delicate evidence extractions, dust for fingerprints, search for valuable information, and much more.

Other Ocean will be attending this year’s GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair in London on October 30^th and 31^st. Are you planning to attend? Then come meet our representatives and see what we’re all about! If you’re interested in a job in the video game industry and like the idea of working for a dynamic and expanding team, why not stop by and submit your resume? We look forward to meeting you. If you are a programmer, artist, designer or producer and are interested in joining our team in St. John’s, NL, please send your resume to employment@otherocean.com.

Other Ocean Interactive will be sponsoring this year’s Vortex Game Competition. Vortex was created as a response to the huge interest around, and growth of the video game industry in Canada. It is a great opportunity open to emerging video game developers, and Other Ocean Interactive is happy to be able to support such an event. Vortex 2009 will feature a boot camp where video game enthusiast can learn more about creating, producing, protecting, and commercializing their projects as well as a competition that will allow budding designers to pitch their game ideas to a panel of video game industry experts. One of Other Ocean’s designers, Justin Kwok, will be playing an essential part in judging the competition, as well as acting as Master of Ceremonies for the event.

Attending the 2009 Game Developers Conference® in San Francisco? Then stop by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's booth (#5222 in the North Hall) to play Puffins: Island Adventure for the Nintendo® DS^TM. A distinctly Canadian game developed by Atlantic Canada’s own Other Ocean, Puffins: Island Adventure puts players in the role of a fledgling puffin as he or she learns the skills necessary to become a productive member of the flock. Learn fun facts about puffins and view videos of live puffins in their natural habitat.

Your Nintendo® DS^TM takes flight with Puffins: Island Adventure, Other Ocean's first original title. Adopt your unique feathery friend, and learn to fly, dive, swim, explore, start a family, and more in a variety of fun action-adventure minigames. Play alone or with a friend via WiFi. Puffins features a rich cultural soundtrack by Alan Doyle, frontman for the award-winning Great Big Sea. To learn more, visit our Products section or see the official press release. See what the press are saying about the game here and here.

Other Ocean Interactive is expanding with a brand new studio, to be located in the historic Atlantic Canadian city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador! In a joint announcement with the province's Department of Business, Other Ocean unveiled its third video game initiative, following its highly successful founding studio in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and its sister testing and quality assurance facility, Sculpin QA. For the full details, read the press release here. (Those interested in employment at our new studio should visit our Jobs page.)

Flo is on the go! PlayFirst and Other Ocean are pleased to announce the release of the ever-popular Diner Dash for Apple's iPhone. With all the excitement and features of this original restauranteering challenge, Diner Dash joined the line-up at the App Store on September 3^rd as Other Ocean's second game for the platform. To find out more, check it out here.

Sega's Super Monkey Ball, Other Ocean's auspicious debut on the Apple iPhone, launched last week to an enthusiastic reception. See the full press release here, or view the demo now in the iPhone's App Store.

June 9^th was a big day for Other Ocean Interactive! SEGA's Super Monkey Ball was confirmed for release on Apple's iPhone. As the developers on the game it was pretty exciting that the announcement came during Steve Job's Keynote at Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference in San Francisco. Check out the announcement http://www.apple.com/iphone/ or you can view a Super Monkey Ball demo at Apple's App store http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/.

Check out Other Ocean at Apple's March 6^th announcement of the release of the iPhone SDK. That's Gordon Wood, our Tech Director, behind the podium. He's driving while Sega's Ethan Einhorn presents Super Monkey Ball to the world. The demo was developed by our very own Other Ocean crew. Update: Check out the official press release.

Live in the UK? Interested in a career with Other Ocean? Find out more about us at the Province of Prince Edward Island booth at Emigrate London on March 1^st and 2^nd and Emigrate Belfast on March 8^th and 9^th!

Microsoft announced the winners of the inaugural Xbox LIVE® Arcade Awards on the final day of Game Developers Conference 2008, and Other Ocean is the proud winner in two categories for their LIVE Arcade rendition of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. SOTN scored the top spot for "Best Classic Game" based on the popular vote from Xbox enthusiasts everywhere, and also took home the "Highest Rated Game" accolade. Read the full press release here. Congratulations to the team, and thanks to everyone who voted for us! We're glad you love the game as much as we do!

For the first time on any console, play a pixel-perfect rendition of the classic arcade game Discs of Tron, based on the ground-breaking 1982 movie. The Xbox Live Arcade® version also features numerous enhancements including online multiplayer challenges, achievements and optional enhanced graphics. Complete your Tron collection on Xbox Live Arcade® today!

Greetings Program! Tron has arrived on your Xbox 360 to liberate the game grid from the clutches of the evil Master Control Program! Other Ocean is pleased to announce the release of the seminal '80s arcade classic, Tron, for download Xbox Live Arcade®. Play the original arcade game based on the ground-breaking movie, or enjoy exclusive Live enhancements such as multiplayer. It's time to free the system!

In a joint announcement with PEI Business Development, Other Ocean today proudly announced the creation of a new video game testing and quality assurance company, Sculpin QA. Read the full press release here!

Other Ocean is proud to announce the North American release of Ultimate Mortal Kombat for the Nintendo DS. The game features fan-favourite Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and bonus Puzzle Kombat, providing multiplayer Wifi experience from a single cartridge. Visit the official site for more!

Over the past four months, Other Ocean has been aggressively recruiting at such high-profile industry events as the London Game Career Fair in London, England in October, the Tokyo Game Show in Tokyo, Japan in September, VIDFest in Vancouver, BC in September, GC Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany in August, as well as hosting our own Atlantic Canada recruiting tour in July. If you are a programmer, artist, or producer and are interested in an interview, please see our Jobs page for details on submitting your application, and keep checking our site for other recruiting events in your area!

In a press release today, Midway announced Other Ocean's upcoming rendition of Ultimate Mortal Kombat for the Nintendo DS. Due in November, this exciting release combines fan-favourite Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and the addictive play of Puzzle Kombat in a single cartridge. Play both head-to-head via Wifi for the ultimate Kombat experience! Read IGN's interview with Ed Boon for more exciting details!

Atlantic Canada's rising star in game development unveils its new identity as Other Ocean Interactive. The studio was founded a year ago as Backbone Charlottetown, the latest addition to powerhouse developer Foundation 9 Entertainment. Other Ocean's new identity brings a new mission to expand video game development and original content creation within Canada. Read the press release here.

The seminal arcade favourites Tron and Discs of Tron are coming to Xbox Live® Arcade! Rarely available since their arcade releases, Disney Interactive has teamed up with Backbone Charlottetown to bring these games to your home, in all their glory. Enjoy the classic experience, or try your skill at our devastating Achievement challenges while playing with enhanced graphics and network play. Stay tuned for more announcements!

One of the most popular games is now available on Xbox Live® Arcade. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, developed by Backbone Charlottetown, under the Digital Eclipse label was released on March 21. Recreated and enhanced for Xbox 360™, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is better than before with enhanced graphics, new achievements, and Xbox Live® leaderboards.

Backbone Charlottetown is developing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the Xbox Live Arcade. Published by Konami, and released under the Digital Eclipse brand, the game will be a recreation of the PS1 classic and will be available in 2007.

 Foundation 9 Entertainment's newest studio, Backbone Charlottetown held a grand opening ceremony on April 21. The event was attended by Peter MacKay, Canadian federal minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, as well the Prince Edward Island premier, Pat Binns, and nearly 50 members of the local media and government.

Foundation 9 is expanding its Canadian presence with the addition of a new studio in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Click here to read the press release.