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Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 2, 2006

Adrian Crook, the producer of the innovative Xbox 360? videogame, The Outfit?, has been recognized as one of Canada?s new media leaders. Adrian Crook was awarded a prestigious Pixel award in recognition of his significant achievements in new media over the past year in the ?Producer of the Year? category of the 2006 Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA). Celebrity host, Alan Park from the Royal Canadian Air Farce joined industry supporters on May 29th, 2006 to celebrate and present the Awards at The Carlu in Toronto.

?I am very proud to have won,? says Crook, producer of the Xbox 360? videogame, The Outfit?. ?Videogames are a hugely exciting part of the new media landscape in Canada. Today, I’m as grateful to be a part of this industry as I was when I started my career nearly a dozen years ago.?

?I am thrilled that our 6th year anniversary can profile such an incredible display of talent? said Adam Froman, Executive Producer of CNMA and President and CEO of Delvinia. ?With 15 awards being given, this will bring the promotion of Canadian interactive products and talent to a new level of recognition.?

All award recipients were selected by a 135 member jury recruited from the industry and higher education institutions in new media from across the country as well from the members of the Canadian Coalition of New Media Associations. The recipients hailed from all across the country and represented a wide range of government, private and public organizations from every facet of the new media industry including programmers, designers, educators and advocates.

More information about the 2006 award recipients can be found on: http://www.cnma.ca

About Adrian Crook:

Adrian Crook, Producer of Triple-A videogames, lives in Vancouver, BC with his wife Lara. During his 11 year career, Adrian has produced more than a dozen products across numerous platforms, ranging from Sega Genesis? and SNES? to PlayStation?, PS2?, PC, Web and Xbox 360?. Most recently, Adrian produced The Outfit? with Relic Entertainment, the company?s first console product and parent company THQ?s first Xbox 360? product. For more information, visit http://www.adriancrook.com.

About the Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA):

The Canadian New Media Awards are presented in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage, Telefilm Canada, CBC.ca and Delvinia. Produced by CANEMA, the Awards recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals and companies in the Canadian new media industry. The Awards also help promote the new media sector and provide inspiration for those preparing to enter the industry. For more information, visit http://www.cnma.ca or Tannis Wengel, Producer, Canadian New Media Awards, direct line: 416.760.6800

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More Xbox Press Releases

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) September 18, 2005

CE Buys, is now taking sign-ups for its Xbox 360 Alert Notification Service mailing list. Subscribers are alerted when online merchants start taking pre-orders or when Xbox 360 items are in stock – consoles, games, and accessories. CE Buys is an affiliate partner of trusted online merchants including WalMart, Amazon.com, PCConnection, EBGames, GameStop, BestBuy and CircuitCity.

The Xbox 360 Price Watch (updated daily) compares the prices of the different bundled packages offered by online merchants.

The CE Buys web site provides comprehensive buying information on video games hardware, games (English & imported Japanese), accessories, and related news and resources.

“We launched our Alert Notification Service about two years ago with the free Nintendo DS? and Sony PSP? Alert Notification Services in October 2004 and February 2005 respectively. We now have well over 10,000 happy subscribers,” said Nick Pang, President. “Our notification service alerted subscribers to online merchants that were taking Nintendo DS pre-orders for early Christmas 2004 delivery and Sony PSP pre-orders for Summer 2005 delivery. Consumers who do not pre-order online for the November 22, 2005 launch of the hottest game platform from Microsoft will unlikely be able to get it in their hands by Christmas Day 2005.”

Consumers can sign up for the free Xbox 360 alert notification service at Xbox 360 Alerts.

About CE Buys, LLC

CE Buys, LLC a Delaware company, has operations located in the Bay Area of Northern California. CE Buys assist clients with Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising, search engine optimization (SEO) for natural search, and provide price comparisons information to consumers for making better shopping decisions.

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Lake Forest, CA (PRWEB) February 13, 2006

Reflexive Entertainment is proud to announce that Wik and the Fable of Souls, available through Live Arcade on the XBox 360, was selected as the Downloadable Game of the Year by The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) at the 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards held Las Vegas, NV in conjunction with the D.I.C.E. Summit.

Wik beat out several other outstanding titles including PopCap’s Chuzzle and Playfirst’s Oasis. “We are thrilled to be recognized by the Academy for our labor of love that Wik represents” said Ion Hardie, Director of Product Development at Reflexive Entertainment. “Such wonderful acknowledgment really fuels our fire to stretch the creative envelope in our future projects.”

Already a winner at the 2005 Independent Games Festival (IGF) as Downloadable Game of the Year, in addition to winning the IGF awards for Innovation in Visual and Game Design, Wik and the Fable of Souls has captured the imagination and hearts of gamers around the world with its innovative game play, engaging atmosphere and distinctive visual design.

About Reflexive Entertainment:

Reflexive Entertainment was founded in 1997 with one goal in mind – to make great games. Beginning with the release of the award-winning Ricochet in 2001, Reflexive has focused increased attention on the Internet space as the best way to reach a large audience of gamers. With the release of Live Arcade though the original Xbox, Reflexive has continued to explore new methods of digital distribution. Reflexive released Wik and the Fable of Souls in 2005 as one of the initial offerings of the Xbox 360 Live Arcade service. More information about Reflexive Games can be found at http://www.reflexive.com.

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