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Read More »PS4 to be out of stock soon after launch: Sony India
Sony is yet to announce a launch date for the PS4 in India, but it has said that stocks will most probably run out soon after the console launches in the country. In terms of sell-through, I don’t think we will be too far off from seeing what we’re seeing …
Read More »Dates, venue for three-day NGDC 2014 announced
The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will be a three day affair in 2014. After last month’s NGDC 2013, the team at the NASSCOM Gaming Forum is already in the planning stages for next year’s conference, which will now span three days as opposed to two. Next year, NGDC will take …
Read More »Telltale, Gearbox team up for Tales from the Borderlands crossover project
Episodic adventure game maker Telltale Games is currently developing an upcoming crossover project with Gearbox Software involving the latter’s Borderlands franchise. Tales from the Borderlands will hit as an episodic release beginning sometime next year, with the game set to center around both established and newly created characters from the …
Read More »Bungie tabs Destiny worldwide launch for September 2014
Bungie’s upcoming multi-platform FPS Destiny will launch in September 2014, the studio has announced. The Activision-published title will release September 9th, 2014 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. "Destiny has always represented a new beginning for our team. It was born from brave possibilities," Bungie’s announcement post states. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 1-7
The Steam Early Access release of indie darling Terraria’s spiritual successor Starbound has vaulted to the top of Valve’s latest weekly top sellers chart. A host of past chart-toppers finish behind the highly-anticipated indie game, including Civlization V – which clocks in twice with its Brave New World expansion in …
Read More »From living in a university to 100,000 sales – The story of BetaDwarf
Steffen Kabbelgaard guides us through the Forced developer’s incredible three-year journey to make a game
Read More »Microsoft promises to safeguard against "advanced persistent threat" of government data snooping
Government monitoring of internet data presents an advanced persistent threat” according to a new pro-consumer blog from Microsoft. Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the internet,” Microsoft’s general counsel and executive VP of legal and corporate affairs Brad Smith wrote. We share their concerns. That’s …
Read More »Read everything you need to know about free-to-play gaming in this week’s issue of MCV
In this week’s issue of MCV, we talk to Sony CEO Andrew House about the PS4 and why it’s taken an early victory in the next-gen war against Xbox One. House also details the lofty expectations for the new console, forecasting the PS4 to beat lifetime sales and 80 million …
Read More »Sony to announce PS4 launch date, price for India between 15-18 December
Sony has broken its silence on when it plans to announce launch details for the PS4 in India. Sony will hold a press conference between 15th and 18th December to reveal its launch plans for the PS4 in India, PlayStation India head Atindriya Bose told MCV at the launch of …
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