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Read More »Microsoft reveals FIFA 14 bundle, other Xbox 360 offers for Diwali season
Microsoft has, as it does every year, announced three new Xbox 360 bundles for the upcoming holiday season, including a console-Kinect bundle with FIFA 14 thrown in for free. Starting 12th October, three Xbox 360 ‘festive bundles’ will be making their way to stores shelves across India. This Diwali, we …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto fans more likely to be interested in art and literature than other gamers
A new report from Exponential Interactive paints a very different picture of the average Grand Theft Auto V player than you might expect. The data was sourced from the anonymous cookies from 2m UK internet users who have expressed an interest in Grand Theft Auto. This was then compared with …
Read More »Microsoft: Indian market needs game prices at a reasonable level
Amid regularnews of hikes in game prices across the board in India, Anshu Mor,group head of Microsoft India’s interactive entertainment business, believes that reasonable game prices are vital for the Indian market. Despite the Dollar price increasing, we believe that the need in the Indian market is to have game …
Read More »Nintendo launching three Wii U bundles for Christmas
Three new Wii U hardware bundles will be available at UK retail this Christmas. The Mario & Luigi Premium Pack arrives on November 8th and includes both New Super Mario Bros U and New Super Luigi U as a ‘2 in 1′ disc” along with a black Premium 32GB Wii …
Read More »John Lewis expects Xbox One sales to outsell PS4
Department store giant John Lewis has predicted a next-gen win for Xbox One. We are expecting more interest in the Xbox One,” head technology buyer at John Lewis Jonathan Marsh told TrustedReviews. We are stocking both the PS4 and the Xbox One but if we were to back one, we …
Read More »Leyton Orient ban squad from playing FIFA 14 after post-release winless streak
London-based Leyton Orient may be sitting top of League One, but that’s no thanks to EA’s FIFA 14 according to the club’s owners. Metro reports that Orient had won eight successive games at the beginning of the season right up until the release of FIFA 14, since which they have …
Read More »THQ sues EA, Zuffa over UFC licence transfer
Bankrupt publisher claims EA used insider knowledge to press for valuable licence
Read More »Sony CEO: Camera removed from PS4 bundle to hit ‘magic price’
Sony has decided against including the next-gen PlayStation Camera in the initial PS4 bundle offering, CEO Andrew House has confirmed. A piece on Business Spectator reveals Sony’s reasoning behind the decision is based on keeping the price down at $399, as well as minimizing losses on each system sold. Sony …
Read More »IGN india launches
Times Internet has partnered with Ziff Davis to launch IGN India. Times will also launch a localised edition of men’s lifestyle portal AskMen, also a Ziff Davis property. The US editions of IGN and AskMen already enjoy strong readership in India, and according to Ziff Davis, each currently attracts close …
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