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WWE athlete Ryback will be in India later this month to promote WWE 2K14. Ryback will attend a promotional event organised by WWE India and E-xpress Interactive at Mumbai’s Oberoi Mall at 3 pm on 28th September. At the event, Ryback, who is also featured in the game, will also …

A complete map of the British Isles built using the Minecraft has been made freely available by Ordnance Surney. A total of 22 million blocks were used in its construction, which represents an area representing 220,000 square kilometres. Anyone can download it for free, although they will need a copy …

The second generation of Microsoft’s Surface tablet PCs have been revealed. Called simply Surface 2, there are two entry-level models based on an update of the now ill-fated Surface RT. The 32GB model will cost 359 and the 64GB will cost 439. Both offer a 1080p screen and Tegra 4 …

A technical problem is preventing many owners of PES 2014 from being able to play the online multiplayer. As reported yesterday, users are required to download a patch for the game before its multiplayer component is accessible. However, many are reporting not only prolonged download times for the datapack but …

Consumers will soon be able to choose for some of their eBay purchases to be collected from Argos stores rather than be delivered to their doors. Mobile Money Revolution reports that the auction site is allowing its top 50 merchants to have its orders dropped off at 150 of Argos’ …

Sony has just given details on how much it would cost to upgrade from the PS3 to the PS4 versions of certain games. You’ll be able to upgrade to the PS4 versions of Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for Rs 600 …

Fairfax consortium looks to acquire struggling mobile company

Financial services firm and existing Blackberry shareholder Fairfax has agreed to acquire the struggling phone company. The news followsBlackBerry’s loss of up to $995 million in its fiscal Q2 and plans to fire 4,500 employees. Its Canadian counterpart, who owns around ten per cent of its shares, has bought the …

The right may be the path of the dark side, but it also appears to be adept at fast driving. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a recent parliamentary race-off held at the Houses of Parliament that saw MPs compete to set a fastest lap time at Monza …

Supermarket behemoth Tesco has detailed its promotional plans for the launch of FIFA 14. The blockbuster football title launches on Friday, and the supermarket will be selling the game from midnight from 750 of its shops. What’s more, Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson will be visiting Tesco’s Cheshunt store the …