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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 …
Read More »BlackBerry prepares for $4.7bn sale after major losses
Fairfax consortium looks to acquire struggling mobile company
Read More »Blackberry agrees $4.75bn acquisition
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 …
Read More »Tories triumph in parliamentary F1 2013 race-off
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 …
Read More »Tesco opening 750 stores at midnight for FIFA 14 launch
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 …
Read More »Microsoft: There’s still room for the physical market to grow
The physical market is not in decline, Xbox Live product manager Pav Bhardwaj has stated. "I don’t genuinely believe that there will be more digital and less physical product," Bhardwaj told OXM. "I actually think the entire market will grow. I think there’s room for both – there’s a certain …
Read More »Lenovo introduces gaming laptops, desktop PC for India market
Identifying gaming as a high potential space in India, Lenovo has introduced a couple of gaming laptops and its CES-award winning Horizon 27 desktop in the country. The 15.6-inch, Intel Core i7 and Windows 8 powered IdeaPad Y510p packs in Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 2 GB dual graphics and is …
Read More »Sony to drop PS Vita, memory card prices in India
Sony is set to announce a price drop for the PlayStation Vita as well as its memory cards, the company has announced to retailers. The price drop for the handheld only applies to the Wi-fi version. It is currently priced at Rs 19,990, and will drop down to Rs 16,990. …
Read More »Microsoft: Don’t expect indies on Xbox One until early 2014
Microsoft doesn’t expect to see much of an indie game presence on Xbox One until sometime early next year. Speaking with Games Industry, Microsoft corportate vice president Phil Harrison explained that – despite an avalanche of interest” in the Independent Developers @ Xbox program – it’s unlikely many of the …
Read More »Sony’s Gaikai service may stream games to TVs, PCs, mobile devices
Playstation game streaming service Gaikai may eventually alllow users access to content on devices outside of Sony’s gaming hardware, such as smartphones, tablets, computers and televisions. Speaking in a Dengeki Online interview translated by DualShockers, Sony Computer Entertainment’s president Shuhei Yoshida explained that the company’s ultimate goal is to provide …
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