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Retailers have listed the two special editions of The Last of Us for release in India. Listings for the Joel Edition and the Ellie Edition, named after the game’s central characters, have appeared on Flipkart and Game4u. Both editions are nearly identical; the only difference being the cover art. You …

SimCity has made its way back onto the Indian Origin store a couple of weeks after it was pulled by EA. SiimCity was released on Origin for Indian users at launch. Then a bunch of non-Indians found a loophole that let them circumvent Origin’s region restrictions to get the game …

Hyperkin’s RetroN 4 console reveal earlier this month turned out to be only part of the story. The company today unveiled the RetronN 5, which adds an additional cartridge slot for Japanese Famicom games. That’s in addition to the previously confirmed slots for NES, SNES, GBA, and Sega Genesis cartridges. …

Playdead’s macabre platformer Limbo is heading to PS Vita, Sony announced today at GDC. The indie hit will land on Sony’s handheld sometime later this year, but beyond that, no specific release target was mentioned. Limbo originally launched on XBLA in 2010, with PS3, PC, and Mac ports following suit. …

A leaked image of a promotional Battlefield 4 poster has revealed that the game is set for release in fall 2013”. Fall would probably mean the October-November period, which is in line with Battlefield 3 (28th October) and arch rival Call of Duty, which usually releases in mid-November. The poster …

Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions raised $3.4 million through Kickstarter last year for its new game, tentatively called Double Fine Adventure. The game now has a proper name – Broken Age. The crowd-funded point-and-click adventure follows two characters leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to …

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Regardless of whether your Shepard lived to tell another tale at the end of Mass Effect 3, don’t expect your favourite gender-hopping space hero to return in the next game. That’s because BioWare has said it plans to tell a completely different story in the next Mass Effect game – …

A screenshot from Origin Russia suggests that subscribers of the Battlefield 3 Premium season pass will automatically gain access to the Battlefield 4 beta. The screenshot was published by Russian fan site MyBattlefield, that shows a list of content available to Premium subscribers, starting with Battlefield 3 multiplayer packs and …

Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons say they will push games through their local convenience stores. All three already sell games through smaller outlets, but usually focus on major launches such as Call of Duty and FIFA. Although there are no plans to stock a wider range of games, the grocers’ buyers …