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Mojang has announced the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has reached 3m copies sold. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the milestone on Twitter late last week. The downloadable title released back in early May, shattering XBLA records by moving over 1m units in just five days. When the game surpassed …
Read More »Deus Ex: Human Revolution joins E-play line-up, now Rs 299 on PC
Four new titles have been added to E-Xpress Interactive’s ever-growing E-play line of low-priced PC games. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Just Cause 2, The Settlers 7: Gold Edition, and Might & Magic Heroes VI are the latest inclusions in the E-play line, and will now retail for Rs 299 each. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 15-21
Valve has announced the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior, revealing the games that climbed up the charts during the digital distributor’s annual summer sale. Those who made the list stood out from the hundreds if not thousands of discounted games during the eleven-day period. The promotion …
Read More »Sony now sending mailers to Indian PSN users
PlayStation Network users around the world may take it for granted, but Sony has now finally begun its email newsletter service for PSN users in India. Sony sent out the first mailer to Indian PSN users today, which includes updates on new releases and various features available to PSN users. …
Read More »Develop 100: Nintendo revenues dip in transition months
But sales still strong for console giant
Read More »Social and mobile publisher 6waves backs London Games Conference
One of the leading social and smartphone games publishers has signed up to sponsor Novembers’ London Games Conference 2012. 6waves, responsible for popular titles like Astro Garden, Mystery Manor and Township has is Gold Partner of the event. LGC 2012 takes place on Wednesday, November 21st in central London, and …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA surpasses 3m downloads
Game sales for indie smash-hit on all platforms fly past 10m
Read More »Tottenham Hotspur agrees EA FIFA partnership
EA has struck a three-year deal with North London club Tottenham Hotspur that will see the FIFA series become the club’s Official Video Game Partner. Spurs becomes the eighth Premier League club to reach such an agreement after Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Newcastle, Manchester City and arch-rival Arsenal. Part …
Read More »Iwata dismisses the importance of being first to market
Wii U will be the first next-console to market, but Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has dismissed the idea that it gives the machine a competitive advantage. "Being first in the next generation race is not important at all," he told Gamasutra. "One of the reasons we believe this is the …
Read More »PQube signs World Rally Championship 3
The Next World Rally Championship game will be published in the UK by PQube this October. The company says it will be the biggest sports title it has released, surpassing the launch of motorbike racers MUD and SBK Generations in May and June respectively. WRC3 will be released for Xbox …
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