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Free-to-play browser MMORPG Rising Saga has entered closed beta for Indian users, publisher ChangYou India has announced. The 2.5D MMO only requires a Flash-enabled browser and game account to play. The game is currently in closed beta, and those interested can sign up for it via the game’s official website. …
Read More »June NPD: Lego Batman 2, Xbox 360 on top; major decline year over year
June 2012 figures are in from the NPD Group, and they’re pretty ugly. YOY numbers across the board were down with the exception accessories. Most notably devastated was hardware which took a 45 per cent dive going from $364m to $201m. Overall sales were down from $989m in 2011 to …
Read More »Custom Halo 4 360 bundle listing leaked, pulled
A limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 bundle will be available to pre-order from Microsoft’s online store, when Microsoft gets around to actually announcing it that is. A pre-order listing for the custom console was discovered on the store by IGN before being subsequently pulled from public viewing. According to …
Read More »Ouya Kickstarter raises $4m
$99 hackable console largest ever crowd funded gaming project
Read More »Steam’s 11-day summer sale gets underway
Steam’s annual summer sale is here, offering big savings on a massive collection of PC games. New games will be on sale each day from July 12 to 22. On the first day, Portal 2 is 75% off ($4.99), Total War: Shogun 2 is 75% off ($7.49), and Call of …
Read More »Dishonoured wouldn’t exist without pre-production
Develop Conference: Art directors of upcoming adventure game say research was crucial
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar’s "biggest open world game to date"
Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto V will be its biggest open-world game yet. That’s a loaded statement considering the massive game worlds seen in Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The statement was posted on Rockstar’s official website in response to a user question …
Read More »Bully 2 has not been forgotten, Rockstar assures fans
Rockstar has once again muttered the ‘Bully’ word, assuring fans that its cult IP has not been forgotten. And while Bully 2 has never been officially confirmed, we can at least be assured that the IP figures into Rockstar’s forward planning in some capacity. As we previously replied to similar …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD coming to PC
Tony Hawk ‘s Pro Skater HD, a hi-def reimagining of the first two Tony Hawk games, is headed to the PC, publisher Activision has announced. The HD remake is set for release on July 18 for Xbox 360 as part of the Summer of Arcade promotion. The PS3 and PC …
Read More »Anarchy Reigns stumbles as Vita sales half
Platinum Games’ Anarchy Reigns managed only eighth place in its first week in the Japanese software charts. It sold 21,199 units on PS3 and an additional 4,170 on Xbox 360, Andriasang reports. Interestingly, Western-made debutant Ghost Recon: Future Soldier faired better, claiming seventh place with sales of 23,021 units. Pokemon …
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