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SCE eyes up Indian studio opening

Sony is planning to further boost it’s already-announced commitment to games development in India – and could even open an internal studio of its own in the territory. That’s according to a report in DNA India, where Indian country manager at SCE Atindriya Bose says the company is boosting its …

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360 FFXIII is heading to Asia

Some tend to forget that the now-legendary E3 announcement that Final Fantasy XIII is to release on both Xbox 360 and PS3 also contained the news that the title would remain PS3-only in Japan – but some sort of Asian release does now seem to be on the cards. Kotaku …

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Valve happy to discuss acquisition

The VP of Half-Life 2, Team Fortress and Portal developer Valve, Doug Lombardi, has stated that his company would be happy to have conversations with companies thinking of acquiring the successful firm. In an interview with Gamasutra Lombardi stated that if anyone was interested in acquiring the firm he would …

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UK CHART: SoulCalibur IV debuts at No.1

Ubisoft and Namco Bandai’s SoulCalibur IV has hit the top spot in the official ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats in its debut week. The title – which contains playable Star Wars characters – represents the first All Formats No.1 for the SoulCalibur franchise since SoulCalibur II, which was released on GameCube, PS2 …

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Wii 2 in production, confirms Nintendo

Nintendo fans rejoice – the next addition to the Japanese company’s family of home consoles may be here sooner than you think. The platform holder’s president Satoru Iwata has admitted that the firm is hard at work on a follow-up to the all-conquering, motion-sensing system. However, Iwata added that current …

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Ghostbusters set for 2009 release?

Variety reports that Ghostbusters IP holder Sony Pictures is exploring options to release the much-anticipated game next year. Last week Activision Blizzard made public its decision to drop the title – which had originally been slated for an autumn 2008 release – as part of its restructuring process. The Variety …

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