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Distributor Origin Marketing is set to conduct a tournament to find India’s best Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 player, who will then have a chance to compete at the PES 2013 World Finals, with €15,000 up for grabs. The World Finals will take place over three days, from 26th to 28th …

50 worth of in-game currency is to be given away with Nvidia graphics cards throughout the rest of the year. Those who buy a GeForce 700M series equipped notebook or a GTX 650 series desktop GPU will get free in-game cash spread across Warframe, Marvel Heroes and Neverwinter. The deal …

Players will be able to get their hands on Peter Molyneux’s Godus from next week. Studio 22cans is to be given a beta release for PC and Mac via Steam early access on September 13th. It will go on sale for 14.99. Godus has been pitched a reinvention of the …

After Interact 2013 in Mumbai last month, distributor E-xpress Interactive will hold a trade marketing event for the north India region this month. Along the lines of Interact, the aim of Connect is to expose E-xpress’ 2013-14 line-up of games to retailers and other trade partners in the north India …

Games-focused Android tablet Wikipad has finally got itself a confirmed price and release date in the UK. The device will arrive on UK shelves on September 27th and will retail for 249.99. Its USP is the detachable controller housing that offers traditional console controls. It also boasts all the tablet …

With a little less than a month to go before its release, the battle to win FIFA 14 mindshare appears to have begun. GameStop.co.uk has revealed a similar trade-in scheme to that it is running for Grand Theft Auto V. Punters who lay down 39.97 on a copy of FIFA …

Twitter just exploded, mostly out of disbelief, because Nintendo has announced the 2DS, its new slate form-factor handheld that plays DS and 3DS games in 2D. While many may question the need for such a device – the 3DS has the option to turn off 3D – at $129, it …

Entertainment retailer HMV has been running a Six Decades of Entertainment promotion throughout the summer, but video games will not feature in it. The chain has so far offered discounts on classic films and albums from the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s with the ‘90s and ‘00s still to come. …

The highly regarded Nexus 4 Android smartphone has had its price cut in the UK. Google has chopped 80 off both the 16GB and 8GB versions of the handset, meaning they can be had for just 199 and 159 respectively. Unlike many smartphone deals, these prices are for users to …

Video games are expected to generate more revenue than both video and music combined this year. That’s according to the Entertainment Retailers Association, which predicts that Xbox One, PS4 and a slew of triple-A games – including GTA V, FIFA, Battlefield and Call of Duty – will drive more people …