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Online games retailer Nextworld.in has kicked off its winter sale The site-wide sale offers discounts on all in-stock games across all platforms, offering savings of 15% to 70%. Nextworld offers free shipping across India a variety of payment options, including cash on delivery. Returning customers can also redeem their reward …

The games industry’s biggest blockbusters are recovering after disappointing opening week sales. As reported in MCV last month (MCV 763 8/11/13),the launch week sales of Battlefield 4 were down 69 per cent over Battlefield 3, while Assassin’s Creed IV fell 60 per cent compared to Assassin’s Creed III. FIFA arguably …

PC free-to-play company will bring games to consoles

Zynga founder seeks amnesty for NSA leaker

Suit claims EA's top execs lied about game's quality and profited from stock sales

The Mumbai Film and Comic Con returns on the 21st and 22nd of December and looks set to outdo last year’s event. The convention changes venues this year from the World Trade Centre in Cuffe Parade to the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon East. Cosplay is one of the big …

Amazon India, which is gradually expanding its product offerings, has now added a video games section. Amazon is still in the process of integrating the games category into the website, so at the time of writing, you can’t browse to the games section from the homepage, but it can be …

The Steam Winter Sale is now underway, featuring offers on more than 2,000 games starting last night through to 3rdJanuary. Like all Steam sales, new PC games will go on discount each day, offering massive savings on indie and triple-A games. New deals are added daily at 11:30 pm IST. …

Konami has announced the PC release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is set to arrive next month. The publisher confirms the title will see its PC launch on January 9th. The PC version will be sold exclusively on Steam, with the distributor already offering a pre-order option – as well …

Disney has released Disney Hidden Worlds, a new hidden object game available to download now on iOS, Android, and Facebook. The game features stills from various Disney films with certain items removed from each image. Players must search scenes for these missing objects, craft them, and have them returned to …