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'The Art of Games' exhibition adds two new titles to collection

After pricing Warner Bros PS4 games at Rs 2,499, E-xpress has now revealed prices for its Ubisoft and 2K PS4 launch titles. Like the Warner Bros games, 2K and Ubisoft PS4 games are also priced lower than first-party PS4 games, which will sell for Rs 3,999. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black …

Gree succeeds in raising revenues for year-old game

Crowdfunding site's 2013 figures show games have biggest payouts despite unlikeliness of success

The PlayStation 4 will go on sale in India on 6th January at a maximum retail price of Rs 39,990. The price and date were first announced by Medianama, and were subsequently confirmed by Sony at a press conference today. The press conference was attended by Kinichiro Hibi, managing director …

Hyderabad-based studio Rocksalt Interactive has announced its first game – Roadkill Xtreme. The 3D casual arcade game features fast-paced gameplay and is designed to be enjoyed in short bursts. Some additional features: Three levels with increasing difficulty, each with unique unlockables Store with 20+ items, upgrades and skins Interactive pedestrians …

Kickstarter game projects currently make up $200.4m of the $919m total raised since the crowdfunding site launched in 2009. The figure is split among 7,922 successfully funded game projects, along with the 4,933 projects that failed to meet their goals – with the majority of the latter group unable to …

Halo 4 developer 343 Industries hopes to bring the FPS franchise to a multitude of digital and physical formats, according to Halo: Spartan Assault lead designer Mike Ellis. Speaking with VentureBeat, Ellis discussed Halo potentially branching out from its typical formats – though he didn’t go as far as to …

Nintendo has announced it will put on a new Nintendo Direct online presentation this week. The company plans on revealing release and other info regarding Wii U and 3DS games set to launch during the spring 2014 window. No games were specifically mentioned, but Wii U’s Mario Kart 8 is …

Sony India’s press conference on Wednesday, where it will reveal launch plans for the PS4 in India, will be live-streamed. The PlayStation India Facebook page has posted a link to a page that will supposedly host a live feed of the press conference, which is set to take place at …