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Kids grades K-12 write 50 million lines of code in just a week

Game4u will expand its retail operations this month with its first stores in Delhi and Bangalore. Like its store in Lower Parel, Mumbai, Game4u’s Delhi and Bangalore outlets will be shop-in-shop stores within Hamleys toy stores. Our decision to enter the Delhi and Bangalore markets is backed by the increasing …

The PlayStation 2 is India’s highest selling console by far, but with Sony having discontinued production earlier this year, it appears the console will narrowly miss hitting the landmark one million sales figure in the country. I would have loved it (if we could hit a million), but I think …

Linux savvy developers can begin tinkering with the living room focused, Debian-based distribution now

A new report from Russian internet security company Kaspersky Lab claims that gamers faced 11.7m malware attacks worldwide in 2013. As of the publication of the report, the firm had identified 4.6m pieces of gaming focused malware.” "We’ve just seen two of the biggest console launches ever, with the PlayStation …

The initial pre-release version of DayZ is now available to purchase and play as an Early Access title on Steam. Though publicly available, Bohemia stresses that the standalone version of Dean Hall’s hit Arma 2 mod is still very much a work in progress. "Be aware that our Early Access …

Indie Starbound maintained control over the top spot in this week’s Steam top ten sellers, beating out chart newcomer Rust. Both are being sold in pre-release form via Steam’s Early Access program. Other Early Access titles leaving their mark this time around include Wasteland 2 in fourth, and 7 Days …

Smartphone game Doctor Who: Legacy has teamed up with Forbidden Planet to offer free DLC. Customers at any of Forbidden Planet’s UK stores will on their receipt find a code entitling them to free DLC for the iOS and Android game that will reward them with current companion Clara Oswald …

Mojang's popular world-building hit coming to PlayStation Store tomorrow in North America and Europe a day later

Wargaming’s World of Tanks has surpassed 75m registered players. The news comes after the developer claimed in June that its free-to-play MMO had 60m registered users. This means that since then, the game has attracted 2.5m players on average every month. During 2013, the popular MMO at one point peaked …