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Sony is continuing its trend of pricing first-party games way cheaper on PSN than at retail. The latest example is Tearaway. Media Molecule’s long-awaited PS Vita debut is priced Rs 2,499 at retail, but is now up for preorder on PSN for just Rs 1,579; that’s almost Rs 1,000 less. …

Telltale Games has released a trailer for the highly anticipated second season of The Walking Dead, revealing that the first episode is expected to launch before the end of the year. The news comes via the PlayStation US blog, which confirms a PS3 and Vita release – but makes no …

Borderlands 2 has shipped over 7.5m copies at retail, and is on track to become 2K Games’ highest-selling title ever. Take-Two revealed the latest figures for physical copies of Gearbox’s sequel as part of the publisher’s Q2 2014 financial results. "Borderlands 2 has sold-in over 7.5 million units and counting, …

Just a couple of days from release, WWE 2K14 has received a change in price. Games the Shop was first to drop the price from the earlier MRP of Rs 2,999 to Rs 2,499, but the new price has since also been adopted by other retailers like Flipkart and Game4u, …

Grand Theft Auto V shipments are closing in on 29m copies, Take-Two has announced. The publisher revealed the staggering figure as part of its latest quarterly earnings report, adding that the game’s has surpassed the lifetime total for Grand Theft Auto IV units shipped. "[Grand Theft Auto V is an] …

Take-Two is reinvesting massive revenues into ten next-generation titles

Take-Two interactive has released its financial results for Q2 2014, reporting a huge spike in net revenue thanks to Grand Theft Auto V. Earnings for GTA V weren’t included in the publisher’s GAAP net revenue, which came in at $148.8m for the quarter – compared to $273.1m during the same …

EA's mobile sales are down from last quarter, but key titles hold course from last year

Publisher pulls in $695m in revenue

Development of free-to-play Command & Conquer ceases