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Today is India’s 67th Independence Day, and several online games retailers are offering discounts in celebration. We’ve listed them all out below: Humble Origin Bundle The biggest deal of them all is not exactly an Independence Day offer, but it coincides with the date, so it’s fair game. As with …

Microsoft has tonight confirmed that the Xbox One roll-out in Europe will now be staggered across the end of 2013 and start of 2014. UK is still getting the next-gen console in November – but Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerlandhave to wait until 2014. At E3 …

Valve's former head of Steam assumes Windows gaming and entertainment role

Warner Bros has just released the first two instalments of the Mad Max motion comics, which delve into the back story of Avalanche’s upcoming open-world game. The first two parts of the motion comic detail how Max meets his faithful engineer and sidekick, Chumbucket. We had a chance to watch …

The must-attend battle of the game brains is back for September. Who will you send?

JRPG all-stars project Project Phoenix has got off to an amazing start on Kickstarter. The project launched yesterday with a target of $100,000. Having hit that within nine hours, it closed the day with funding having already surpassed $300,000. The game brings together some of the biggest names in the …

Creations from Media Molecule, Mind Candy and TT Games chosen for global campaign

Game about childhood cancer committed to Android console after investment from company

Sega and Sports Interactive have officially announced inevitable sim sequel Football Manager 2014. The game apparently boasts over 1,000 improvements and will for the first time be available on Linux. New cloud save tech means players will be able to resume their campaign from any machine. Steam Workshop will also …

Daring indie title That Dragon, Cancer has been confirmed as being an exclusive for Ouya. Kotaku reports that the game, which tackles the sensitive subject of a family coping with the strains of childhood cancer, has committed itself exclusively to the Android platform after receiving investment from the company. If …