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Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar was originally approached by developer Big Ant Studios to endorse and star in its upcoming cricket game, which was today unveiled as Don Bradman Cricket 14. Posting on the PlanetCricket forums, Big Ant Studios CEO Ross Symons said, For "personalities" sometimes you just know someone, …

Games distributor E-xpress Interactive will conduct Interact 2013, its annual trade event, in Mumbai tomorrow. Interact 2013 will showcase E-xpress’ upcoming game releases for 2013-14, featuring titles from Square Enix, Warner Bros, Sega, Take-Two Interactive, Bethesda, Namco Bandai and Ubisoft. The annual event attracts trade representatives from across India, and …

Jules Williams, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, discusses the annual summer slowdown in games sales and the opportunities for growth… Summer is well and truly upon us, with most of the UK basking in the first welcome rays of sunshine. The games industry, meanwhile, is prepared to sit beneath …

Lee Perry on why designers use shared experiences and existing games to convey their ideas

Specialist retailer Game4u has opened its 10th retail store in India; this one in Thane. The new store is located at Viviana Mall in Mumbai’s rapidly growing neighbouring town, and is also aiming to cater to customers in the nearby Mulund and Bhandup areas. We looked at Thane as an …

Unanimous rejection by Sony board members to mooted sell-off, which included PlayStation

Update: Trine Games CEO Sangam Gupta has responded to the below report, saying that the company will shift to its new studio this month, that all outstanding wages will be paid this month, that the company is now under new ownership, and that it will issue an IPO soon. Here …

Moshi Monsters will return to retail this October in a reinvention of its hit DS titles. Katsuma Unleashed for 3DS and DS focuses on a single Moshi Monsters character, and abandons the mini-game formula for platforming action. It is being developed by UK studio Sumo Digital. Mind Candy believes the …

The biggest names in the games industry say that indie developers will define the future of their businesses. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have this week dismissed criticism that indie games – such as Fez and Hotline Miami – do not sell consoles. And told MCV that they will be offering …

Id software director Tim Willits has admitted that the former build of Doom 4 was scrapped because it failed to harness the spirit of the series. In October 2011 it was revealed that work on the game had been indefinitely postponed” although both Id and publisher Bethesda insist that the …