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Free-to-play developer assumes massive valuation from part sale

Retail rejoice, the next game in the Angry Birds series features physical goods. Rovio has unveiled a sequel to last year’s Angry Birds: Star Wars – aptly titled Angry Birds: Star Wars II. It features the usual pig-slaying, lightsaber action (plus some new moves, apparently) but in a twist clearly …

While EA is raising its PC game prices to anywhere from Rs 2,499 to Rs 3,499, E-xpress Interactive is keen to keep prices for PC games it distributes as close to Rs 999 as possible. E-xpress distributes games from publishers such as Ubisoft, Warner Bros, 2K, Rockstar, Bethesda, Sega and …

New approval puts gaming tournament in same designation as NBA or NHL

There will be two versions of F1 2013 heading to shelves this Autumn, says Codemasters. The publisher is preparing F1 2013 and F1 2013: Classic Edition. The former features everything we have come to expect from an F1 game, including all the officially licensed tracks and drivers. Plus a number …

With all the news around gaming in India of late revolving around rising prices, here’s a nice change of pace. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be priced Rs 2,499 on Xbox 360 and PS3, and Rs 999 on PC, distributor E-xpress Interactive has announced. Just like old times. The PC …

The legendary Ultimate Warrior is being given away to those who pre-order WWE 2K14. Not the real Ultimate Warrior, we hasten to add, but a virtual one to use in the game. It’s the pre-order offer for 2K’s first crack at the WWE licence, which it acquired earlier in the …

Facebook takes top spot, while Apple clings on

Goal is to get 1m players involved in raising funds for charitable causes

Steam giant takes on high school interns as it experiments with training young developers