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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

Special discounts end on July 18th; Event kicks off on August 19th

David Braben's studio's first day of dealings sees shares priced at £1.27 each

Capcom is getting some seriously good mileage out of its 2009 hit, Street Fighter IV. Following on from 2010’s Super Street Fighter IV and 2011 Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (that was meant to be the final version by the way), comes Ultra Street Fighter IV. The new game …

Charitable outfit Playmob encourages developers of every kind to embrace Peace One Day

Microsoft has admitted it got the messaging on Xbox One wrong. Speaking with IGN, Xbox division corporate vice president Marc Whitten said, shame on us” for failing to communicate its future vision for console gaming in a way that excited consumers. We’ve got to just talk more, get people understanding …