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Microsoft has dropped prices on several older Xbox 360 games, and now offers games at several price points, from Rs 699 to Rs 2,999. While older games like Alan Wake, Mass Effect and Halo 3: ODST are priced at Rs 699, others like Crackdown 2, Gears of War Triple Pack …

The Heroes in a Half Shell have begun their assault on the global games market. Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run is now available for 1.49 on iTunes. The endless runner allows gamers to play as any of the four ninjas. Special features include the bullet-time-esque slow-mo Turtle Time …

Specialist games retailer Game4u has opened its first store in Chandigarh, making this its fifth store in northern India. The new store is located in Elante Mall, and Game4u is giving away various prizes to the first ten customers who walk into the store, take a picture with their purchase, …

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The 2.0 patch released for SimCity has, according to some users, caused new problems with the game. PCGamesN reports that the update, released earlier this week, has sparked outrage on both the game’s forums and Reddit after seemingly causing fresh issues with many of the title’s in-game systems. Some users …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at why developers are flocking to HTML5

Former Rare studio director to discuss creating new IP, managing creative risk and new business models

Eight games are available to buy now on the Wii U’s Virtual Console store in the US. Two of them are SNES titles – the seminal Super Mario World and racer F-Zero. The remaining six all stem from the NES era – Donkey Kong Jr, Excitebike, Ice Climber, Kirby’s Adventure, …

Microsoft has announced a new set of Xbox 360 console bundles as part of its promotion for the summer season. Three of the four Xbox 360 console SKUs currently sold in India will now be available as new game bundles, and arguably the most attractive one is of the standalone …

A net profit of $9.5bn for the quarter ending March was not enough to see Apple avoid its first quarterly profit decline in a decade. That’s down from the $11.6bn profit recorded in the same period the year before. In truth, Apple actually beat its guidance thanks to stronger than …