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Activision has announced Fast & Furious: Showdown, a video game tie-in for the upcoming street racing film. The game will be released in the UK on May 24th for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U, according to GAME listings. Polygon reports Showdown is being developed by Firebrand Games and focuses …

Kochi-based game company Csharks has kicked off Game Srishti, a two-month game development competition for students, with iPads, game consoles, and a possible game publishing deal to be won. The competiton began on 1st April, and entrants have until 30th May to complete their games and submit their entries. The …

Major HMV stores that were originally due to be closed have been saved, MCV can confirm. That includes outlets in Manchester and Edinburgh. Originally HMV was going to close all its stores in Scotland’s capital, but now there will still be three stores, including its flagship outlet in Princes Street. …

The newest Monster Hunter has been a much-needed success story for Wii U – so much so that the game is selling out. Fortunately, Nintendo of Europe has pledged to resupply retailers with fresh stock of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for both Wii U and 3DS within weeks. "I’d like …

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has finally received a much needed price drop in India. Having launched at Rs 3,499 on consoles and Rs 2,499 on PC, it was priced significantly higher than most other games in India. Now, distributor E-xpress Interactive has dropped the game’s price drastically to Rs …

Ride to Hell, a biker-focused IP announced by Deep Silver back in 2008, will finally launch later this year. Not as one game, but as a trio of titles sold across various platforms. Ride to Hell: Retribution will launch in North America on June 25th and worldwide on June 28th …

The second Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC, Uprising, has been confirmed for an April 16th timed-exclusive launch on Xbox 360. The content will add four new multiplayer maps and a Zombies adventure entitled Mob of the Dead.” Everything from the promo image leak earlier this week stands up, …

Calling Sony’s software development tools lame”, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has said that he believes that Microsoft will come out on top in the next-gen console race. I personally believe that Microsoft is in a superior position,” Bushnell said in his Gametrailers feature, adding, Sony, whenever they changes consoles, the …

Minecraft has surpassed 10m copies sold across PC, Mac, and Linux platforms. "Minecraft (PC) has hit 10M! As promised, a subtle hint on the main 1.6 feature…" Bergensten tweeted. Bergensten’s link was to a photo of a horse, indicating what would appear to be a new feature for the upcoming …

Microsoft has yet to even confirm the existence of a new Xbox console, but the one rumour about it that keeps popping up is that it will require users to be connected to the internet at all times. This time, it’s a Microsoft executive bringing it up. In February, Eidos …