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Gameshastra has fashioned itself into something of a puzzle game specialist. After releasing seven puzzlers in 2012, the most recent of them being Rescube, the Hyderabad-based company has now launched Crazy Oogles. The grid-based puzzle game tasks the player with connecting similar coloured tentacles, with complications arising in the form …

Valve president claims there is no need to treat PC, mobile and console as 'islands'

Proceeds from World of Warcraft 'cinder kitten' pet sales donated to Red Cross

Flipkart.com is offering select titles from the Metal Gear Solid franchise at a 15% discount for a limited time. The games on sale include Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on PS2; Portable Ops and Peace Walker for PSP; and the Metal Gear Solid …

A Fire Emblem-themed 3DS hardware bundle is heading to US and Canada, Nintendo of America has announced. The bundle, originally launched in Japan in April 2012, contains a cobalt blue 3DS with a Fire Emblem seal branded on the front and the 3DS title Awakening pre-installed. For whatever reason, Nintendo …

PS3-exclusive Far Cry 3 DLC is landing on the Playstation Network this week, and it won’t cost a dime. Joystiq reports the co-op focused ‘High Tides’ add-on will arrive on Playstation 3’s online network this Tuesday, January 15th. The content offers two chapters, Redemption and Jailbreak, that revolve around the …

Valve has revealed the past week’s top ten sellers on Steam, with some veteran titles bubbling up thanks to an extension of the platform’s holiday sale. DayZ womb ArmA II rekindled some of its 2012 magic, finishing ahead of popular indie medieval FPS Chivalry to take the top spot for …

In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, we round up the latest Microsoft appointments and look at the best job opportunities. MICROSOFT RESHUFFLES STUDIOS MANAGEMENT In case you missed news of Microsoft’s new Lift London studio earlier this week, it was accompanied by a couple of …

If You Can working on top-down RPG for children

More than $195m raised in just two months from Skylanders Giants