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The early indications are very positive for Wii U. Retailer GameStop is one of five – the others being Best Buy, Toys R Us, Sears and Walmart – to have already sold out of their launch allocation of the Deluxe Wii U bundle. And the number of retailers offering stock …

Nearly one million users flock to community voting service

FIFA 13 is missing from the Indian Origin store, as are other upcoming EA games such as Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Dead Space 3 and SimCity. This leaves Indian users with no option but to buy physical copies of these games. FIFA 13 retails for Rs 1,499 on PC. Prices …

At last, we have a No.1 selling in decent numbers. 2K Games’ Borderlands 2 has debuted at No.1 in this week’s listings thanks to the biggest unit sales launch of 2012 to date, bettering previous sales winner Mass Effect 3. Its predecessor Borderlands, which launched in late 2009, made it …

EA has published the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for FIFA 13, and announced that the game will not support Windows 8 as the upcoming operating system will release after the game. FIFA games have traditionally received step-motherly treatment, built on an inferior engine than the one that the …

Will Luton discusses how developers must work together to succeed

More than 14,000 backers pledge support to fifth entry into the series

Blizzard is looking into potentially offering a free-to-play option for Starcraft II’s multiplayer mode, according to the game’s lead designer Dustin Browder. Browder was asked during a panel at the Valencia eSports Congress (via pcgamesn) if Blizzard had any plans for f2p for the popular strategy franchise. [We’re] looking at …

Valve has revealed Steam’s top ten selling titles for the past week, with Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II duking it out for the top spot. In its second week of availability, Gearbox’s shooter RPG was able to hold off the launch of Runic’s dungeon crawler – though both titles seem …

It’s funny how there always seems to be a festival or national holiday around high-profile game releases in India. It happened last month, with Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive all releasing around Independence Day, Parsi New Year and Id. Last week was no different, but it didn’t …