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Perpetually growing mobile games company Gree has unveiled plans for a new studio located in Vancouver. The new western branch of the company would be focused on the free-to-play in the mobile gaming department. Gree also owns a studio in San Francisco following the acquisition of Funzio. The news has …

Mojang has announced the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has reached 3m copies sold. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the milestone on Twitter late last week. The downloadable title released back in early May, shattering XBLA records by moving over 1m units in just five days. When the game surpassed …

Four new titles have been added to E-Xpress Interactive’s ever-growing E-play line of low-priced PC games. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Just Cause 2, The Settlers 7: Gold Edition, and Might & Magic Heroes VI are the latest inclusions in the E-play line, and will now retail for Rs 299 each. …

Valve has announced the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior, revealing the games that climbed up the charts during the digital distributor’s annual summer sale. Those who made the list stood out from the hundreds if not thousands of discounted games during the eleven-day period. The promotion …

Robert Bowling brings Human Element to crowd-funded console

Good news for hard-hit region

PlayStation Network users around the world may take it for granted, but Sony has now finally begun its email newsletter service for PSN users in India. Sony sent out the first mailer to Indian PSN users today, which includes updates on new releases and various features available to PSN users. …

But sales still strong for console giant

One of the leading social and smartphone games publishers has signed up to sponsor Novembers’ London Games Conference 2012. 6waves, responsible for popular titles like Astro Garden, Mystery Manor and Township has is Gold Partner of the event. LGC 2012 takes place on Wednesday, November 21st in central London, and …

Game sales for indie smash-hit on all platforms fly past 10m