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The spin-off to Konami’s flagship series will finally arrive early next year, the publisher has said. A gameplay trailer shown during the latest episode of GTTV confirmed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be released in 2013. The game is set after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4 and puts …

Latest entry in hit Xbox series expected to unveil Monday

LucasArts has lifted the lid on its mysterious new Star Wars game – and it’s not your typical Force-wielding fare. Instead, Star Wars 1313 puts players in the role of a bounty hunter on Coruscant as he tries to uncover a criminal conspiracy. The studio promised a "dark and mature" …

Milestone Interactive, the Indian distributor for Capcom, has announced that those who preorder Resident Evil 6 from Flipkart or Game4U will receive exclusive bonus DLC. The preorder bonus includes three maps for the game’s Mercenaries mode: Rail Yard: A multi-level stage in the steel and concrete confines of a railroad …

Square Enix’s reboot of Lara Croft’s adventures will be released worldwide on March 5th, 2013. The launch date was revealed at the end of a new gameplay trailer released to coincide with E3. You can check out the sneaky, bloodied, deer-hunting, rock-crumbling goodness for yourself below. Tomb Raider was originally …

Pune-based Rolocule Games, developer of the award-winning iOS game Flick Tennis: College Wars, announced today that it has secured angel funding via Mumbai Angels and Blume Ventures, amongst others. The studio has released three iOS games so far – Super Badminton, Touch Squash, and Flick Tennis: College Wars, which won …

The immediate impression in Los Angeles next week will likely be that E3 is, once again, in its big and brash form. We’re promised the usual string of bolshy opening press conferences, new products revealed and others teased further, maybe some price cuts. But really, it doesn’t matter if GTA …

LucasArts today announced Star Wars 1313, a new internally developed game franchise set within the Star Wars universe. Interestingly, the new franchise is targeted at mature audiences, so much so that you’ll have to be at least 18 years-old to even visit the official (UK) website. The game is set …

Valve today announced that Dota 2 has gone the Team Fortress 2 route and is now free to play. Like Team Fortress 2, the game will now also feature an in-game store, where players can buy items and gear to customise their heroes. However, these customisations will be cosmetic only. …