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The Walking Dead has surpassed 1m episode sales just two weeks after launch, Telltale has announced. Joystiq confirmed with the developer that episode sales count each episode sold in the season pass offering (five episodes total), as well as individual episode one sales. The most exciting aspect of getting off …

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2K is running a special war movie marathon at a Leicester Square cinema in support of its upcoming shooter, Spec Ops: The Line. The firm has teamed up with Digital Spy to let users vote for their favourite war films (from Saving Private Ryan to Apocalypse Now). The top four …

The NASSCOM Gaming Forum has announced that it will conduct developer meet-ups in Delhi and Mumbai in June. The third Delhi meet-up will take place at the International Youth Centre on June 16. Highlights include a talk on how developers should approach publishers, and a post-mortem of Pyrodactyl Games’ role-playing …

2K Games has unveiled two special edition SKUs for upcoming action RPG Borderlands 2. The Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collector’s Edition includes a Marcus Kincaid bobblehead, a hardback art book, sticker set, digital comic download and some additional in-game DLC. It will retail for 64.99. The Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition, …

New tech 'was shown to Sony and Microsoft at GDC'

Indian specialist games retailer Games The Shop will hold a midnight launch for Rockstar Games’ latest release, Max Payne 3, in Mumbai. The launch will take place at Games The Shop’s Oberoi Mall store located on the Western Express Highway in Goregaon East, Mumbai. All those who visit the store …