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Game4u will expand its retail operations this month with its first stores in Delhi and Bangalore. Like its store in Lower Parel, Mumbai, Game4u’s Delhi and Bangalore outlets will be shop-in-shop stores within Hamleys toy stores. Our decision to enter the Delhi and Bangalore markets is backed by the increasing …
Read More »PS2 to narrowly miss becoming India’s first million-selling console
The PlayStation 2 is India’s highest selling console by far, but with Sony having discontinued production earlier this year, it appears the console will narrowly miss hitting the landmark one million sales figure in the country. I would have loved it (if we could hit a million), but I think …
Read More »Skylanders games and toys arrive in India
Two years after it took the world by storm, Activision’s Skylanders series has finally made its way to India. The Skylanders games are supplemented with a line of toy figures that can be bought separately and can interact with the game. Distributor WWC has released the first game in the …
Read More »Game4u begins end-of-year holiday sale
Retailer Game4u kicked off its end-of-year sale over the weekend. The sale features discounts on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 games and will last almost half a month, ending on 1st January. New games will be added to sale each day and will also include used games (what Game4u calls …
Read More »Steam Wallet prepaid cards now available at Game4u
Game4u is now offering Steam Wallets, which enable you to purchase games and other content on digital games service, Steam. The Steam Wallet cards are offered in three denominations – $10 (for Rs 799), $25 (for Rs 1,999) and $50 (for Rs 3,799). Game4u will not ship physical cards, but …
Read More »PS4 India press conference confirmed for 18th December in Delhi
Sony India will hold a press conference on 18th December to announce launch plans for the PlayStation 4 in India. The press conference will be held at Delhi’s Shangri-LaEros Hotel at 12:30 pm. Present at the presser will be Kinichiro Hibi, managing director of Sony India; Robert Fisser, vice president …
Read More »Clue Hunt: India’s first live escape game launched in Mumbai
Does the thought of being locked in a room with four of your friends and using clues hidden inside to find your escape within 60 minutes sound like fun? That’s Clue Hunt, a live escape game – and the first of its kind in India – that is now open …
Read More »PS4: E-xpress to launch Warner Bros games at Rs 2,499
Distributor E-xpress Interactive is set to launch Warner Bros PS4 games in India at just Rs 2,499. This comes as quite a surprise considering the fact that Sony is pricing its first-party games at Rs 3,999, and EA its line-up at Rs 4,499. The two Warner Bros games in the …
Read More »PS4 to be out of stock soon after launch: Sony India
Sony is yet to announce a launch date for the PS4 in India, but it has said that stocks will most probably run out soon after the console launches in the country. In terms of sell-through, I don’t think we will be too far off from seeing what we’re seeing …
Read More »Dates, venue for three-day NGDC 2014 announced
The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will be a three day affair in 2014. After last month’s NGDC 2013, the team at the NASSCOM Gaming Forum is already in the planning stages for next year’s conference, which will now span three days as opposed to two. Next year, NGDC will take …
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