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A collection of all five main Elder Scrolls games will be released as the Elder Scrolls Anthology next week, and will be sold in India for Rs 3,999. The premium box set includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, including all the official add-ons for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim that …
Read More »Alphaman available now for iOS, Android
The Awesome Game Studio’s arcade-styled educational puzzle game Alphaman is out now for iOS and Android. Alphaman mixes maze puzzles with spelling challenges through 11 maps, each with its own theme. The game tasks players with making Alphaman eat letters in the correct order for accurate spelling, failing which he …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary Edition headed to India
The Gran Turismo series celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and it now appears that the Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary Edition will be making its way to India after all. Retailer Game4u has listed the special edition for preorder on its website. Carrying an MRP of Rs 3,799, the Anniversary …
Read More »E-xpress announces Connect, regional trade marketing event for north India
After Interact 2013 in Mumbai last month, distributor E-xpress Interactive will hold a trade marketing event for the north India region this month. Along the lines of Interact, the aim of Connect is to expose E-xpress’ 2013-14 line-up of games to retailers and other trade partners in the north India …
Read More »With Microsoft Points gone, digital purchases cheaper on Xbox Live than PSN
Microsoft recently abandoned its universal Microsoft Points system for Xbox Live in favour of local currencies. The result, at least for Indian Xbox Live users, is cheaper games. We compared prices for several games across Xbox Live’s Games on Demand service and the PlayStation Store and, to our surprise, most …
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail to speak at NGDC 2013
Rami Ismail, one half of influential indie developer Vlambeer, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vlambeer is the team behind the critical and commercial hit Ridiculous Fishing. The studio was also in the news a few months ago when its next game, Luftrausers, was cloned by a …
Read More »Nintendo announces 2DS, but we’re in India so move along
Twitter just exploded, mostly out of disbelief, because Nintendo has announced the 2DS, its new slate form-factor handheld that plays DS and 3DS games in 2D. While many may question the need for such a device – the 3DS has the option to turn off 3D – at $129, it …
Read More »Rayman Legends Indian release this weekend; PS3, Xbox 360 only
Reviews for Rayman Legends hit the web this week, surpassing expressions with a current Metacritic rating of around 90. Not surprisingly, the glowing reviews have sparked a renewed interest in the game, and so we got in touch with distributor E-xpress Interactive to find out when Ubisoft Montpellier’s follow-up to …
Read More »GTA5 pulled from PSN following leaks; Sony apologises to Rockstar, fans
Update: Sony has pulled Grand Theft Auto 5 from its servers after content from the game, which was made available for preload for preorder customers on PSN, made its way online, including potential spoilers. In a statement on the PlayStation Blog, Sony apologised to developer/publisher Rockstar Games and fans of …
Read More »PlayStation Plus ’12 months plus 90 days free’ offer live now
At Gamescom, Sony announced a PS4 pre-launch promotion for PlayStation Plus, which would give subscribers 90 days extra on a one-year subscription. That promotion is live now on the Indian store. The annual PlayStation Plus subscription is priced at Rs 2,950 and entitles PS3, PS Vita and (once it launches) …
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