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India games chain to open 150 stores

An Indian games retailer hopes to have over 150 outlets in operation by 2015. Games The Shop, which currently has seven stores, also says it has the potential to expand its chain globally. India is a vast country – it has a scope for much more than 150 stores,” Games …

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Disney acquires majority stake in UTV

The Walt Disney Company has obtained a controlling stake in UTV including the media firm’s games publishing arm UTV Ignition. Disney will be complete the acquisition shortly via a delisting action which will see UTV’s shares removed from local stock exchanges. It will start this process from February 6th, according …

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Sony publishing Bollywood superhero title

The video game tie-in for upcoming Hindi sci-fi movie Ra.One will be published for PS2 and PS3 by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Ra.One is being developed by Mumbai-based studio Trine Games and depicts events leading up to the superhero film of the same name, according to Gamasutra. The film is …

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INDIA: God of War III released early

Sony India has put God of War III on sale six days earlier than planned in an attempt to prevent import copies flooding the market. The game was originally scheduled for a March 19th release, which has now been brought forward to March 13th. It was reported on indianvideogamer.com that …

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INDIA: Games The Shop debuts

Emerging market India is on the verge of welcoming its first dedicted national chain of video games retailer with the opening of the interestingly titled ‘Games The Shop’ in Mumbai’s R-City mall. The owners plan to open an additional 15 stores over the coming year, all of which will stock …

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