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FIFA 13 witnessed a historic launch at Game4u’s midnight launch events its Mumbai and Gurgaon stores. We tied up with Game4u to give its online preordered customers the opportunity to win a free copy of the game. After a couple of weeks of entries, we’ve picked one winner via lucky …

Technicolor has collaborated with Rockstar Games to set up a team to work exclusively on the Grand Theft Auto developer-publisher’s titles at its Bangalore facility. The state-of-the-art technology infrastructure” at the Bangalore studio will house a team of game artists and animators working solely on Rockstar Games titles. Technicolor’s India …

In a trend that is becoming increasingly common across games with multiplayer components, Ubisoft today unveiled the season pass for its upcoming epic Assassin’s Creed 3. The season pass provides access to all forthcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 downloadable content at a discounted bulk price. The pass is now available on …

Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, Bulletstorm, and Hell Yeah!: Wrath of Dead Rabbit are now part of the Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers. This means that for a month, these games are available for download to all Plus subscribers at no extra cost. While PSN platformer Hell Yeah! …

Gully cricket title Street Cricket Champions 2 is in stores now for PS2 and PSP. Priced at Rs 699 on both platforms, this is the third game from Sony’s Street Cricket franchise. The first game – Street Cricket Champions – was also a PS2 and PSP title, while the motion …

Specialist retailers in India have been organising midnight launches for high-profile games for a few years now, but somehow, that excitement was never quite reciprocated by consumers. That changed last night with the launch of FIFA 13. Arriving at Game4u’s 900 sq ft store at Mega Mall in suburban Mumbai, …

In part two of our interview with Jayont R Sharma, chariman and CEO of Milestone Interactive, he tells us about the company’s new business ventures – namely retail and game development – as well as the opportunities for venturing into video game rentals and digital distribution. You can read part …

The first-party line-up of PS3 Essentials will be in stores across India by this weekend, Sony has confirmed. The Essentials is a budget line-up that consists of older, popular PS3 games re-released at lower prices and with a distinctive cover art. Sony has confirmed that the line-up will be priced …

Mobile game developer Jump Games is looking to set up a studio in Canada or Singapore before the end of the year, Manish Agarwal, CEO of parent company Reliance Entertainment Digital, has told MCV. We’re clear that we need to have a studio outside India. We’re looking at exploring the …

Microsoft has kick-started its Xfriends competition, where competing on Xbox Live across seven games will give one gamer the chance to walk away with Rs 5 lakh. Games included in the competition are Tekken Tag Torunament 2, FIFA 13, NBA 2K13, Resident Evil 6, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Halo 4 …