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Indian gamers react to EA PC price hike with #EAPCIndia campaign

Indian PC gamers have taken to Facebook and Twitter to air their discontent at the rising prices of EA’s PC games. Using the #EAPCIndia hashtag, designed to give Indian gamers a single platform to make themselves heard on the issue, gamers continue to share their opinions on the matter. While …

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UPDATED: EA announces new prices for India; FIFA 14 now Rs 2,499 on PC, Rs 3,499 on PS3

Update: Flipkart has now updated the prices for all three games for Xbox 360 – Rs 3,499, same as PS3. Original story: EA has finally revealed its revised prices for PC and console games in India, and for consumers, it isn’t good news. As per the newly updated prices on …

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Flipkart increases PC game prices to Rs 1,499; distributors respond

Hot on the heels of our confirmation that EA is planning to increase PC game prices in India, the country’s biggest games retailer, Flipkart, has raised prices of forthcoming non-EA games. Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Splinter Cell: Blacklist are all now listed at Rs …

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EA to increase PC game prices in India

We tweeted a rumour yesterday about a possible price hike in EA’sPC games in India. We’ve now received word from the publisher confirming the same. We had heard from a source around E3 that EA might be looking to re-price PC games in India closer to the prices it charges …

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Microsoft increases Xbox 360 price in India

Six years into a console’s life cycle, you’d expect hardware prices to be dropping, but in India, Microsoft has just increased the price of the Xbox 360. An increase in prices for all three Xbox 360 SKUs has been conveyed to retailers, with prices going up from Rs 1,000 to …

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Argos to raise prices this week

The dust has barely settled on the news that Activision and other publishers will be raising their prices this Q4 – but it has emerged that retailer Argos is this week set to follow suit. The firm is expected to increase its prices by five per cent in its new …

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