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Ubisoft has been saying for a long time that Watch Dogs will be a launch title for the PS4 and the revelation of the game’s release date yesterday may have revealed more than just that. It’s been widely speculated that the next-gen consoles from both Sony and Microsoft will hit …
Read More »Watch Dogs gets release date, four special editions
Ubisoft has revealed the release date for its big new open-world game – Watch Dogs. The game will arrive on 22nd November for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and Ubisoft has said that the game will also be a PS4 launch title. Considering that the PS4 is also rumoured for …
Read More »Crysis, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead publisher EA Partners to shut down – reports
EA Partners, the publishing label through which EA published games developed by external independent developers, is being shut down, reports have suggested. The news comes from Game Informer, which has quoted multiple sources as saying that the move is part of an EA restructuring, which recently saw the departure of …
Read More »Call of Duty drops Modern Warfare moniker; new game titled Call of Duty: Ghosts
A couple of leaks appear to confirm that the next Call of Duty game from Infinity Ward will be called Call of Duty: Ghosts, dropping the Modern Warfare moniker. This will be the first game by Infinity Ward since Call of Duty 4 in 2007 to not carry the Modern …
Read More »Move Street Cricket 2 goes gold, Sony teases reveal
Move Street Cricket 2 has gone gold and the PlayStation India Facebook page has put up the game’s first promotional image ahead of a formal unveiling. The game was first confirmed last year when PlayStation India country managerAtindriya Bose had told MCVthat the game was under development at series creator …
Read More »Microsoft drops prices for older Xbox 360 games in India
Microsoft has dropped prices on several older Xbox 360 games, and now offers games at several price points, from Rs 699 to Rs 2,999. While older games like Alan Wake, Mass Effect and Halo 3: ODST are priced at Rs 699, others like Crackdown 2, Gears of War Triple Pack …
Read More »Indiagames founder and CEO Vishal Gondal to resign
Vishal Gondal, founder and CEO of Indiagames and currently managing director of DisneyUTV Digital, is set to resign at the end of June, the company has announced. Gondal will be replaced by Sameer Ganapathy, who previously headed DisneyUTV’s media networks distribution business. Indiagames started out in 1999 as a mobile …
Read More »Reliance to release Star Trek: The Video Game on 26th April
Star Trek: The Video Game, the upcoming co-op shooter featuring iconic characters Kirk and Spock, will be released in India this month by Reliance Home Video and Games. The cover-based shooter is being developed by Digital Extremes (The Darkness 2) and features an original story by BAFTA Award-winning writer Marianne …
Read More »FIFA 14 announced for autumn current-gen release
EA Sports has announced FIFA 14 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, with additional platforms to be announced later. Next-gen consoles like the PS4 and next Xbox aside, PS Vita, Wii U, PSP and PS2 are also missing from the initial platform list. FIFA 13 was released for all those …
Read More »Free-to-play Ridge Racer: Driftopia announced for PC, PS3
Ridge Racer is going free-to-play. The follow-up to last year’s Ridge Racer: Unbounded is going the micro-transactions route, allowing players to get into the action for free, with the option (or compulsion) of paying for cars, boosters, repairs, etc. "At Namco Bandai Games, we are committed to embracing new business …
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