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It’s funny how there always seems to be a festival or national holiday around high-profile game releases in India. It happened last month, with Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive all releasing around Independence Day, Parsi New Year and Id. Last week was no different, but it didn’t …
Read More »Obsidian CEO: Publishers approached us to front Kickstarter campaigns
Certain publishers are looking to take advantage of Kickstarter to develop new IPs and generate money without having to invest, Obsidian’s CEO Feargus Urquhart has claimed. Urquhart mentioned on Obsidian’s Project Eternity Kickstarter page that he had been reached out to by ‘some publishers’ looking to use the developer as …
Read More »Redington brings Rising Star Games to India
Redington has tied up with European publisher Rising Star Games to release its games in India. Rising Star Games focusses on releasing Japanese console games in Western markets. We are delighted to be working with Redington and to finally be able to bring the Rising Star Games titles to the …
Read More »Bioware announces Dragon Age 3: Inquisition
Bioware is currently developing the third instalment of the Dragon Age franchise, the game’s executive producer Mark Darrah announced via a post on the developer’s official blog. In production for almost two years, the game will use a new engine built on the foundation of DICE’s famed Frostbite 2 engine. …
Read More »PICTURES: Ubiday Pune 2012
We took the short trip to Pune on Friday for the first ever Ubiday Pune, where the Ubisoft welcomed journalists and other game developers from around India to get a glimpse of what goes on at its Pune studio. Syed Abbas spoke about the challenges of brining the older Splinter …
Read More »FIFA 13 demo racks up 2 million downloads in three days
Within three days of the release of the FIFA 13 demo on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, it has been downloaded a record-breaking 2 million times, EA has announced. The number is a 29 per cent increase over the demo download figures for FIFA 12 for the same period. The …
Read More »Redington to release Dead or Alive 5 in India, pricing revealed
While a few recent Tecmo Koei games were released by Milestone Interactive, Redington has announced that it will release Dead or Alive 5 in India. The game will be available on Xbox 360 and PS3 for Rs 3,299. In addition, the DOA 5 Collector’s Edition will also be released at …
Read More »FIFA 13 demo out for Xbox 360 and PC; PS3 demo today
A playable demo for FIFA 13 is out now on PC and Xbox Live, while the PS3 demo is expected on the Indian Playstation Store tonight. The PC version can be downloaded from Origin, while the Xbox 360 demo is currently restricted to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. PS3 users with …
Read More »Transformers: Fall of Cybertron out in India today
After a lengthy delay, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is in stores today, Activisions’ Indian distributor Worldwide CD ROMs has announced. The game was initially set for release 24th August, but the Indian release was pushed back. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will only be available in India on Xbox 360 and …
Read More »F1 2012 Indian release date and pricing revealed
F1 2012 will release in India on 22nd September, Codemasters’ Indian distributor Reliance Home Video and Games revealed today. The game will be priced at Rs 2,799 on Xbox 360 and PS3, while the PC version will retail at Rs 999. A demo for F1 2012 will be released for …
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