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The PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has received a drop in price to Rs 499, distributor E-Xpress Interactive has announced. Assassin’s Creed is one of India’s bestselling franchises and multiple games from the franchise often feature in the overall top ten selling games of the Flipkart weekly charts. However, …

Retailer GAME has become the first to go live with its trade-in offer for Nintendo’s 3DS, which is released in the UK this Friday. Those willing to hand over their old console can buy the brand new machine for 79.99. That represents a 100 saving over buying the machine outright. …

Hang on – this isn’t how it’s supposed to work, is it? In an age where many are happy to predict the death of the High Street, digital games retailer Green Man Gaming is going the other direction, having announced its expansion into the boxed games market. The strategy is …

Specialist retailer Games the Shop has revealed its bestselling games for the first quarter of 2012-13 (April to June 2012). While the retailer didn’t release a consolidated list of top sellers, it did reveal the top ten sellers for five platforms – PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and PS2. Max …

E-Xpress Interactive will hold its annual games showcase for trade partners – Interact 2012, on 27th July. The event, which will be held in Mumbai, will give retailers the opportunity to demo and learn more about the many games set to release via E-Xpress Interactive during the remainder of 2012-13. …

New Super Mario Bros 2 will be the first Nintendo game to get a simultaneous digital and retail release – and Nintendo wants its customer base to experiment. All Nintendo games come with a Club Nintendo Coins card that can be redeemed against goodies. The standard Coins reward for a …

DISCLAIMER: HMV hasn’t revealed a new twin-stick 3DS XL. Although shoppers on one UK High Street today may well be thinking otherwise after what appears to be a marketing error from the entertainment giant. As spotted by a Nintendo Gamer reader, POS for at least one HMV outlets is carrying …

E-Xpress Interactive and Namco Bandai today revealed the preorder promotions for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in India. At E3, Namco had announced its collaboration with Snoop Dogg for the upcoming fighting game, and aside from the rapper contributing a song to the game’s soundtrack, all those who preorder Tekken Tag …

Specialist games retailer Game4U today announced its annual monsoon sale, where customers stand to save up to 40% of PC and console games and peripherals. On sale are games such as Mass Effect 3, Need for Speed: The Run, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Street Fighter x Tekken and …

Craig Thirkell is Asda’s new games buying manager. Thirkell is an Asda veteran of 17 years, joining the firm as a store manager in 1995. He has held numerous roles, including head of Asda mobile. He most recently worked as buying manager for vision and audio, and takes his new …