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Distributor Origin Marketing is set to conduct a tournament to find India’s best Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 player, who will then have a chance to compete at the PES 2013 World Finals, with €15,000 up for grabs. The World Finals will take place over three days, from 26th to 28th …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Anthology coming to India; priced Rs 3,999
A collection of all five main Elder Scrolls games will be released as the Elder Scrolls Anthology next week, and will be sold in India for Rs 3,999. The premium box set includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, including all the official add-ons for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim that …
Read More »Alphaman available now for iOS, Android
The Awesome Game Studio’s arcade-styled educational puzzle game Alphaman is out now for iOS and Android. Alphaman mixes maze puzzles with spelling challenges through 11 maps, each with its own theme. The game tasks players with making Alphaman eat letters in the correct order for accurate spelling, failing which he …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary Edition headed to India
The Gran Turismo series celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and it now appears that the Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary Edition will be making its way to India after all. Retailer Game4u has listed the special edition for preorder on its website. Carrying an MRP of Rs 3,799, the Anniversary …
Read More »PES 2014: System requirements for FOX Engine-powered PC version revealed
Konami has released the PC system requirements for the FOX Engine-powered Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, and here they are. Minimum OS: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7 SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 240 GPU: DirectX 9.0c compatible with 512 MB RAM RAM: …
Read More »E-xpress announces Connect, regional trade marketing event for north India
After Interact 2013 in Mumbai last month, distributor E-xpress Interactive will hold a trade marketing event for the north India region this month. Along the lines of Interact, the aim of Connect is to expose E-xpress’ 2013-14 line-up of games to retailers and other trade partners in the north India …
Read More »With Microsoft Points gone, digital purchases cheaper on Xbox Live than PSN
Microsoft recently abandoned its universal Microsoft Points system for Xbox Live in favour of local currencies. The result, at least for Indian Xbox Live users, is cheaper games. We compared prices for several games across Xbox Live’s Games on Demand service and the PlayStation Store and, to our surprise, most …
Read More »PES 2014: Konami explains lack of rain effect, Spanish stadiums, stadium editor
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 won’t feature the rain effect or any Spanish stadiums, both for very different reasons. The omission of rain, as European community manager Adam Bhatti puts it, was down to the game being rebuilt from scratch, and the team therefore not having the time to include the …
Read More »Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail to speak at NGDC 2013
Rami Ismail, one half of influential indie developer Vlambeer, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vlambeer is the team behind the critical and commercial hit Ridiculous Fishing. The studio was also in the news a few months ago when its next game, Luftrausers, was cloned by a …
Read More »Nintendo announces 2DS, but we’re in India so move along
Twitter just exploded, mostly out of disbelief, because Nintendo has announced the 2DS, its new slate form-factor handheld that plays DS and 3DS games in 2D. While many may question the need for such a device – the 3DS has the option to turn off 3D – at $129, it …
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