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Move Street Cricket 2 for PS3 is set to hit stores in India later this month, Sony has announced. Developed by Mumbai-based Trine Games, the PlayStation Move cricket game will be priced at Rs 1,499. For those who don’t already own the Move kit, Sony is introducing a bundle in …
Read More »EA discontinues online pass
EA is discontinuing the online pass, which required users to punch in a one-time-use code to activate the online offerings of its games. "It never really caught on. People didn’t like it. People told us that they didn’t like it and, you know, we went through a cycle and we’re …
Read More »Google Play Game Services announced: cloud saves, multiplayer, achievements
Google has officially unveiled Google Play Game Services at its I/O 2013 developer conference today. Google Play Game Services adds cloud saves, achievements and leaderboards for games on the Play Store. The big news, however, is that the service is not only headed to Android and web, but also to …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 confirmed for PS3 this year; to feature 1,200 cars
Gran Turismo 6 is official. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi announced the game today at the franchise’s 15th anniversary celebrations at the Silverstone circuit in the UK. The game is headed to the PS3 and will pack in 1,200 cars; that’s GT5’s 1,000 and 200 new ones. The Silverstone circuit will …
Read More »Supersike Games announces Catcher in the Sky for iOS
With its debut game still two days away from release, Delhi-based indie developer Supersike Games is already teasing its next game – Catcher in the Sky. Catcher in the Sky aims to flip the script on the ever-popular endless runner genre. As the studios describes it, the game is the …
Read More »WWE 2K14 release date, platforms revealed
WWE 2K14 will release on 29th October, Take-Two announced while revealing its annual financial results. WWE 2K14 will be the first WWE game in over a decade to not be published by THQ. 2K Sports acquired the WWE games license after THQ went out of business earlier this year. The …
Read More »The Last of Us price dropped, possibly due to local replication
Naughty Dog’s upcoming survival action game The Last of Us will be priced at Rs 2,699 in India, a drop from the usual Rs 2,999 price point for triple-A first party games. News of the price drop comes from retailer Game4u, and is probably the result of the game being …
Read More »The increasingly blurred line between drawing inspiration and cloning
The recent uproar around the cloning of Vlambeer’s next game, Luftrausers, has been picked up by every major gaming publication, with both Vlambeer and RubiqLabs, the developers of Luftrausers’s supposed clone (SkyFar), making themselves heard on the matter. Most of us haven’t played Luftrausers; while it has been showcased at …
Read More »Reliance announces endless running mobile game tie-in for After Earth
Reliance Games is currently working on a mobile game that will tie into the release of the Will Smith-starring film, After Earth. The running game will feature two modes – a story mode, and an endless running challenge mode. We are thrilled to work with Reliance Games to bring a …
Read More »Circulets out now for iOS, Android
Hashstash Studios’ tabletop multiplayer game Circulets is out now on the iOS App Store and Google Play. Circulets is an easy-to-pick-up causal game for all ages. With two players sitting on either end of a smartphone or tablet, the game tasks them with pulling as many circles, or circulets, of …
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