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Hashstash Studio’s Circulets and SuperSike Games’ debut release Yet Another Bird Game have been selected for the indie showcase at next month’s Casual Connect Asia in Singapore. Circulets is a frantic tabletop multiplayer game that is designed to be competitive and yet easily accessible. Hashstash is yet to announce a …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins announced for October release; not developed by Rocksteady
Batman: Arkham Origins has been officially unveiled by Game Informer magazine, but the third Arkham game will be developed by Warner Bros Montreal, not Rocksteady Studios. Arkham Origins is being developed for PC and current-gen consoles, which probably means that Rocksteady is working on a next-gen project. As the name …
Read More »Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor’s Edge, Tecmo PS Vita titles arrive in India this month
Distribution for Tecmo Koei in India appears to have changed hands yet again, as Milestone Interactive lines up three games from the publisher for release this month. Milestone will release Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge for PS3 and Xbox 360 for Rs 2,199. Two PS Vita games, Ninja Gaiden Sigma …
Read More »Flipkart opens up to third-party retailers with Marketplace
Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer and the country’s leading games retailer, has announced the Flipkart Marketplace, which will allow third-party retailers to offer products through its platform, much like Amazon’s Marketplace. Contrary to what’s been reported in some media, however, Flipkart will not stop its own retail operations, and will …
Read More »UK distributor Click Entertainment plans India expansion
Click Entertainment, one of the UK’s largest game hardware, software and peripherals distributors, is turning its attention towards the growing console and PC market in India. In India, Click plans to work with key wholesalers, distributors and retailers to explore opportunities in both buying and selling. Click is a wholesale …
Read More »WWE 13 re-released through 2K Sports at Rs 1,799
WWE 13 has been re-released in India by 2K Sports with a new price point. Former publisher THQ went out of business in January, auctioning off most of its studios and franchises, and in February, 2K Sports announced that it had acquired the WWE license. It also announced that future …
Read More »Csharks kicks off game development competition for students
Kochi-based game company Csharks has kicked off Game Srishti, a two-month game development competition for students, with iPads, game consoles, and a possible game publishing deal to be won. The competiton began on 1st April, and entrants have until 30th May to complete their games and submit their entries. The …
Read More »Skyrim drops to Rs 1,999 on consoles, Rs 1,499 on PC in India
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has finally received a much needed price drop in India. Having launched at Rs 3,499 on consoles and Rs 2,499 on PC, it was priced significantly higher than most other games in India. Now, distributor E-xpress Interactive has dropped the game’s price drastically to Rs …
Read More »Atari founder backs Microsoft in next-gen console race
Calling Sony’s software development tools lame”, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has said that he believes that Microsoft will come out on top in the next-gen console race. I personally believe that Microsoft is in a superior position,” Bushnell said in his Gametrailers feature, adding, Sony, whenever they changes consoles, the …
Read More »Microsoft Studios creative director tells always-on opposers to deal with it
Microsoft has yet to even confirm the existence of a new Xbox console, but the one rumour about it that keeps popping up is that it will require users to be connected to the internet at all times. This time, it’s a Microsoft executive bringing it up. In February, Eidos …
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