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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is set to give a technical presentation on the FOX engine at this month’s GDC, but he also has an announcement to make. Kojima posted on Twitter today, ”I will give presentation speech at GDC3013 in SF. It will be tech presentation of FOX …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us preorder DLC exclusive to Flipkart, Games the Shop
Preorder bonuses for NetherRealm Studios’ superhero brawler Injustice: Gods Amongst Us will be exclusive to one offline and one online retailer in India. The preorder bonus is the Arkham City DLC skin pack, which includes character skins for Batman, Joker and Catwoman as seen in Batman: Artkham City. This DLC …
Read More »Battlefield 4 could be revealed on 27th March
EA could reveal Battlefield 4 around this month’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. The publisher has sent out invitations for an event on 26th March, which has been posted online by IGN. While Battlefield 4 isn’t mentioned on the invite, the design, font, and colour palette are reminiscent of …
Read More »EA pulls SimCity from Indian Origin store following technical exploit
EA has removed SimCity from the Indian Origin Store after users outside India found a technical loophole that allowed them to purchase the game at a significantly lower price. Due to a technical exploit that is being abused by some users, EA has had to temporarily remove SimCity from the …
Read More »Nvidia announces support for AMD-powered PS4
Nvidia today announced that its PhysX and APEX technologies will be supported on the PS4, which Sony announced in February. Nvidia and AMD’s war for dominance of the PC platform has been as fiercely fought and well documented as Sony and Microsoft’s in the console space, so it’s interesting to …
Read More »God of War: Ascension midnight launch in six cities across India
Next week’s release of God of War: Ascension is set to receive India’s largest midnight launch yet, with six cities across the country participating. While past midnight launches have been restricted to just Mumbai or to the metros, Ascension will be sold at midnight on 13th March in Mumbai, Delhi, …
Read More »SimCity: EA adding more servers, disabling gameplay features following gamer outrage
SimCity is set to hit stores in India today, and if you do happen to pick up a copy of the game, don’t expect it to be a smooth ride. The game requires you to always be online, with no offline mode available. While that sounds harsh enough in itself, …
Read More »Capcom sets June release for Lost Planet 3
The hostile icy recesses of E.D.N. III are set to return this June, as Capcom reveals the release date for Lost Planet 3. The third game introduces a new enemy – the Snow Pirates, as well as a new giant Akrid named the Carrier. Capcom has released the new trailer …
Read More »God of War sale on PSN ahead of Ascension release
With God of War: Ascension just around the corner, the PlayStation Store is offering savings on plenty of God of War products. The sales kicked off yesterday and will go on for a week, so we assume that it will end on 13th March, the day after Ascension hits stores. …
Read More »PS4 to go into production in August, to ship 16 million units this year
The PlayStation 4 will go into full production in August and will ship 16 million units this year, reports out of Taiwan and Japan have suggested. Esuteru(Japanese) has quoted a report in Taiwanese publication Digitimes as saying that production will be handled by Taiwanese companies Foxconn and Pegatron. Foxconn also …
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