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Online retailer Flipkart has listed Metro: Last Light for preorder. The game released internationally in May, but has been absent from Indian store shelves since publisher Deep Silver doesn’t have a distributor in India. Only the PS3 ‘Limited Edition’ SKU of the game has been listed on Flipkart, and the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto 5 online features to be revealed this week
Rockstar Games will reveal the online features of Grand Theft Auto V later this week, the developer has announced. The multiplayer features, which are briefly shown at the end of the game’s first gameplay trailer (watch it below), will be unveiled on 15th August. The reveal will include a gameplay …
Read More »BYOG 2012 winner Project Heera nominated for BAFTA award
NASSCOM and Indie Game Dev India BYOG 2012 winner Project Heera has been selected as one of the three nominees for the 2014 BAFTA Ones To Watch award. Project Heera, the top-down stealth-action game, was created by Tanmay Chinchkar for BYOG 2012, and since winning the three-day sprint, the game …
Read More »E-xpress presents strong 2013-14 games line-up at Interact 2013
Distributor E-xpress Interactive held its annual trade event in Mumbai, with representatives from various publishers and retailers in attendance. The main focus of the event was to showcase the company’s line-up of upcoming games for India, which includes Grand Theft Auto V, Batman: Arkham City, Watch Dogs, WWE 2K14, and …
Read More »FIFA World: EA announces free-to-play FIFA for PC
Following in the footsteps of Need for Speed: World, EA is now launching a free-to-play FIFA game for PC, titled FIFA World. FIFA World is currently in closed beta and is only available for Russia and Brazil. The game’s website states that an English language version is months from release. …
Read More »Milestone to distribute 505 Games in India; Payday 2 to get retail release
Publisher 505 Games has tied up with Milestone Interactive to release its forthcoming games in India. The first game to release through this partnership is Payday 2, the co-op FPS from Overkill Software (a subsidiary of The Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness developer Starbreeze). Its predecessor, Payday: The Heist, …
Read More »New Star Soccer to get 1.5 update in September
New Star Soccer, widely hailed as the best football game for mobile devices, is getting its long awaited 1.5 version update next month. The BAFTA award winning game has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times since its March 2012 release and the new update adds lots of new content …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins Collector’s Edition includes a 12-inch Batman and Joker statue
Warner Bros. has revealed the Collector’s Edition for Batman: Arkham Origins, and it includes a statue featuring Batman and Joker. Aside from the 12-inch statue and the game, the package will include the following: 80-page, full-colour hardcover artbook Assassin’s Intel Dossier, including files on the eight assassins, as well as …
Read More »TAGS announces educational mobile puzzle game Alphaman
The Awesome Game Studio has announced Alphaman, which mixes puzzles with arcade entertainment and education through spelling and reading. The game will include 11 maps, where players can pick up ‘Alphapowers’ to help Alphaman gain super powers, teleport and multiply speed to combat enemies and move to the next map. …
Read More »Street Cricket Champions 2 headed to PC this month
Street Cricket Champions 2, which released on PS2 and PSP last year, is headed to PC this month. Developed by Trine Games, which has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately, the PC version will retail for Rs 299 and will be distributed by Origin Games. Street Cricket …
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