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Warner Bros Interactive has introduced its PS3 Essentials range in India, starting with four titles. The initial set of Essentials includes Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, MK vs DC Universe, LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4, and LEGO Batman. Much like it did with its line of Ubisoft …
Read More »Telltale’s Poker Night 2 to feature GlaDOS, Claptrap, and more
Following the success of The Walking Dead last year, and having recently announced Fables adaptation The Wolf Among Us, Telltale Games has now announced its follow-up to 2010’s Poker Night at the Inventory. Poker Night 2 features characters from various popular game franchises, such as Claptrap from Borderlands, Brock Samson …
Read More »SPOTLIGHT: Vasu Chaturvedi
Vasu Chaturvedi is one of India’s most promising up and coming indie game developers. In 2011, he was part of a team of students from DSK Supinfogame that won the BYOG game jam at NASSCOM GDC. He is one of the creative minds behind Circulets, Hashstash Studios’ frantic upcoming tabletop …
Read More »The Darkman 2, Bowling Wizards take home FICCI BAF Award honours
Halo 4, The Darkman 2, Bowling Wizards, and Shield Attack picked up honours at the 2013 FICCI BAF Awards. In the mobile games category, addictive bowling puzzler Bowling Wizards from Chennai-based Nextwave Multimedia came away with top honours, while The Darkman 2’s addictive shooting-apples-off-heads gameplay won it and developer 7Seas …
Read More »Battlefield 4 release date leaked by Xbox.com
Battlefield 4 arrives on 29th October, a post on Xbox.com has inadvertently revealed. The date was listed in an Xbox.com blog post and then quickly removed, but it was up just long enough for a few eagle-eyed observers to pick up. All Games Beta has published a screenshot of the …
Read More »PS4 worldwide release this year: Gamestop
The PlayStation 4 will be introduced globally in 2013, retailer Gamestop’s executive vice president of strategy business and brand development Michael Hogan has said, allaying fears that the console would arrive in India, along with Europe, in next year. We know that Sony will introduce the PlayStation 4 globally in …
Read More »Stinky Footboard: A PC game controller you use with your feet
Stelulu Technologies turned quite a few heads at PAX East last week with its innovative new PC game controller, the Stinky Footboard. The device is a bit like an oversized d-pad that you plug into your PC’s USB port and control with your feet. It’s a PC gaming peripheral that …
Read More »Epic shows off next-gen possibilities with new Unreal Engine 4 demo
Last year, Epic Games showed off the first demo of its next-generation Unreal Engine 4, titled Elemental. Today at GDC, it showed off another impressive demo – Infiltration, and a promising sign of what next-gen games hold in store. The new Infiltrator demo was running on a Core i7 CPU-powered …
Read More »Dragon Age 3, next Mass Effect to use Frostbite 3
Battlefield 4 was unveiled a couple of days ago as the game that will debut DICE’s next generation Frostbite 3, and like its predecessor, it looks set to power a host of other EA games. Aaryn Flynn, general manager at Bioware’s Edmonton and Montreal studios has revealed that Dragon Age …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Origins rumoured for release this year
Batman: Arkham Origins is rumoured to be the third Batman game from Rocksteady Studios. French site Gameblog has quoted sources as confirming that the prequel will be revealed at E3 and will be headed to current and next-gen platforms. Interestingly, the website also says that Superman and Green Lantern, as …
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