30 Apr

Why GTA4 won’t kill Iron Man

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by gSathe
Over the last few days, there’s been a huge number of sites which have run a story saying that the launch of GTA IV will hurt the reception of Iron Man, and this has spun beyond the thousands of blogs out there and made it to the mainstream media as well, bringing “intelligent analysis” [...]

28 Apr

Sony joins Indian developers to boost PS2 sales

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From what we hear, Sony Computer Entertainment has roped in as many as 13 Indian game developers to produce desi games for cheap.
We get the news from good old Rediff:
Atindriya Bose, country manager (Playstation), SCE, said game developers such as Indiagames, Trine, DQ Entertainment, Dhruva will be working with the company to produce games that [...]

28 Apr

Capcom’s cut-and paste covers

Filed under: Gaming News and Reportage 4 Responses

by gSathe
Okay, so it’s been a week already, and most of you would have heard about the Okami Wii cover mix up and the quick fix solution that followed. For those of you who hadn’t been listening (why? why why why?) here’s the short form text: The box art of Capcom’s upcoming game Okami for [...]

25 Apr

World of WoW: First Step

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by Mridul Yadav
The First Step is the beginning of a series of articles about the enormously popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) developed by Blizzard. There are a number of things that make me stick to my computer screen through the nights without sleep and without studies. This is a Split-Screen version of [...]

21 Apr

Casually gaming

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by gSathe
Casual games.
Yup. I said it. Casual games. Like the soft porn of the games industry, bite sized pieces of entertainment made with tiny budgets to do nothing but titillate you and reel you in, click click and click, while the actual porn gets downloaded in the background. Or the office spreadsheet waits for your [...]

21 Apr

Hanuman on the PS2

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Aurona Technologies, a member of Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd. has announced that it will develop a video game based on Hanuman for the PS2 platform. The game will be developed in partnership with Sony Entertainment.
Commenting on the agreement, Jim Ryan, co-chief operating officer of SCEE said, “We are committing significant resources to growing the market [...]

18 Apr

Loading: Level 3 – The Tournament

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by Sumedh Balan
Welcome to the third edition of Loading. So you think you have formed a clan? Oh, you have even won a couple of matches? Hmmmm…
Well I guess its time for your team to enter the Tournament Phase of your CS career. As I advised you last week, one must only start the tournament [...]

16 Apr

Ubisoft is coming to town

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Ubisoft is coming to India!
The company has acquired a Pune-based development studio called Gameloft. Ubisoft wants to expand the already 120-strong studio launched in 2006. They are aiming at 200 employees in the next year and then to 500.
Ubisoft aims to develop handheld ports of current titles and “reinforcing” existing teams.
Ubisoft feels the acquisition will [...]

16 Apr

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword Review

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by gSathe
Ummm…
I think that was my exact response the first Ninja Gaiden game. I can’t say that I loved it, but it was definitely interesting. And also annoying enough that I gave up on it after a point. I didn’t have anything more to do with the series for a long time. And then I [...]

14 Apr

The Year of the PS3?

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by gSathe
Is the era of the X-Box over already, almost before it began? Premature ejaculation of fanboy glee, a beautiful moment but over in a flash, with nothing but a mess and disappointed people left in its wake?
A little look at what the experts say on the subject certainly tells us so. An article on [...]