29 Nov

Review: Borderlands – “Truly This Generation’s Diablo”

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By Ravi Sinha If you’re a role-player looking for in-depth strategizing to go with your bulbous plot development, with side-quests that take hours to complete apiece, you’ll find Borderlands a diversion. Which doesn’t diminish its standing one bit – it’s a most entertaining diversion that just about anyone can get into. Shooter fans (as long [...]

28 Nov

Rumour: More Bungie Halo Games After Halo Reach?

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By Nike Okami Whether or not you believe HipHopGamer on Bungie Studios announcing a PS3 exclusive in 2010 (and without a lick of evidence or sane reason, no one blames you if you don’t), there’s no denying the developer’s busy. Working across multiple unannounced projects, it’s safe to assume the studio is devoting different teams [...]

26 Nov

Assassin’s Creed 2, F1 2009 Now Available in India: Just Cause 2 Due in 2010

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Assassin’s Creed II is now available in India, priced at Rs 2,599 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, while the DS and PSP versions are both priced at Rs 1,599. Many have called the game the perfect sequel, ironing out the problems with the original, and we’ll be putting up our own review really soon, [...]

24 Nov

Mercenaries Inc. Was Pandemic’s Next Game, Cancelled This Month

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Pandemic Studios is officially shut with over 200 employees being shown the door. The fate of The Saboteur is thankfully not jeopardized, but another project – one that may have found more resonance with gamers – has been. This was Pandemic’s latest sequel to the Mercenaries franchise, touted as a multiplayer sandbox game for the [...]

22 Nov

Forza Motorsport 3: The Final Word

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By Ravi Sinha Turn 10 Studios and Microsoft, more the former than the latter, have commented before the release of Forza Motorsport 3 that it was a game that was “hard to replicate” and that “no game competes with us”. Obviously aimed as a rib at the Gran Turismo crowd (especially when GT is a [...]

21 Nov

Rare Project Natal Game Cancelled: “Undisclosed Prototype” in Works for 1 Year

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Remember that Project Natal game where Rare “managed a large team of engineers working on a tight schedule to go from pre-production to finished product in a year”? Turns out they’re not really going to get around to finishing this year – or ever.

21 Nov

‘Pain’ Developer’s Next is “Unannounced PS3 Blu-ray Title”

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Idol Minds, developers of the downloadable (now available on Blu-Ray) Havok-based torture simulator and all-around happy fun time game Pain, have been busy in the last two years. It appears their next title may be taking things a notch higher, however.

19 Nov

Facebook, Twitter & Gaming: Lame, Lame, Lame

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The latest big news in videogames now is putting Facebook and Twitter on consoles, and now you can visit Facebook from your PS3, and find out what your friends are up to, if you’re too lazy to look away from the TV screen and look to your phone or laptop or out the Window for [...]

17 Nov

Final Fantasy XIII PS3 “Will Easily Cross 1 Million Mark” on Release

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Final Fantasy XIII is only a month away, and it’s already begun outpacing FFXII (Playstation 2) in pre-orders according to a retailer representative in Japan. Tsutaya “Game Recycle Planning” Leader Taketo Matsuo is head of operations for the retailer’s 450 stores across the nation. In his December market forecast column he stated that the game [...]

14 Nov

Rumour: Gears of War 2 No Longer 360-Exclusive?

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Gears of War 2 is one of the most successful games on the Xbox 360 ever, and is infamous for selling millions within a matter of months. This, despite being limited to a single platform, was a humongous feat for developer Epic Games. However, some recent evidence uncovered suggests the impossible. Could it be that [...]