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 [...]

23 Oct

Holy Cow! No Fallout 3 for India!

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Microsoft won’t be releasing Fallout 3 around these parts. The reason? They are afraid some parts of the game aren’t very much suited to ‘Indian sensibilities’. …in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we have made the business decision to not bring Fallout 3 into the country (source). Over at GamePolitics it was suggested that [...]

10 Oct

From Samurai to Ronin: The Tale of India’s Wii

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In August, several media outlets in India announced to the world that Nintendo’s Wii and DS were finally making their official appearance in India, on September 30. This has not happened, and we felt it was our duty to find out why. In August, during the launch event of Spore held in Delhi by Electronic [...]

29 Sep

Xbox 360 Slim: An update

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by gSathe At the Human Weapon Gaming Night organised by The History Channel on Friday, September 26th, Microsoft India’s Retail Services Manager Rahul Datta was also present as various 360 games were being used to promote the event. While there, he spoke to members of the gaming press, and talked about the holiday bundle and [...]

27 Sep

Microsoft India reveals XBox 360 Slim

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For the honest doubts this post raised, read the update here. At a recent event held in Delhi, Microsoft revealed some very interesting pieces of information. For one thing, most sites have posted conspiracies and possible shots of what appeared as the console’s slim version; Engadget received a tip as far back as May concerning [...]

19 Sep

Sony Computer Entertainment sees India as key development hub

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Speaking to Develop as part of our focus on Asian territories, SCEE’s country manager for India Atindriya Bose has said that the region’s talent will soon see it play a part in many international studios’ development plans.Atindriya Bose, country manager for India of SCEE, said on Thursday said, The competence and the state of readiness [...]

18 Sep

Conga Bugs is addictive

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Recently, I came across a post on Split-Screen about casual gaming and the giant market it actually is. Let’s face it, no matter how much of a hardcore gamer you might be, you’re still a product of casual gaming. It’s always step one in our path to gaming addiction. Pretty much all the classic DOS [...]

13 Aug

Singh is King game review

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by gSathe Singh is King, hosted on and created by Games2Win is many things at the same time. On the one hand, it’s a genuinely entertaining game with a clever premise which has to appeal to most Indians, since we’re both obsessed with politics, and mocking politicians. At the same time, it embodies exactly what [...]

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 [...]