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EA brings holiday discounts to Android too – four games for $0.99 each

December 24, 2010 0 Nimish

Their decision to reduce the price of several of their iPhone/iPod touch games to $ 0.99 sent gamers into ecstasies (we are still busy downloading!). And now EA has brought the same scheme to the Android Market. Mind you, as…

Call of Duty: Black Ops tops $1 billion in sales in just six weeks!

December 22, 2010 1 Nimish

In a staggering achievement, Call of Duty: Black Ops has topped the one billion dollar sales mark in a mere six weeks of being in the market. These figures have been revealed in a press release from the game’s publishers…

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Hallelujah! Gameloft too cuts iPad/iPhone game prices for Christmas

December 20, 2010 0 Nimish

Gamers on the iPhone and iPad can seldom have had a better Christmas. After EA reduced the price of several of its titles for the two platforms to 99 cents to celebrate Christmas, its great rival Gameloft has followed suit, albeit on a smaller level. The company has slashed the…

Sony announces PlayStation app for Android, iOS

December 17, 2010 0 Nimish

Just days after we talked about the prospects of a PSP phone, Sony has announced on its PlayStation Blog that it will soon be releasing an official PlayStation app for the Android and iOS platforms. Now, before you get your hopes up too…

Apple

App Store gets its first 1GB game – Riven!

December 17, 2010 0 Nimish

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, is now available for download for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The game had won widespread acclaim when it was released in 1997, a…

Six reasons why we are not crazy about the PSP phone

December 12, 2010 9 Nimish

Its existence might not have been confirmed officially, but the tech world has been abuzz with rumours about its impending arrival and whether it could prove to be a game-changer. Pun intended. Yep, we are talking about the PlayStation phone…

Apple

That Christmas spirit – new Cut The Rope game comes for free!

December 10, 2010 1 Nimish

As Christmas draws near, game and app developers seem to have gone into Santa mode, reducing prices and even throwing in free games and add-ons. Just when we had managed to get a grip on Angry Birds: Seasons (the game that was a free…

Gaming

Gamer’s dream: Sony releases LCD TV with inbuilt PS2

December 5, 2010 2 Nimish

Not too long ago, on one of our podcasts, Annkur had actually expressed the hope that console manufacturers would combine a television display with a console. Well, he would be delighted with the just-released Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 which is not just a proper Bravia LCD capable…

Gaming

The PSP Go is in India – spotted in Croma, Sony India website

December 4, 2010 0 Nimish

The Sony PSP Go – the slide out version of the PSP with 16GB onboard memory, and support for Bluetooth, which plays without those pesky mini disks – has been in the international market for ages now but Sony had been loth to launch it in…

Apple

Final Fantasy creators to come out with a cricket game for iPhone!

December 2, 2010 0 Nimish

Yes, you read that heading right. Square Enix, the company that is best known for its legendary Final Fantasy RPG series for the PlayStation console, is now attempting to do what no one has done so far – come up…

Record-breaker! Kinect outsells Move, iPad in first month

November 30, 2010 2 Nimish

We have the first official sales figures of Microsoft’s Kinect game controlling system for the Xbox 360 and honestly, we must confess to being very impressed indeed. According to a release we have got from the big M, Kinect sold…

Apps

Christmas edition of Angry Birds coming! And it could be free (for some)

November 26, 2010 1 Nimish

All fowl-flinging fans have reason to celebrate. A Christmas edition of the downloaded-by-millions Angry Birds is indeed in the works and what is more, it is going to be available for free download. Well, for some people at least. According…

Gaming

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood coming next week

November 10, 2010 0 Nimish

As the holiday season draws ever closer, all the games that we had only be hearing about and getting glimpses of through promo videos, are now hitting the stands. And the latest to do so is the next installment of…

Apple

Kinect: Apple’s loss is Microsoft’s gain

November 7, 2010 0 Annkur

Now this is an interesting piece of news that has just hit the public domain. It seems that the Kinect technology was offered to Apple much before Microsoft and to be honest we are used to see such cool things…

Gamers play 1 billion hours per month on Xbox LIVE

October 30, 2010 0 c0rex

Xbox LIVE is unique subscription based service which has been integrated into Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Think of it in this way. Average one billion hours per month are spent on Xbox LIVE by gamers in their…

Gaming

Fable III launched

October 28, 2010 0 Nimish

One of the most eagerly awaited games of the year, Fable III, for the Xbox 360 has now been officially launched. And what’s uncommonly amusing is that its global coincides with its Indian one, in keeping with Microsoft’s recent policy of…

Gaming

Forget Windows 8, Kinect is the coolest release of 2010

October 24, 2010 1 Annkur

I am amazed by the amount of traction Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments at Gartner Symposiu has caused. Come-on, you ask the CEO of one of the top tech companies of the the world, what is the riskiest product bet…

Gaming

Kinect Pre-Order On: Rs 9,990 stand-alone, Rs 22,990 with 4GB Xbox 360 (India)

October 23, 2010 2 Nimish

Microsoft’s revolutionary “no controller” motion controlling system, Kinect, is now available for pre order in India. And with it, we finally have the prices. According to the Microsoft website, the Kinect will be available for Rs 9,990 stand alone and…

Gaming

Microsoft launches 4GB Xbox 360 for Rs 14,990, Arcade version now for Rs 11,990

October 23, 2010 0 Nimish

The console wars are well and truly on and Microsoft has decided to hammer the opposition where it truly hurts – on the price front. While Sony has been upping the PS3 storage without trying to add too much to…

Gaming

Panasonic working on online gaming console – The Jungle!

October 5, 2010 0 Nimish

While everyone has been busy talking about the Move, the Kinect and the next DS, a new player has made its move into the gaming arena. It is none other than Panasonic, which is talking about what seems to be…

FIFA 11 release proves PS2 is alive and kickin’

October 3, 2010 2 Nimish

The buzz in the gaming market over the past few years has been about next-generation consoles, high-definition games, and motion-sensitive controllers. However, in the market itself, the decade old PlayStation 2 (PS2) shows no sign of fading into the sunset.…

OG hands-on with the Sony Playstation Move

September 30, 2010 1 Nimish

We just got our hands on the all new Sony Playstation Move. This PS3 add-on brings motion sensing magic to your Playstation. In the box is the controller (wand), the camera that does the magic over the console, starter disc…

MJ Lives! Ubisoft releases trailer, song details of Michael Jackson: The Experience

September 17, 2010 0 Nimish

A year might have gone by since he passed away, but the Michael Jackson magic is as strong as ever. Not only do his albums continue to fly off the shelves, there is also considerable interest around Ubisoft’s forthcoming game…

Gaming

The New Xbox 360 is here…and costs Rs 21,990

August 26, 2010 1 Nimish

Microsoft has just released the new Black Xbox 360 in India. The “sleeker, smaller, quieter, designed with built in WI-FI” and most importantly, with a dedicate Kinect, console is now finally available in Indian stores at an estimated retail price…

Gaming

Mafia II pre-orders start in India, free T-shirt thrown in

August 21, 2010 2 Nimish

The game has not yet arrived in the country, but the hype around 2K Games’ Mafia II is picking up in India. According to a release we have received from E-Xpress Interactive Software, a number of electronic stores such as…

Gaming

Nokia tried its hands on a gaming phone with Nintendo?

August 15, 2010 0 Annkur

Apple has explored a great niche with the App Store and are threatening the handheld gaming market with the iOS based platforms. Given the potential that gaming has in the handheld space, its a no brainer today that cellphones are…

Apps

Download Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution for free on the App Store!

August 7, 2010 0 Mr Spock

There is terrific news for iPhone and iPod touch users – Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution game is available for free download from the App Store for a limited time (in all probability, just for today). And no, we are not…

Gaming

Microsoft Kinect coming on November 4 – for $149.99!

July 21, 2010 0 Nimish

The suspense over the price of Microsoft’s new game controller (without a controller!) system, Kinect, has ended. Microsoft has officially revealed both the price as well as the release date of the device. The controller, which lets users play games…

Got lucky with the Kinect for Xbox 360! NYC readers meet?

July 18, 2010 1 Annkur

Now this is one vacation that I certainly won’t forget soon. Out shopping with family in NYC and I run into this Microsoft promotion showing off the Kinect / Project Natal! This thing really needs to be experienced to know…

Gaming

And now, a slimmer, quieter, Xbox 360

June 15, 2010 0 Nimish

It is raining announcements from Microsoft. We had barely come to terms with the unveiling of Kinect, its no-controller gaming system for the Xbox 360, when the Redmond biggie took the wraps off a new Xbox 360. And it definitely…

Gaming

Project Natal is here, and it’s called Kinect!

June 14, 2010 0 Nimish

It has been a busy year for Microsoft with the company taking the wraps off a number of products including a revamped Hotmail, MS Office 2010 (with a web avatar to boot), Windows Phone 7, among others, but nothing –…

Five Best Football Games in Town!

June 14, 2010 2 Nimish

With the World Cup in full swing, there is no time like the present to take a look at the best football games in video gametown. There are games of just about every sort and on every platform, ranging from…

Gaming

Six reasons why Alan Wake is our Game of the Year…so far

May 30, 2010 13 Nimish

It has been in the making for five years, so when it did come out, there was an aura of “we-do-not-quite-know-what-to-expect” about Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainments new game for the Xbox 360. Remedy, in case you have forgotten (five years…

Google pulls back Android Games from South Korea

April 12, 2010 5 Ravi

Following the foot steps of Apple, Goolge has taken a bold to shut down the Andriod Game category in South Korea as the laws in the country require all the Andriod Games to be reviewed and approved by South Korea…