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E-xpress Interactive already has it its kitty full with some sweet AAA titles all set to launch over the course of next few weeks, Assassin’s Creed being one of them. This hasn’t stopped them from going all out and bagging the distribution rights for couple of other titles that will set the adrenaline pumping for some and for others, a great way to live the movie they just watched.
December 2009 will be seeing the release of Avataar, the official videogame based on the movie by the same name by Academy Award winning director, James Cameron. Avataar is his first movie after the runaway success of Titanic.
Those who prefer living in the fast lane will have their thirst for speed quenched with the release of F1 2009 for the PSP and the Wii. There are no concrete Indian release date revealed yet for F1 2009 but trust us to keep you posted.
Controversies are anything but new to the entertainment business; irrespective of any field, be it gaming, movies or music. Whether its Richard Gere planting one on Shilpa Shetty, “exploitation” of the Slumdog kids, Lindsay Lohan snorting another line, or closer to home; the “Sex-Scene” in Mass Effect which was much campaigned by FOX News… and poorly might I add.
And just before it’s official release, there was this one particular leaked gameplay footage of the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developed by Infinity Ward. The game is due for release today on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Microsoft Windows PC. Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) is the sixth installment of the Call of Duty series and is the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare developed by the same and gained a huge fan-base post its release early November 2007.
(Caution: Campaign spoilers after the jump.)
E-xpress Interactive are slowly lifting the curtain on their Assassin’s Creed Indian launch plans. Some days back, we got the confirmation that after a long time, the console version of an Ubisoft game will be seeing an Indian release. Now E-xpress Interactive has revealed the pricing strategy and we must admit, after the shock that was Modern Warfare 2, these prices are indeed looking sweet. Have a look!
Just when we had given up on the hopes of getting the console versions of Assassin’s Creed 2, here in India, an unexpected mail dropped in to make them soar high again. Apparently, E-xpress Games will be bringing both the console version of the game in November. We don’t know the exact release date or price yet but expect to hear a word about it soon.
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Coming close on the heels of the blockbuster The Dark Knight featuring the late actor, Heath Ledger’s amazingly spine-chilling portrayal of the Joker, fans could be forgiven to assume Batman: Arkham Asylum to be just another attempt to cash in on the success of the movie with a video-game tie in. Thankfully, for both gamers as well Batman fans, not only is Arkham Asylum a superbly executed game in it’s own right but also a great chance for fans of the series to romp through the grounds of the iconic Arkham Asylum as the caped crusader.
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Now that I have five copies of King of Fighters XII for the Xbox 360 sitting neatly on my desk, it is about time we announced the winners of the King of Fighters XII contest.
So without any further ado, here is a list of the five lucky winners who not only get to walk away with a copy of King of Fighters XII but also a fabulous poster of the game featuring artwork from the game itself.
Nimish Shah
Rasmeet Singh
Ambar Dhesi
Ramanuj Doshi
Anil Kadap
Congratulations to all winners! Individual mails have been sent to all winners.
A big thanks to Milestone Interactive for sponsoring the prizes and to all those who participated in the contest! Keep a lookout for more such contest in the future.
Surprises come in many shapes and sizes but we certainly were not expecting one to resemble a pint-sized Ninja. Having been waiting for months now for any news of IO Interactive’s bald assassin, we sure had our collective eyebrows raised, when instead of Agent 47, IO decided to spring a completely brand new game, Mini Ninjas at us. Shoving away the piano wire quickly in our back-pocket, we set down to see if this undoubtedly kid-friendly looking game would keep us distracted until IO Interactive decided to let the bar-coded assassin loose. And oh-boy, were we distracted or what!
E-xpress received much kudos from gamers across India when it released the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 for a mere Rs.499. Now they have decided to spread the goodwill and cheer among the console gamers as well. E-xpress has just announced that the price of GTA4 for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 has been slashed to Rs.1499.
Furthermore, those who did not get a chance to buy the Xbox 360 exclusive DLC, The Lost And The Damned off Xbox LIVE Marketplace can now buy the boxed version, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City which has The Lost And The Damned as well as The Ballad of Gay Tony, in one single box. You can pick it up for Rs.1999.
There is something fundamentally scary about simulation games that keep me from getting anywhere close to one. Be it a driving sim like the Gran Tourismo series where I just am not able to figure out when to brake or the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, the controls of which I could never understand, managing to land my plane belly up even before even taking off. Besides the steep learning curve and the higher-than-normal difficulty factor, I have almost always considered them to be lacking in the fun quotient. This however reflects on my preferred kind of game genre and the afore-mentioned games have such huge fan-base of their own.
There is always something nice about having your favorite game from childhood arrive on your next-gen consoles in an all new avatar, complete with a shiny new paint job, updated graphics and new features. The year of 2009 has been especially good in that regard when it comes to the fighting genre. First it was Street Fighter 4 wowing long time fans with its jump to the HD age. Now was the turn of King of Fighters XII (KOF XII) to appear on our PS3s and Xbox 360s. After having successfully maintained a huge fan following on multitude of consoles and arcade machines over a period of fifteen years, all eyes were on KOF XII to see if it could recreate the same magic that has sustained it over so many years.