This has been a tough couple of weeks for Indian gaming, what with games delayed every which way. But fear not, according to distributors World Wide CDROMS and Excel Interactive, our games should be here real soon.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 should be available at stores around tomorrow, along with The Orange Box for the Xbox 360, Gears of War for the PC and Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties for the PC. According to distributor Excel Interactive, though, Crysis has been delayed by another week, so expect it to be here in the first week of December. The game should retail for INR 999, but there’s no word on whether it will be the regular edition or the Collector’s Edition that will be available here. We tried contacting e-Xpress Interactive and Milestone for comments and release dates, but it looks like they’ve taken an early Christmas vacation or something, since we’re yet to get a reply from them.

To make matters sweeter, Guitar Hero III should also be available in stores at the end of the month, with the Xbox 360 version retailing for somewhere over INR 6,000, along with LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, which I just can’t wait for, even though I’ve played Lego Star Wars I and II: The Original Trilogy to death!

And let’s not forget the ultra-great Mass Effect, releasing just two days from now! We’ll have a lot more on this soon, including information and impressions from the launch party, as well as a gushing review sometime later this week.

Keep watching this space for updates for more information from other distributors, if we ever get around to getting them!

What’s the best way to best a great offer? Follow it up it up with an even better offer! And that’s exactly what the good folks at GamingIndians have done.

Regular visitors to this blog will be able to recall the Halo 3 & Heavenly Sword discount offer a couple of weeks back. For all those who availed it and are on the lookout for more such deals, here is the good news. GamingIndians have tied-up with distributor World Wide CD ROM and have came up with a Call Of Duty 4 Offer, where they are selling the game at a discounted price for all the three major platforms (i.e. PC, Xbox 360 and PS3).

Straight from the horse’s mouth:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360
MRP: Rs 2,510
Offer Price: 2,135
You Save: Rs 375

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for PlayStation 3
MRP: Rs 2,799
Offer Price: 2,380
You Save: Rs 419

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for PC
MRP: Rs 1,299
Offer Price: 1,105
You Save: Rs 194

To top it all off, they are even throwing in a free GamingIndians T-shirt for one lucky winner. So if you are raring to have a go at this much anticipated game, as well as get a nice T-shirt for your wardrobe, head over to GamingIndians COD 4 Offer.

This and the near-imminent launch of Xbox LIVE India! We are drooling already!

Amazing how much chaos and confusion can be caused by the slightest of events. We all know the Call of Duty 4 beta is coming, and Infinity Ward has been kind enough to tell us that when the time is ready, they will announce the beta and have a countdown timer to it running, yet, when the CoD4 beta download shows up momentarily on the Xbox Live Marketplace, complete pandemonium ensues. Obviously, no matter how much bandwidth they keep adding to the CharlieOscarDelta website, every time the smallest of news about the beta breaks, the site obligingly buckles under the load, finally crashing and burning in a really ugly fashion.

For all those going berserk over the 995 MB beta that lived for a short while on the Marketplace, just remember to keep your pants on, please. The beta’s release date has still not been announced officially and we will let you know the moment it is. Scout’s Honor! We’ll even answer your trivia questions for you, being the awesome guys that we are.