It’s that time of the year again when Sony Computer Entertainment India pulls out all stops in its bid to woo in as many as possible to its ever increasing tribe of PS3 owners. Last year event proved that if marketed properly, a gaming event such as this one can draw in gamers and non-gaming crowd alike. No wonder this time around, they have upped the bar again by making the Playstation Experience 2008 a multi-city affair.

Mumbai will be seeing the event held at In-Orbit mall on 8th and 9th of November. Bangalore will be there to experience it first-hand at Kormangala Indoor Stadium on the 15th and 16th of November. The city-hopping show will wrap at New Delhi where gamers and non-gamers alike can flock in to Ansal Plaza on 22nd and 23d November. In addition to this, the Mumbai event will be seeing a press-conference as well on the first day of the event. Here is hoping some good news comes our way from that.

SCE India has wisely kept it a weekend affair which would ensure families can flock in by the droves. Throw in the ad campaign and you will be looking at a record turn-out. It’s also heartening to see that the Delhi and Bangalore crowd are also finally getting some attention, especially Bangalore which has long been passed over for such events. Our kudos goes out to the SCE India team for making this possible. TAP most definitely approves!

Lucky buggers in Mumbai, get ready to have your first glimpse of Marcus Fenix and his band of brothers as Microsoft-India prepares to show-off the eagerly anticipated Gears of War 2. Head over to Blue Frog on November 3rd to keep your date with the game. Cocktail and snacks are on the house.

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In other news, a similar event was scheduled for Bangalore as well with Consoul playing host to Microsoft. Gamers from the city would have been invited over to Consoul, Bangalore’s premiere console-only gaming parlor, to try out the game all by themselves. However, it seems like as of now, the event has been put on the backburner. We will update you as soon as we have some news regarding this.

Edit: More news on the Bangalore event after the jump.

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Relationships are mystifying. Once upon a time in the far off land of Queens, NY – a lovely lady and I were supposed to meet at a local arcade parlor for some hardcore Time Crisis 3 co-op. Sadly instead, she stood me up with not so much a call, email or telegram! Women. Go figure.

But it’s a damn shame whenever a significant other stops being your significant other, and ensues to be in possession of certain items that clearly aren’t meant to be in their possession anymore. Such a woe has befallen on one particular IGN board member named TELPEURION, and his intentions are pretty clear: to get his ex girlfriend to give back his Nintendo DS Lite, several games, and a bicycle. Although I never look at the specifics, it’s kinda expected you’d want to pressure former associates, and what better way is there when you can take their tooshie down to court. TELPEURION plans to do just that, and we can’t really blame him. After all, stranger things have happened.

So from our side to him, we wish him the best of luck and hope to hear further updates on the situation.