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It is quite amazing how times change! Till a few months back, Ubisoft titles for the consoles were not even available in India. We remember ordering pour copy of Assassin’s Creed from Play-Asia and keeping our fingers crossed that the game would reach us safely, which it did, by the way! Now we have all the Ubisoft game’s console versions show up on out shelves as soon as they hit their European counterparts.
Having done that, E-Xpress Interactive are taking another welcome step by getting four Ubisoft Xbox 360 Bestseller titles for just Rs.699/-! That’s right folks. If you have missed out on playing any of these great titles, now is the time to snap them up at dirt-cheap prices. Not only this, E-Xpress promises to bring even more such titles in the future. Hit the jump to see the press-release for yourself.
E-Xpress list of games for April 2010 is here at last. Besides some eagerly anticipated titles like Splinter Cell Conviction for the PC and the Xbox 360 there is the previously Xbox 360 exclusive DLC, Episodes from Liberty City, now on the PS3. PC gamers are getting a lot of love too with the immensely fun Just Cause 2 and Metro 2033. Even those feeling the pinch can look forward to picking up some great classic titles for dirt cheap prices; E-Play series is bringing out Beyond Good and Evil, Age of Empires 3 and Age of Empires Collectors Edition, all for just Rs.299.
There are a lot more bargains to snap up. Hit the jump to see the full catalog of what is on offer this April.
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!
Now here is a piece of news that caught us completely by suprise. While talikng to a little bird recently, Dell’s plans of getting Alienware to India slipped out.
Apparently Dell is looking for a launch sometime in July 2009. It will be bringing in an Alienware laptop to test the waters. Initially, only one model will be launched. If successful, we just might get to have the whole product range of Alienware launched here in India.
Now how successful will Alienware be with the price-concious Indian customer but we are sure lot of gamers will be delighted to see Alienware on the shelves soon.
While leafing through the current issue of Business Today (January 25, 2009 edition), we came across a small piece on the reach of gaming in India, as compared to that of Bollywood music and movies. According to the article, a survey by Nielsen Company across 52 countries, one of which happened to be India, revealed some interesting facts. The survey states that while the West is a heavy user of gaming consoles, “television sets” still rule in India. Strangely though, the article goes on to state, “Fancy video-handsets, and, therefore, gamers are far fewer in number (in India)”. All we can make out from the preceding sentence is that the writer is referring to high-end mobile phones when she talks about “fancy video-handsets” but how does low penetration of high-end cell phones translates into lesser number of gamers is something that boggles the mind.
All the naysayers, doubters and the loads of people pissed off at not having seen GTA IV for the PC in India yet, read and rejoice, for we hold in our hands the first two copies of the game to be officially launched in the country. One’s for Jay to own, cuddle, stroke and love from now until eternity and the other’s an official review copy that we got today morning from the distributor, e-Xpress Interactive.
As we had initially broken the news to our readers, the game has been launched at a price point of INR 499, although this could very well be part of a promo offer that’s being offered by e-Xpress for the initial stocks, so you’ve only got yourself to blame if you find yourself without a copy and the price gets jacked up for the game later. So even if you don’t plan to play this right now until you upgrade that tottering, ramshackle PC of yours, get the game now so you won’t have to worry about paying more for it later.
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!
Now this is something so out of the blue that we were left scratching our heads for a while. With the new Xbox Experience just around the corner, everyone is excited about checking out the new look and feel of the Xbox 360 dashboard, save for those without a HDD or a memory unit. As it turns out now, christmas seems to have come early with Microsoft playing Santa. In a surprising move, Microsoft has announced that they will be providing either a refurbished 20Gb HDD for USD 19.99 or a free a 512Mb memory card. Yup! You heard it right!! Free 512Mb memory card. What do you need to do to get one, you ask?
Some good news in store for those looking forward to picking up a Xbox 360 this holiday season. Mr. Rahul Datta, Retail Services Manager, Microsoft India, confirmed to The ANGRY Pixel today that Microsoft India will be coming out with a new offer on the console soon. For INR 14,990, you will get to have the following:
[Image: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers]
Looks like somebody up there (or down here) finally decided to have some pity on Indian gamers without an Internet connection, a credit card, a Play-Asia account and oh, about 3 weeks of patience. Or in some cases, way longer. After having ignored the country for a long time, except for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition on the Xbox 360, Jap videogame giant Capcom have tied up with local distribution giant Milestone Interactive to bring all their upcoming and back catalog titles to the country.
While the distribution would initially stick to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PSP platforms, Milestone says they would also be offering PC and PlayStation 2 titles somewhere down the line. The back catalog, which currently includes hot property such as Dead Rising, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Devil May Cry 4 will be available starting this week at stores all over the country, with newer games such as MotoGP ‘08, Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 being available in accordance with the international street dates for these titles.