Mumbai got lucky this time around as well, considering we are seeing so many events going on here, with Sony and Microsoft both vying for our attention. As we had mentioned earlier, the Mumbai Microsoft / EA Game On event was on at The Squeeze and me and my GamingIndians friends were there to take in all they could throw at us.

Sadly though, the whole event was a relatively low-key affair, with maybe just 20 to 25 people in attendence - more television channels and online / print publications than a gathering of gaming fans. Good thing the place was small, making it look crowded enough! Guess Microsoft India E&D Country Manager saw this coming and chose not to attend, even though other Microsoft execs including Sanjoy John and Xbox India’s Product Manager Vivek Kulkarni hobnobbed with the attendees.

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Aye carumba! We’re only less than a month away until EA releases their promising looking The Simpsons Game. And man alive, is it looking slick. No really, I think the developers hit the nail on the head when they decided to make the game’s entire premise nothing but one big satire on video gaming subculture, and then some. “NeverQuest” is the newly revealed world that you’ll come across, obviously parodying MMORPG classic EverQuest, along with other fantasy references (check which character replaces the Lord of the Ring’s Hobbits).

Watch the video after the break. It’s stabbing time!

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