There was cake. There were babes in shorts. And then there was Red Bull, the drink that seems to drive all gaming events in India. And oh, there was a typewriter too!

Now we did not get a chance to brave the Delhi heat and attend the Alan Wake launch party at the Oxford Book Store at CP nor guzzle any of the Red Bull that could have kept Alan awake, but some Delhites were brave enough to venture out.

Thanks to Sundeep Singh, we now have a few pictures from the event, for the viewing pleasure of all those who preferred to stay in the cool confines of their AC chilled homes and offices. Hit the jump you lazybones!

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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.

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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.

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Wrapping up the adventure of Ezio that he set upon in Assassin’s Creed II, Bonfire of the Vanities is the second DLC for the game, which also happens to be the missing 13th chapter in the game. A corruption in the memory sequence meant that you jumped straight from chapter 11 to chapter 13 in the game. The two missing chapters were provided as DLC’s by Ubisoft, costing 320 MS points each. Battle of Forli (BOF) made up for chapter 12 and now Bonfire of the Vanities (BOTV) completes all the missing chapters.

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Just a quick update from E-Xpress regarding the Indian pricing of Aliens vs Predator for the three platforms. The PC Games for Windows version understandably is the cheapest of the lot at Rs. 699 only while the Xbox 360 and the PS3 versions are priced at Rs. 2499 each. So if you have a fairly good PC, the Games for Windows version would turn out to be the best deal or else, just pick up a console copy based on your preference of your console.

Ever since the concept of Downloadable Content (DLC) gained popularity within the gaming scene, we have been offered everything as a DLC in games; right from new islands (Burnout), brand new single player campaigns (GTA IV) to new multiplayer maps (COD4, COD:WaW, BF:BC) and even something as inane as horse armor (Oblivion)! Infact, now it is assumed that any new game will eventually have a DLC for it.

Anything that would extend the life of a good game is always welcome but if a couple of chapters in-game are dropped in order to be sold to us later on, then that raises certain doubts in mind. Battle for Forli, the first DLC for the brilliantly made Assassins Creed II manages to raise a few doubts of its own. Fans of the series will love the fact that Ubisoft is releasing two additional chapter (the second DLC sometime in February) missing from the main campaign, which purportedly would have delayed the game. Leaving the questions aside for a while, let’s see what the DLC has to offer.

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With 2010 just around the corner, our mailboxes have started recieving press-releases of games that we will be getting to see in the early months of the new year. Leading the pack will be Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction. E-xpress Interactive have sent this press-release indicating that the game will be in India in February 2010. Though no concrete Indian release date has been mentioned, we are hoping that we get to play this game on our PCs and Xbox 360s on the same day as rest of the world i.e. Feb 20th, 2010.

It’s a shame that after being such a great year for gaming, 2009 has to end on such a sour note. Just when we are ready to head out for our Christmas weekend celebrations, Redington dropped a price-hike bomb on us. Sample this list of games and their tentative price.

EA Catologue Titles – Old MRP – New MRP (Tentative)

Fifa 2010 – 2499 -> 3299
Nfs Shift – 2499 -> 3299
Brutal Legend – 2499 -> 3299
Dragon Age – Collectors – 2699 -> 3999
Saboteur – 1899 -> 2699
Left 4 Dead – Classic Edition – 999 -> 1699
XBox 360 Game CD Left 4 Dead 2 – 2499 -> 3299
XBox 360 Game CD NBA 10 – 1999 -> 2999

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Come January 5th, 2010 and you will get a chance to step into the shoes of War, the first Horseman of Apocalypse and mount his steed, Ruin as you take on angels and demons alike in your quest to find and destroy the ones that tricked you into bringing the world to a premature end.

E-xpress Interactive, in association with THQ, are all set to unleash the wrath of War as he lets loose his devastating supernatural powers and his potent arsenal of weapons; angelic, demonic and earthly as he battles his way through hordes of demons and angels to take down Destroyer, the harbinger of Armageddon.

Darksiders will be available on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 on the 5th of January, 2010 at a MRP of Rs. 2499.

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.