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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.
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
Keep reading to know more.
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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.
E-xpress received much kudos from gamers across India when it released the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 for a mere Rs.499. Now they have decided to spread the goodwill and cheer among the console gamers as well. E-xpress has just announced that the price of GTA4 for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 has been slashed to Rs.1499.
Furthermore, those who did not get a chance to buy the Xbox 360 exclusive DLC, The Lost And The Damned off Xbox LIVE Marketplace can now buy the boxed version, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City which has The Lost And The Damned as well as The Ballad of Gay Tony, in one single box. You can pick it up for Rs.1999.
There is always something nice about having your favorite game from childhood arrive on your next-gen consoles in an all new avatar, complete with a shiny new paint job, updated graphics and new features. The year of 2009 has been especially good in that regard when it comes to the fighting genre. First it was Street Fighter 4 wowing long time fans with its jump to the HD age. Now was the turn of King of Fighters XII (KOF XII) to appear on our PS3s and Xbox 360s. After having successfully maintained a huge fan following on multitude of consoles and arcade machines over a period of fifteen years, all eyes were on KOF XII to see if it could recreate the same magic that has sustained it over so many years.
After a dearth of games this summer, TGS ‘09 promises to bring in a new breeze of title announcement to flog in the ever ongoing console wars and drool at all the screenshots and videos of the soon-to-be-released games.
After wowing us during E3 2009, Sam Fisher sneaks in onto the TGS show floor. Here is a video of that, giving the sneaking a miss and rather concentrating on all the close-quarter combat. Sam Fisher seems to be in his element here, taking no prisoners and dispatching off enemies with a cold detachment. Have a look.
Been a while since we have had a contest at The ANGRY Pixel. We got our hands on some spare code for Call of Duty: World at War map pack for the Xbox 360 which we would like to give away to you. But of course we can’t make it a simple mail-us-and-enter-sweepstakes kind of a contest as well; what fun is it then? So while keeping it simple, we have decided to ensure that at least a deserving guy gets to win the code.
If you think you should be the one getting the free code for World at War map pack, then just send us a screenshot of your stats page showing your kills and deaths. Hit jump to see an example of what your screenshot should look like. Of course we do not need to tell you that the stat page is available at the Call of Duty website. Email your entries to contest @ theangrypixel . com (without the spaces) with the subject line, “WAW Map Pack”.
Many thanks to Microsoft India for the code.