We’ve known for some time that Batman: Arkham Asylum’s Game of the Year Edition was on the way, but now we know exactly what extras we can expect. The biggest feature in the GOTY edition is the inclusion of Trioviz 3D technology, and two sets of 3D glasses included in each copy of the game. Hit the jump for all the additional features in the GOTY edition.
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Looking at the release list for March, it resembles something you would usually see towards the end of the year. While heavyweights like God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will attract the most attention, there are a whopping 18 releases in total this month, in addition to February releases like Napoleon Total War, which got delayed. Here’s a complete list of releases this month:
Game4U, the retail arm of Milestone Interactive, opened its flagship store in suburban Mumbai on Wednesday, having already established itself in the online space last year with Game4U.com. The new store is located at Mega Mall in Oshiwara, Mumbai, and offers an expansive collection of games and hardware across console, handheld, and PC platforms.
Visitors can also try out the latest games at the store, with PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, PC, and PSPgo units set up with full games and demos. There’s even a sweet Rock Band set up. The store is extremely well organised, unlike anything we’ve seen in India before. There’s a preorder section, a Top charts section, where you can find the best selling games for each platform, and there’s even a Game4Girls section.
GameShastra, the Hyderabad-based studio behind Desi Adda, today announced that they’ve further expanded their relationship with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and are set to release the first Indian game for the PlayStation 3, titled Eklavya. They’ve also announced that Desi Adda will soon be available for purchase in digital form over the PlayStation Network.
The company also revealed that to meet the requirements of their ramp-up in high-end game development, they have expanded their game development facility to house a team over over 1,000 game designers, artists, animators, developers and QA specialists, making it one of the largest game studios in south Asia.
Codemasters’ Guildford facility has been hard at work on a new action first-person shooter for a while now. The studio is comprised of many former EA Criterion, Sony, and Blackrock employees, and the team behind the new shooter is being headed by Stuart Black, previously co-creator and designer of Black. The game will employ Codemasters’ proprietary EGO engine, which has powered games like Race Driver: Grid, DiRT & DiRT 2, and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising in the past.
Resident Evil 5 is now a PS3 Platinum and Xbox 360 Classics title, which means that the game will now be priced at Rs 1,999 on both platforms. So if the original Rs 3,499 price tag was keeping you away, now’s the time to pick it up. Also look out for Resident Evil: Gold Edition in stores this March, and expect pricing to be lower than the standard Capcom price of Rs 3,499. The Gold Edition includes Resident Evil 5 as well as two new episodes - Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape.
Game Shop Retail Pvt. Ltd. has opened its first specialist games retail store - Games: The Shop, in Mumbai. Although it’s a division of E-Xpress Interactive, one of India’s leading game distributors, the store carries games from all publishers across PC, console and handheld platforms. The first store is located at R-City Mall in Ghatkoper West, Mumbai.
After the success of their first store, the company now plans to expand the brand through more stores in Mumbai and the rest of India. So for anyone hoping to get into games retail, now would be a good time to approach E-Xpress with a business plan to open a Games: The Shop store in your city.
Despite Splinter Cell Conviction being pushed back (again) from it’s February release date, there are still plenty of great games this month to make things harder on the wallet. First up is Bioshock 2, the sequel to one of the best games of 2007. Indian release date for Bioshock 2 is February 9 and it will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Sharing the same release date is one of the most anticipated games of the month - Dante’s Inferno.
Dante’s Inferno will be available in two versions on the PS3, with only the collector’s edition (Death Edition) available for Xbox 360. The Divine Edition (PS3 only), in addition to the game, includes a digital artbook, the game’s soundtrack, and a complete Longfellow translation of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the poem the game is based on. The Death Edition is available on PS3 and Xbox 360 (check image below for contents) and it comes with special packaging and a host of collectibles and unlockables.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, which includes the two expansions to GTA4, will release in India for PS3 and PC on March 30, along with the worldwide release. The two episodes - The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony – will be available on one disc and, unlike the downloadable versions, will not require you to own a copy of GTA4 to play.
Episodes from Liberty City is already available on Xbox 360 at Rs 1,999, so expect the PS3 version to be priced the same. And considering that the PC version of GTA4 is priced at Rs 499, it would be very surprising if the episodes are priced higher. The two episodes are detached from the story of GTA4 and the main characters in both episodes are also different, although Niko, as well as other characters from GTA4, do make appearances. So in essence, these are two new games altogether, and even if you haven’t played GTA4, you can play and enjoy these episodes without missing anything.
Put this one down as a rumour. A mysterious Twitter persona has spilled the beans on the internal goings-on at Australian studio Team Bondi, the developer behind the infinitely delayed LA Noire. If postings on Twitter account Veracious Shit are to be believed, LA Noire may well be responsible for Rockstar’s new IP – Agent, being exclusive to the PS3.
According to the source, Sony initially funded and was slated to publish the then untitled project by Team Bondi. The studio is headed by Brendan McNamara, the creative force behind PS2 runaway success The Getaway, and Sony wanted in on McNamara’s next project. But after having sunk $20 million and many years into the project with no substantial result, Sony decided to dump the property in 2005, even as Team Bondi started to see a mass exodus of employees, leaving the studio in disarray, the Twitter posts recount.
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