Posts By Kartik Mudgal

Ratchet and Clank HD Collection Review

Ratchet and Clank HD Collection Review

Ratchet and Clank games have been a bit of an anomaly on the PS3, missing the fun, innovation and charm that its PS2 counterparts possessed. This is strictly my opinion obviously,... Read More

Crytek bullish on F2P AAA games, “will figure out a way” to make SP only games work

Crytek bullish on F2P AAA games, “will figure out a way” to make SP only games work

Cevat Yerli is optimistic about free-to-play AAA games and has mentioned that he will figure out a way to make a game like Crysis 3 work. What he means "by a game like Crysis 3" is that there is roo... Read More

Microsoft responds to Sony’s Gaikai acquisition

Microsoft responds to Sony’s Gaikai acquisition

Microsoft has responded to Sony's Gaikai acquisition by saying that they value the cloud tech a lot and have been providing such services to 40 million Xbox Live members. "The cloud has been a ... Read More

Pachter: Gaikai buyout a ploy by Sony to sell more TVs

Pachter: Gaikai buyout a ploy by Sony to sell more TVs

It seems like Michael Pachter is forgetting that Sony Computer Entertainment has bought Gaikai, not Sony as a whole. It makes a difference, the former means the move is solely for their gaming divis... Read More

Seth Killian joins Sony after leaving Capcom recently

Seth Killian joins Sony after leaving Capcom recently

This is really big, as Sony has acquired a vital talent at their in-house studios. Seth Killian, former Capcom fighting man and community manager, has joined the company and will work on PlayStation... Read More

PS4 being worked on by Sony since August 2010 – Report

PS4 being worked on by Sony since August 2010 – Report

In what could be a proper confirmation that the successor to the PS3 is indeed in development, a Linkedin CV of an ex-SCEA R&D director has outed some vital information that won't please So... Read More

EA: We’re going to be a 100% digital company in the future

EA: We’re going to be a 100% digital company in the future

EA's Frank Gibeau has mentioned that it is inevitable that the company will be 100% digital in the future, but they will still continue to provide games on whatever format the demand is. "For us,... Read More

Brian Farrell: THQ now stable, but lacks “a lot of room to run”

Brian Farrell: THQ now stable, but lacks “a lot of room to run”

THQ CEO Brian Farrell has cited the Q4 results for the company as a sign that the company is now stable and is on the right track for recovery. "We want to show the shareholders that the heavy ... Read More

Analyst: Vivendi won’t sell ActiBlizz due to lack of buyers

Analyst: Vivendi won’t sell ActiBlizz due to lack of buyers

Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter, has said that Vivendi won't sell its 61% stake in Activision Blizzard because he doesn't expect a lot of buyers simply because $8.1 billion asked is too expe... Read More

Games The Shop makes its presence felt in Ahmedabad, opens first store in the city

Games The Shop makes its presence felt in Ahmedabad, opens first store in the city

Games The Shop is making its presence felt in India and has opened a new store in the fabulous city of Ahmedabad. Distributor E-Xpress' retail chain is pretty successful considering they are expa... Read More

505 Games to be distributed by Origin Games in India

505 Games to be distributed by Origin Games in India

Origin Games is a new distributor in India who specializes in bringing Konami games here; massive props for that, and they have also announced that they will be distributing 505 Games' games in In... Read More

Assassin’s Creed 3 – Independence Trailer looks great

Assassin’s Creed 3 – Independence Trailer looks great

Check out the new trailer for Assassin's Creed 3. July 4th, 1776 : The thirteen American colonies proclaim their Independence against the British crown. It's now time to remember these dark times of... Read More

Editorial: Sony’s Gaikai acquisition and the PS4 backwards compatibility dilemma

Editorial: Sony’s Gaikai acquisition and the PS4 backwards compatibility dilemma

Sony recently announced that they have acquired Gaikai - a cloud gaming service. Of course, there were rumors of this well before E3, and while both companies had declined that anything of this so... Read More

UK Charts: Lego Batman 2 takes pole position; full top 40 list

UK Charts: Lego Batman 2 takes pole position; full top 40 list

There has been a huge shake up in the UK Charts for this week as FIFA has gone back to the 5th place. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes takes the first position, and the game has been getting posit... Read More

Halo 4 – Forward unto dawn official teaser trailer is spectacular

Halo 4 – Forward unto dawn official teaser trailer is spectacular

Check out the new trailer for Halo 4 which looks amazing. The video is called "Forward unto dawn" and is Machinima exclusive. The first full-length, official, live action Halo series is here and on... Read More

Resident Evil 6 CE to be Game4U exclusive in India

Resident Evil 6 CE to be Game4U exclusive in India

Resident Evil 6 Collector's Edition will be exclusive to Game4U in India. We also have the pricing for the various editions: Standard will be Rs. 3,499, Steelbook will be Rs. 3,799, and the Collecto... Read More

Sony buys Gaikai for $380 million, new cloud service on the horizon

Sony buys Gaikai for $380 million, new cloud service on the horizon

Sony has acquired cloud service Gaikai for $380 million, and with this acqusition it aims to create a new service using Gaikai technology "ensuring that it continues to provide users with truly inno... Read More

New E.X. Troopers trailer

New E.X. Troopers trailer

Capcom has released a new video for E.X. Troopers, which is sort of a Lost Planet spin-off cell shaded game for the 3DS and PS3. They revealed this new trailer at a recent Capcom Summer Jam in Odaiba.... Read More

Left 4 Dead – Cold Stream DLC hits PC and XBL on July 24

Left 4 Dead – Cold Stream DLC hits PC and XBL on July 24

Valve has announced that the Cold Stream DLC will be released on July 24 on the PC, Xbox 360 and Mac. The DLC contains: Cold Stream, Blood Harvest, Crash Course, Dead Air, Death Toll and No Mercy m... Read More

Age of Empires Online now completely free-to-play

Age of Empires Online now completely free-to-play

Age of Empires will be free-to-play once the summer update launches after 5-7 weeks. You don't have to pay for civilizations, booster packs and vanity items at the store and can unlock them all by... Read More