Square Enix has closed their India-based mobile game studio, according to a report by MCV India. During its one year of operation, the studio hasn't released any games, although it was reportedly working with developers on several titles. » 4/15/14 6:30am 4/15/14 6:30am

Everyone has something they are good at. Something that makes them special. For India's Mohammed Khurshid Hussain, that's typing really fast. With his nose. » 3/05/14 4:00am 3/05/14 4:00am

Indian gamers are waging a Twitter campaign against EA with the hashtag #EAPCIndia. Their beef? EA has jacked up the price of PC games this year. Last year's Battlefield 3 had cost roughly the equivalent of $20 in India. Battlefield 4 will be close to $60, or 3,499 rupees. IndianVideoGamer.com has the story and the… » 7/05/13 3:45pm 7/05/13 3:45pm

A 14-year-old Indian boy staying with his aunt and uncle in the Tamil Nadu village of Ekkadu couldn't afford the 8,000 rupees (roughly $150) to purchase a video game system, so he strangled a 69-year-old neighbor. » 6/13/12 9:30am 6/13/12 9:30am

Take a look at this commercial, for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis). It's for the Indian market, and while it's a little rough around the edges, it's mostly what you'd expect from the mid-90s. Except for that weird "Shaw Wallace" business.

That's not a YouTube uploader's watermark, it's the name of the company… » 5/02/12 11:30pm 5/02/12 11:30pm

Square Enix is starting operations in India and is staffing up. If you speak Japanese and Hindi, and have an awesome hairdo, apply! (That last part is not a staff requirement—just a game character one.) [Square Enix Japan] » 2/15/12 5:10am 2/15/12 5:10am

Indian films are famous for their dance numbers. Tamil super hero flick Velayudham has them in spades. It also has what looks either Ezio or Altair from the Assassin's Creed games—make that, really looks. » 10/13/11 8:00am 10/13/11 8:00am

India's decision to take tough steps against political dishonesty may have had a little help from a flying, angry bird. » 9/12/11 11:00am 9/12/11 11:00am

A Sony development team in the UK is working on a game adaptation of upcoming Bollywood sci-fi flick Ra.One. » 7/08/11 5:30am 7/08/11 5:30am

Video games are hot in India right now, but don't expect to see many of these gamers on Xbox Live or Playstation Network anytime soon. » 7/05/11 6:00pm 7/05/11 6:00pm

We've been ridiculously excited for the Tamil science fiction blockbuster Enthiran once we heard that it was totally bonkers. And indeed, these clips prove that the movie delivers scads o' madness. Robotic orb of machine gun death = total delight. » 1/27/11 11:57am 1/27/11 11:57am

This time it isn't an employee falling off a roof or out of a window. This time, it's pesticide. » 7/28/10 3:00am 7/28/10 3:00am

Looking at a trailer for Velayutham, a Tamil-language film that opened this week, I'm betting its story is not canonical to the Assassin's Creed continuity. It's made by a producer famously unconcerned about infringing on others' marks as well. » 7/18/10 2:00pm 7/18/10 2:00pm

Barely four months after an Indian equity broker logged a world record by playing Grand Theft Auto IV for 40 hours and 20 minutes, a 19-year-old college kid in Tennessee has beaten it. » 1/05/10 10:00pm 1/05/10 10:00pm

What did you do between September 4 and September 6? Twenty-six year-old private equity broker Chirantan Patnaik played Grand Theft Auto IV — for 40 hours and 20 minutes straight. » 10/20/09 10:00pm 10/20/09 10:00pm

A group of talented folks do their version of Super Mario Bros. for television program India's Got Talent. » 7/13/09 3:00am 7/13/09 3:00am

If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlor in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a "mysterious benefactor" will send the arcade a Dreamcast. » 5/30/09 11:00am 5/30/09 11:00am

Probably not. This one is located in the Indian city of Darjeeling (yes, like the tea). And while it's not much of an arcade, that's still pretty high. » 5/19/09 8:00am 5/19/09 8:00am