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Man Plays Grand Theft Auto For 40 Hours Straight

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | 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. More »
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India’s Got Mario Talent

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | A group of talented folks do their version of Super Mario Bros. for television program India’s Got Talent. More »
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Search Is On For Darjeeling’s “Arcade Boy”

1:00AM Owen Good | If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlour in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a “mysterious benefactor” will send the arcade a Dreamcast. More »
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Have You Been To The Highest Arcade In The World?

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Probably not. It’s located in the Indian city of Darjeeling (yes, like the tea), which sits 7,000 feet above sea level. And while it’s not much of an arcade, it still gets the record. More »
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India’s First Game Gets India’s First Game Controversy

7:00AM Owen Good | Never mind that Hanuman: Boy Warrior - billed as the first console game developed entirely in India - is a crappy game. It’s controversial! Well, to an American Hindu, anyway. More »
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Bollywood Gets Into Gaming

1:40AM Brian Crecente | Following in the footsteps of their California kin, India’s Bollywood has started courting the video game market with their own movie stars. More »
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India Gets First Indian Made 3D Game

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Video games based on Hollywood movies are nothing new. Video games based on Bollywood movies are newer. Hit flick Ghajini is getting just that. More »

How Splinter Cell Voice Actor Survived Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | In late November, we brought word that game voice actor Michael Rudder (Far Cry Instincts, Prince Of Persia: The Warrior Within, Splinter Cell) was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. More »

PS2/PSP Sales ‘Healthy.’ PS3 Sales? Still Waiting To Take Off…

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s Atindriya Bose, country manager of PlayStation India. He’s here to tell us all about India, a growth region Sony has been supporting full force. More »

Xbox India Expects Big Gears of War 2 Sales

10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | On November 7, Gears of War is truly getting a global release. The same day it hits North America and Europe, the game will also be appearing on Indian retail shelves. To celebrate its release, Microsoft India recently held a Gears 2 event in Mumbai. More »