Rockstar has announced a few details on the second downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV. The pack, out this fall, will be called The Ballad of Gay Tony. You'll take on the role of Luiz Lopez, a "part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant" to Tony Gay Tony" Prince, a nightclub impresario in Liberty City. The release goes on to say that the episode will focus on Liberty City's "high-end night life." Both Tony and Luiz appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV in bit parts around the same diamond heist that The Lost appeared in.

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After years of playing coy, Take-Two addressed the prospects of a follow-up to 2003's Max Payne 2 about this time last year, with CEO Straus Zelnick saying, "In terms of Max Payne, we will sell no wine before its time...but we have a lot of interesting things going on." Today, Take-Two and its subsidiary Rockstar Games officially broke out the barrel taps, announcing that Max Payne 3 will arrive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in winter 2009.

PlayStation India boss Atindriya Bose had mentioned that Sony had tied up with a bunch of Indian studios to develop games for the PS2. In a later interview, he said that of those, Hyderabad-based Aurono Technologies' Hanuman game was the farthest along and would be the first Indian PS2 game to hit store shelves.

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Crytek have announced they will be showcasing their latest "all-in-one game development solution" CryEngine 3, at this year's GDC Expo (March 25th - 27th) in San Francisco.

They boast that CryEngine 3 will be the first development platform for 360, PS3, MMO, and DX9/DX10 that's also truly Next-Gen ready - with scalable computations and graphics, tools designed by and for professional developers, and a new Sandbox level editor that will be workable for all major platforms, both current and upcoming.

Joystiq has a few more reports from this morning's session at the retailer conference known as Destination PlayStation, which is currently underway in Arizona. Sounds like Sony is devoting time to the PSP so far, adding to the announcement of Rock Band Unplugged with news that the LittleBigPlanet franchise is heading to the PSP later this year.
Ubisoft will be delivering an Assassin's Creed game on the PSP sometime in 2009, and Sony along with BigBig Studios are doing an arctic-themed MotorStorm for the PSP and PS2 called MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.

SCEE has announced that MotorStorm will be coming to PSP and PS2 later this year in the form of MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, currently in development by the team behind Pursuit Force, Bigbig Studios.

MotorStorm Arctic Edge sees the music, the festival and the brutal off-road racing arrive in the breathtaking yet lethal and unpredictable setting of Alaska. With temperatures plummeting, sudden avalanches, broken ice bridges, and three different racing altitudes, this is possibly the most inhospitable environment the MotorStormers have ever had to deal with. With grip at a premium, and in addition to the six existing cl@sses from the original MotorStorm, two new vehicles have been introduced to combat the ice, the cold and the snow - the Snowcat and the Snow Machine. One has the power and size to blast through packed snow, whilst the other has the grip and pace to combat most of what the sub-zero conditions can throw at it.

here is the trailer for Motorstorm Arctic Edge. HD Version

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PlayStation 3 owners and potential buyers in India prepare for war against the Helghast army. Finally Killzone 2, by far the best-looking first person shooter for PlayStation 3, is now available in India for an attractive price of Rs. 2,499.
In this action-packed first person shooter, gamers can get into the skin of Alpha Squad unit solider Sev and demolish the Helghast army on the planet Helgan. With eye-catching cinematics and pulsating ten missions, this game is a must buy for all console gamers.

The first Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV is now available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace for 1600 MS Points ( Rupees 1070 ) .

Sony is really starting to act up in India. GamingIndians tells us about the two awesome 80GB PS3 bundles: Motorstorm Pacific Rift and Resistance 2 for only 26k each (Yes! it includes the DS3). Not to forget few days back the 40GB PS3 was bundled with a free game: 'Motorstorm' and was priced 2k less (i.e. 23k for the bundle). eom

Just got a press release from Sony. All about Home. It's pretty long. Basically says that, after months of promise followed by months of delay, Sony's Home service for the PS3 now has a "release date & that date is December 11.

Course, they don't call it a "release date". It's just the "open beta" becoming "available for all PS3 users around the world". But, yeah, that's a release date. And a worldwide one to boot!

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So I paid a visit to a Game store and look what I found!

The Grand Theft Auto series has proved revolutionary to the gaming industry as it marked the birth of the sandbox genre that allowed players to go anywhere and do nearly anything. Celebrating this awesome franchise is e-xpress interactive who's going to be launching nearly every GTA game out there (except for GTA 1 and 2) for an awesome price sometime next week. check inside for the entire list .

For those of you who still don't know what Blackmesa Source is (really?), it is a Half-Life total remake with the Source engine. It is not Half Life Source (which is only the basic source engine and not the graphics).

Blackmesa Source has been under development (not by Valve) for quite some time now (2 years) so we are expecting an awesome re-experience. Check out the latest update from their side: The Official Trailer. It is a pure feast to the eyes

Microsoft India had said they expected Gears of War 2 to help boost sales of their console, and today Mathur said that while they can't reveal the exact figures, sales for the 360 went up by 30 to 45 per cent in the wake of Gears 2.

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Here's an opportunity for Mumbai gamers to get an early look at the Xbox 360's biggest holiday title - Gears of War 2. Microsoft is holding a launch party on Monday, November 3, and you're all invited for some booze, snacks and Gears.

The party kicks off at 7pm at Blue Frog in Lower Parel. Below is an invite to the event

The hotly anticipated sequel to Gears of War will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 this November . Need your copy of Gears of War 2 in India on DAY 1 , not a problem anymore , check out inside for full details on how to order your copy of Gears of War 2 .

Finally we see an AD for PS3 on Indian TVs, have a look and tell us what you think.

Fallout 3's launch in India has been officially cancelled. Will not be releasing in Any platform. Look inside for full details.