Microsoft India held the official launch for Gears of War: Judgment launch in Mumbai yesterday, an event full of much fanfare and of course, gaming. The game has been highly anticipated in almost every part of the world and Microsoft went all out to appease those of us who couldn’t wait to see how they would unveil the new series.The venue for the launch was drenched in the Gears of War: Judgment spirit, with artwork from the game adorning the walls, ceiling, stairwells and even the bar. It really was impressive just how all-out Microsoft went to make sure the launch of Judgment was a successful one. Anshu Mor, Business Group Lead – Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. kicked off the festivities with a Gears of War 3 multiplayer...

The Gears of War franchise returns with its fourth installment, shifting the focus from the incredibly powerful Marcus Fenix to the unassuming, yet quirky and foul-mouthed Damon Baird. The fourth game, which takes place just after the infamous Emergence Day, is a story about Kilo squad and their persecution for trying to save a human settlement. As always, defiance is at the heart of the matter, with the trait being the reason for Marcus’s incarceration and Baird’s (along with his entire squad’s) persecution. Gears of War: Judgment, as a new trilogy has a lot to live up to, as the original trilogy casts a pretty damn big shadow. So, how does the new game fare? Well, we got an early review copy, stocked up on an illicit amount of bullish energy drinks, junk food and...

Back in August when LucasArts registered the domain name Star Wars: First Assault, speculation was that it was in fact, Battlefront 3 in disguise. A leaked box shot didn’t help the case either, but today, there is a certain word on the fate of the game.According to Kotaku, First Assault was indeed a lead-up to the Battlefront 3, and developed as a means to gauge the interest in a Star Wars multiplayer shooter. The original developer of the Battlefront games, Free Radical said that the work on Battlefront 3 and 4 was happening, but a change at LucasArts caused all work to cease."It was a change of direction for LucasArts as a company rather than for the games that we were working on. I think what had happened was the new management had been brought in to replace the old and...