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Tanmay Chinchkar is barely out of college and his first game, which he created as part of a three-day development sprint, has already earned him a BAFTA Award nomination. Project Heera has come along quite a bit since it won Chinchkar first place at last year’s BYOG competition at the …
Read More »Report: Foxconn working on mobile games, first title planned in 2014
Controversial (if not infamous) manufacturing company Foxconn will try its hand at developing mobile games, according to a new report. A piece on Bloomberg states that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou addressed media in Taiwan regarding the company’s plans to move away from contract manufacturing for Apple and other large companies …
Read More »Microsoft dismisses Xbox One OS concerns
Rumours doing the rounds about development difficulties with the Xbox One’s operating system are untrue, according to Microsoft. As well as a rush of whispers and gossip regarding alleged resolution disparities between third party titles on PS4 and Xbox One, there has been a developing narrative claiming that bugs in …
Read More »Milestone launches Diwali ka Dhamaka for Android
The publishing arm of Milestone Interactive has launched its latest game, Diwali ka Dhamaka. Diwali ka Dhamaka is a casual match-3 game, and as the name suggests, it carries a festive theme in time for Diwali. The idea behind this casual game was to indulge in the spirit of festivities …
Read More »Internationally-developed Dhoom 3 console game in the works
Yash Raj Films is investing $2 million in a console game based on upcoming film Dhoom 3, which will be developed by an international studio. Our attempt is to establish Dhoom as a brand like Spiderman," YRF’s VP of licensing and merchandising Rohit Sobti told Medianama, adding that the company …
Read More »Circulets included in first iOS indie games bundle
PC gamers are all too familiar with high-value indie game bundles, but for the first time, there’s now an indie games bundle for iOS games, and Hashstash Games’ Circulets is part of it. The Thumb Arcade Indie Games Bundle has been organised by Selfpubd, and features ten games that carry …
Read More »Ex-Rebellion and Guerrilla devs join City Interactive
Sniper: Ghost Warrior creator City Interactive Games has hired two former developers from Rebellion and Guerrilla Games. Ex-Rebellion senior producer Steve Hart has joined the firm as executive producer, and Paul Robinson has also been recruited to the firm’s senior creative and design team. During his five-year stint at Rebellion, …
Read More »Simogo’s Magnus Gardebäck to speak at NGDC 2013
Magnus "Gordon" Gardebck, co-founder of Swedish indie studio Simogo, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developers Conference, the trade body has announced. Simogo is the studio behind successful mobile titles such as the atmospheric and contemplative Year Walk, and rhythmn-stealth mash-up Beat Sneak Bandit. Later this year, the studio …
Read More »Jump to next-gen has ‘quadrupled’ development requirements
Making a next-gen console time takes four times the development resources than a current-gen game, Sony studio Guerrilla has claimed. The common perception is that the PS4 and Xbox One’s PC-like architecture has simplified games development. Not so, according to Killzone: Shadow Fall’s lead designer Eric Boltjes. It’s also a …
Read More »Krrish 3: The Game announced for Windows
A game based on the upcoming Bollywood superhero flick Krrish 3 has been announced for Windows devices. The game is developed by Gameshastra, and while no details have been revealed, a promotional image seems to suggest that it’s a fighting game. A teaser trailer has been released, which again doesn’t …
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