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Hashstash Studios’ tabletop multiplayer game Circulets is out now on the iOS App Store and Google Play. Circulets is an easy-to-pick-up causal game for all ages. With two players sitting on either end of a smartphone or tablet, the game tasks them with pulling as many circles, or circulets, of …
Read More »Capcom thinks next-gen development costs "will soar"
Developing titles for PS4 and the new Xbox will be significantly more expensive than current-gen programming, according to Capcom. The result, it has told investors, is that release schedules – which are already experiencing quite severe levels of drought – are liable to become even leaner in the future. Even …
Read More »Zapak releases kids arcade game Brainbots vs Zombies for Android
Zapak Mobile Games has released a new arcade free-to-play game for Android, titled Brainbots vs Zombies. Despite its post-apocalyptic theme, this a game primarily targeted at kids with casual arcade gameplay The premise involves a herd of zombies plotting its attack on the last settlement of brains. Players must protect …
Read More »Yet Another Bird Game gets a release date, new trailer
Supersike Games’s debut effort, Yet Another Bird Game, is set for release on the App Store on 16th May. Yet Another Bird Game was a runner-up at last year’s Square Enix Game Development Contest India, and since then, the studio has been putting the finishing touches on it for an …
Read More »What do you suck at?
Mike Bithell on why it is important to be aware of the gaps in your game development skills
Read More »Circulets gets 9th May release date for iOS, Android
Hashstash Studios’ new game, Circulets, is set for release on 9th May for iOS and Android devices. The tabletop same-screen multiplayer game will be available on the App Store for iOS devices, while Android users can get the game from the Google Play Store, Amazon App Store or Samsung App …
Read More »Move Street Cricket 2 goes gold, Sony teases reveal
Move Street Cricket 2 has gone gold and the PlayStation India Facebook page has put up the game’s first promotional image ahead of a formal unveiling. The game was first confirmed last year when PlayStation India country managerAtindriya Bose had told MCVthat the game was under development at series creator …
Read More »Indiagames founder and CEO Vishal Gondal to resign
Vishal Gondal, founder and CEO of Indiagames and currently managing director of DisneyUTV Digital, is set to resign at the end of June, the company has announced. Gondal will be replaced by Sameer Ganapathy, who previously headed DisneyUTV’s media networks distribution business. Indiagames started out in 1999 as a mobile …
Read More »Zapak Mobile racks up 100 million Nokia Store downloads
Zapak Mobile has crossed the 100 million game downloads milestone on the Nokia Store, the company has announced. Of the 350-plus games offered by Zapak on the Nokie Store, 22 racked up over a million downloads, including Chhota Bheem Racing, Ninja Strike, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, WWE Raw, and …
Read More »Community sourcing: Creating Endless Space
How Amplitude opened up the development of its debut title to its players
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