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Indiagames, or rather DisneyUTV Digital (we’re not sure anymore), has bagged the best game design award at the recently concluded 24FPS International Animation Awards. The company won the award for its Java-based action game Wolverine: Mutant Armageddon. While Indiagames picked up the award, there’s no mention of the other games …
Read More »UK games development tax breaks detailed
The UK government has unveiled details of the cultural test for video games tax relief in its draft legislation released today. To pass the tests, provided below, a game must be awarded at least 16 points to be eligible for tax breaks. Developers will be awarded with four points for …
Read More »Industry picks: The best games of 2012
It’s December, and as is customary, every gaming website is rounding up the best the games industry has had to offer this year. We’re doing things a little differently though. Rather than picking our game of the year or having gamers pick theirs, we reached out to those within the …
Read More »Worbble out now for iOS and Android
Worbble, the first game to be released through Milestone Interactive’s foray into games publishing, is out now. Developed by Mile Nine Studios, the word-based puzzle game is available for iOS and Android devices. The iOS version is not a universal app though, so iPad users will have to pick up …
Read More »NASSCOM Gaming Forum’s 3rd Bangalore meet-up is this month
The last NASSCOM Gaming Forum meet-up of 2012 will take place in Bangalore later this month. Scheduled to speak at the meet-up are Dhruva Interactive CEO and NASSCOM Gaming Forum chair Rajesh Rao; Sumit Mehra, executive producer at Zynga; and HashCube co-founder Deepan Chakravarthy. The 3rd Bangalore meet-up is scheduled …
Read More »Guitar Hero 7 was in development, dubbed as a "disaster"
The once all-powerful Guitar Hero brand was killed in 2011. But a new report claims that development of a new game in the series was well underway by that point. Kotaku reports that that game was set to abandon the various bells and whistles – specifically the drum kit and …
Read More »Blackberry Got Game Port-a-Thon heading to Hyderabad, Mumbai
RIM has tied up with the NASSCOM Gaming forum to bring the Blackberry Got Game Port-a-Thon to India. The event aims to encourage game developers to port their game apps to the Blackberry 10 platform, offering incentives such as a Blackberry PlayBook, Blackberry DevAlpha, and up to $2,000 in cash. …
Read More »Play and vote: Square Enix Game Development Contest India finalists
After months of preparation and submissions, Square Enix has picked four finalists for its Game Development Contest India 2012, and all four games are now available for everyone to play and vote. The four finalists are – Cloud Shepherd, an iPad puzzle game by Team Riverside (a group of Students …
Read More »Reliance consolidates all gaming businesses under Zapak brand
Reliance Entertainment has consolidated all its gaming businesses, including Jump Games, under the Zapak brand name. Under the new structure, Zapak will include three divisions: Zapak Solutions: Advergaming and gamification solutions across mobile and online platforms Zapak Online & WAP Portal: Free and freemium casual games Zapak Mobile: Mobile game …
Read More »#1reasonwhy – Devs join forces to tackle sexism in gaming
Hundreds of women game designers have spoken out on Twitter about rampant sexism in the game industry as the reason why there are so few female developers in the sector. Taking to Twitter to vent their feelings in their hundreds over the hashtag ‘1reasonwhy’, developers and female gamers alike lamented …
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