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NASSCOM has issued a call for speakers for the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2012, which is scheduled to take place in Pune on 2nd and 3rd November, 2012. The Game Developer Conference is the 2011 is the set the benchmark for the Indian games industry, with over 700 delegates participating …
Read More »NASSCOM Gaming Forum’s 2nd Hyderabad meet-up in July
The NASSCOM Gaming Forum is heading to Hyderabad on 7th July for its second developers’ meet. On the agenda is a talk on publishing games on Steam by Vinnie Reddy, CEO of BlueGiant Interactive. The Hyderabad-based studio is currently working on its new PC strategy title – Tryst, and self-published …
Read More »NeverSoft enlisted in Call of Duty development
The studio behind Tony Hawk’s has been enlisted by owner Activision to aid development of Call of Duty franchise. It’s unknown in what capacity the studio is working in, though it is likely to have assumed a smaller, focused role complementing current COD studios Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. …
Read More »Playdead’s new game a spiritual successor to Limbo
The new game from developer Playdead will be a spiritual successor to its award-winning debut – Limbo, Danish newspaper Politiken has reported. More details were revealed by the Danish government grant website. The game is currently codenamed Project 2, and will be a 2.5D platformer scheduled for release on PS3, …
Read More »‘Huge problems ahead’ for mid-tier console devs
'People have so much more choice on mobile platforms and Facebook today', says Livingstone
Read More »MileNine Studios launches S.W.A.P for iPad
MileNine Studios today launched S.W.A.P,its first game based on an original IP. S.W.A.P is out now for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store, and while it is currently only available for the iPad, an iPhone and iPod Touch version is also in the pipeline. MileNine, with offices in Mumbai and …
Read More »E3 2012: Zelda for Wii U in R&D stage
A Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda is currently in the research and development phase at Nintendo. With the last game,Skyward Sword, that was a game where you had motion control to use your weapons and a lot of different items, and I thought that was a lot …
Read More »Smell Raiser free on iOS for limited period
Side-scrolling mobile platformer Smell Raiser is available for iPad and iPhone free of cost for a limited period. Smell Raiser features one-touch gameplay spread across three environments with Retina display support on iOS devices. The game features leaderboards and achievements via OpenFeint as well as social networking support with Facebook …
Read More »INTERVIEW: President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida PART 1
MCV recently got the opportunity to sit down with Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, to talk about the brand at E3. How important is it for Sony to push unproven concepts? Is it something done to demonstrate what the console is capable of achieving? From my perspective, it’s …
Read More »Mojostreet now on Windows Phone
Location-based smartphone game Mojostreet is now available free of cost on the Windows Markpetplace for Windows Phone. The game lets users to discover and check-in to various locations (ATMs, restaurants, etc) in their cities, ‘own’ them, compete with others, and share their experiences with friends. Mojostreet currently has a network …
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