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Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream announced its next title – Beyond: Two Souls, at Sony’s E3 press conference today. The game is currently in development exclusively for PS3, and like Heavy Rain, will include support for PlayStation Move. The game sees Hollywood star Ellen Page starring as Jodie Holmes and …
Read More »Crytek won’t develop for Vita and Wii U
Crysis developer Crytek won’t be making games for the Playstation Vita or Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U anytime soon. CEO Cevat Yerli, speaking to German magazine Golem, said that while the company finds the Vita to be a technically proficient system, he felt that it came to the market slightly too …
Read More »Rolocule Games receives angel funding
Pune-based Rolocule Games, developer of the award-winning iOS game Flick Tennis: College Wars, announced today that it has secured angel funding via Mumbai Angels and Blume Ventures, amongst others. The studio has released three iOS games so far – Super Badminton, Touch Squash, and Flick Tennis: College Wars, which won …
Read More »Grid 2 confirmed by Codemasters
Iain Smith, an associate producer at Codemasters who has worked on Dirt 3 and Dirt Showdown, has confirmed that Grid 2 is in production. Talking to Inc Gamers, Smith said that there were two core game teams at Codemasters; one working on Dirt, while the other was working on an …
Read More »Sports Champions 2 announced for PlayStation Move
Sony today announced Sports Champions 2, the sequel to Zindagi Games’ multi-million selling PlayStation Move launch title. Zindagi returns at the helm for the sequel, with help from Sony’s San Diego Studio. The sports compilation will this time around feature games such as skiing, bowling, tennis, golf, boxing, and a …
Read More »Bollywood and cricket come together in FKS Cricket Drive
Hyderabad-based game developer/publisher Gameshastra today announced FKS Cricket Drive, a game that seemingly brings together two of India’s favourite pastimes – cricket and Bollywood. FKS Cricket Drive is based on the Indian film Ferrari Ki Sawaari, which is set for theatrical release on June 15. The game is set for …
Read More »Activision bolsters UK development with new studio
Publishing powerhouse Activision is set to establish a brand new mobile-focused studio in the UK. Develop reports that UK games veteran and former Team 17 man Martyn Brown has been hired to handle the recruitment process. Activision’s last major UK dev interest ended in January 2011 when it closed the …
Read More »Deep Silver says Dead Island 2 not in production
Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager is not currently working on Dead Island 2, publisher Deep Silver has asserted. The rebuttal comes after rumours suggesting the game was already at production at the studio. And while Deep Silver has dismissed this, it has not ruled out the possibility of such …
Read More »Square Enix GDCI 2012 Roadshow heads to Bangalore today
Square Enix has taken the Game Development Contest India 2012 on the road. The Japanese publisher recently revealed details of the contest, which aims to unearth India’s top game development talent across mobile and other casual platforms. The contest’s official website and Facebook page are now live. The Game Development …
Read More »Version2Games management sets up The Awesome Game Studio
The management team at Version2Games, including its president Rajat Ojha, has left the company to form The Awesome Game Studio. V2G was responsible for Smash n Survive, the first Indian PS3 game to be released to a worldwide audience, and had recently announced its next PS3/Vita game, T.U.M. The Awesome …
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