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Nautilus Mobile’s Real Cricket 14 will release on 31st March for Android, followed by an iOS release on 20th April. Real Cricket 14 features a unique hand-drawn 2D art style that took Nautilus artists over six months to perfect. However, despite being a mobile game with 2D visuals, it aims …
Read More »Zynga says mobile is now top priority
Zynga is taking a mobile-first approach to its game development as its moves to make up lost ground in the rapidly expanding mobile market. Zynga COO Clive Downie explained on thesocial game maker’s blogthat the company will be pursing a mobile-first business starting with the launch of three of its …
Read More »Creature Box Studio’s Space Runner out now for Android
Creature Box Studio’s first game, Space Runner, is out now for Android devices. Space Runner is a 2D endless game, where the player must navigate a space ship through asteroids using swipe controls, while at the same time destroying asteroids by tapping them. Creature Box is Indore-basedAnshul Soni’s one-man start-up …
Read More »DayZ development team to double in size
Departing creator Dean Hall says the team working on DayZ is to double. Hall broke the news via the latest DayZ update, which also promised a roadmap for the studio’s plans for the game would arrive later in 2014. "We are inducting a large number of new people to the …
Read More »Pyrodactyl’s Unrest gets new teaser trailer
Pyrodactyl has released a new tease trailer for its crowd-funded adventure role-playing game, Unrest. Unrest is based in and around the fictional city of Bhimra, which finds itself in turmoil amid a leadership change after the assassination of the ruling royal family. The game focuses heavily on narrative and conversation, …
Read More »Pahelika: Secret Legends HD headed to iOS this week
Ironcode Gaming is set to launch Pahelika: Secret Legends HD on iOS on 6th March. Secret Legends is a narrative-driven adventure puzzle game, which was first released on PC in 2011. The Noida-based studio also released the follow-up to Secret Legends – Pahelika: Revelations – on PC in 2011, with …
Read More »Gamiana launches cricket, football, Bollywood trivia games
Mumbai-based game developer Gamiana has announced the launch of three trivia games based on cricket, football, and Bollywood respectively. Guess The Cricket Star, Guess The Football Star, and Guess The Bollywood Flick all task the player with identifying sportspersons/films based on incomplete images and spelling the name using alphabets provided. …
Read More »Republicans propose increased dev taxes for violent games
A US tax reform bill from the House Ways and Means Committee has suggested increasing the tax burden for games developers making violent games. Washington Examiner reports that while the bill advocates an improved, permanent R&D tax credit, finally giving American manufacturers the certainty they need to compete against their …
Read More »Tizen App Challenge win for Zombies Indie House’s Meanwhile, In A Parallel Universe
Zombies Indie House has snapped up an honourable mention award at the Tizen App Challenge for its game, ‘Meanwhile, In A Parallel Universe’, and a handsome $40,000 cheque to go with it. Over $4 million in cash prizes were up for grabs in the Tizen App Challenge across nine game …
Read More »Phoenix Online turns publisher, to focus on story-driven games
Phoenix Online Studios, most recently known for its episodic adventure series Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, is expanding into game publishing with the formation of Phoenix Online Publishing. Phoenix Online is co-founded by Vitek Goyel, who also heads PixelTek, a games development services company based in Mumbai. Phoenix Online Publishing …
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