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Indie developers from India will make up a sizeable contingent at next month’s Casual Connect Asia in Singapore. Award-winning games like Save The Dummy, Meanwhile In A Parallel Universe, and Project Heera will be showcased at the three-day event, with several developers also scheduled to speak. Here’s a list of …
Read More »Xbox One: Five things Microsoft needs to do in India
The Xbox One’s September launch for India is still quite a way off, but Microsoft is set to announce India-specific details this month. It’s the perfect time, then, to take a look at the challenge and the opportunities the lie ahead for the Xbox One in India. Based on the …
Read More »GT Academy India: 2,000 contestants at halfway mark
Over 2,000 aspiring race car drivers have participated in GT Academy India as the qualifiers reach the halfway mark. Qualifiers have so far taken place in Mumbai and Delhi, with Hyderabad, Delhi and Chennai, as well as online qualifiers via PSN, to follow. The top four times set so far …
Read More »New indie studio Frolicode announces Hoopla Gems for iOS, Android
Indian indie studio Frolicode has announced its first title, Hoopla Gems, for iOS and Android. Hoopla Gems is a block-based puzzle game, where the player must clear out as many blocks as possible by choosing the right colour option. Frolicode is a three-member studio headed by Siddharth Singh, who left …
Read More »Pahelika: Revelations to get iOS release in April
After the release of Pahelika: Secret Legends HD last month, Ironcode Gaming is now set to release its sequel for iOS this month. Pahelika: Revelations, which was earlier released on PC, will be available across iOS devices. Like Secret Legends, Revelations is an adventure-puzzle game set in a fantasy world. …
Read More »Narcissist Reality’s Exist to be showcased, playable at Bit Bazaar
First-person horror-adventure game Exist will be showcased at Bit Bazaar in Toronto this may. Exist is developed by Mumbai-based Ansh Patel aka Narcissist Reality. The game takes place in the player’s nightmares and deals with themes of existentialism and societal negativity. Exist will be playable at Bit Bazaar, and visitors …
Read More »Price drop, early release for Don Bradman Cricket 14 planned
UPDATE:Sunder Electronics has also announced an official price drop forDon Bradman Cricket 14 from Rs 4,299 to Rs 3,999. Customers who had preordered the game at the earlier price will receive a refund for the difference amount from retailers, the distributor said. Original story:In light of street date breaks across …
Read More »Don Bradman Cricket 14 and Real Cricket 14: When real-life cricket lets you down
Indian cricket is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. Players, ex-players and administrators at every level are at the centre of controversy involving accusations of betting, match-fixing, and conflict of interest. While the ICC World T20 tournament continues, India’s cricketing machinery has come to a standstill, …
Read More »Sandyloisa announces Flash puzzler Bricks and Minions
Sandyloisa’s follow up to the multi-award winning Save the Dummy is Bricks and Minions, a ragdoll adventure game”. That game tasks players with clearing the level of bricks of varying gravity orientation by shooting minions out of a canon. Players must use different gravity orientation to their advantage to clear …
Read More »Student game development competiton entry Roto to get commercial mobile release
Roto is a simple game about big balls. That’s the official tag line for this upcoming mobile game, the basic premise of which is still being kept under wraps. What started out as a Global Student Game Developer Competition 2014 entry developed over 24 hours by a group of DSK …
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