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At the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, Mumbai-based Yellow Monkey Studios took centre stage to dissect their successful iOS and Android title Huebrix. Studio founder Shailesh Prabhu started the session by talking about how they gathered funds for this project after winning the best original game idea award at hoPlay ‘11 …
Read More »DisneyUTV launches Cricket Fever Challenge
UTV Indiagames’ Cricket Fever Challenge is out now on Facebook and iOS and Android devices. Touted as a multiplatform multiplayer” game, it allows players on all platforms to issue challenges to others through Facebook. The aim of the game is to score as many runs in one over as possible …
Read More »Playcaso rolls out first game from publishing program – Slice the Ice
Playcaso today launched Slice the Ice, the first release under its global publishing program. Developed by Germany-based Fancy Factory, Slice the Ice is a puzzle game spread across five worlds and 100 levels. This is the first game through our association with Fancy Factory, and we are looking at a …
Read More »Street Cricket Champions 2 for PSP, PS2 out now
Gully cricket title Street Cricket Champions 2 is in stores now for PS2 and PSP. Priced at Rs 699 on both platforms, this is the third game from Sony’s Street Cricket franchise. The first game – Street Cricket Champions – was also a PS2 and PSP title, while the motion …
Read More »Jump Games launches official game of ICC T20 World Cup 2012
The official game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2012 – which gets underway in Sri Lanka today – is out now for mobile devices. Developed by Jump Games, the game is available for smartphone platforms such as Android, iOS, Blackberry OS and Symbian, as well as for feature phones …
Read More »Ironjaw Studio’s Super Numbers is out now, and it’s free
Just weeks after its debut release, Ironjaw Studios has released its second game – Super Numbers. The maths-based puzzle game is out now for free for iOS as a universal app. The game uses randomly created puzzles, and the developers claim that no two will ever be the same. The …
Read More »Tryst release pushed back to 14th September
The Steam release of Tryst, the competitive RTS game from Hyderabad-based Bluegiant Interactive, has been pushed back to 14th September. The game was initially set for release on 26th August. The game is currently available for preorder on Steam in three opitions – a single copy, the premium edition that …
Read More »Ironjaw Studios debut title Super Rollers out now
The first game from Manipal, Karnataka-based Ironjaw Studios, titled Super Rollers, is out now on the iOS App Store. Priced at $0.99, Super Rollers is a physics-based puzzle game set in an alternate dimension where the world as we know it, as well as everything in it, is flat”. You …
Read More »Yellow Monkey Studios’ HUEBRIX arrives on 6th September
Yellow Monkey Studios has announced that its upcoming mobile puzzler HUEBRIX will arrive on iOS and Android devices on 6th September. The game was initially set for release on 15th August. HUEBRIX is the Mumbai-based indie studio’s third game, and the follow up to its award winning iOS title It’s …
Read More »MMO strategy game Vinashi now in open beta
Indian PC and mobile games developer Gamiana has announced that its upcoming MMO strategy game Vinashi is now in open beta, with the commercial release set to follow soon. The browser-based game is based on the lore of 16th century India and supports multiple platforms and devices, with a single …
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