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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 »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 …
Read More »Rolocule’s Rolomotion tech nominated for Edison Award
Rolocule Games has been nominated for the Edison Award for its Rolomotion motion-control gaming technology. The Edison Award recognises the most innovative products, services and business leaders, with nominations based on the concept, value, delivery and impact of each innovation. Past recipients of the award have included the likes of …
Read More »Nvidia launches budget Maxwell GPUs in India – GTX 750, GTX 750 Ti
Nvidia yesterday introduced the first graphics cards to incorporate its new Maxwell GPU architecture – the Geforce GTX 750 and Geforce GTX 750 Ti. Both GPUs are targeted at the entry level, with prices starting at Rs 9,900 for the GTX 750, and Rs 11,990 for the GTX 750 Ti. …
Read More »Game4u extends digital service to Singapore, Malaysia
Games retailer Game4u has expanded the operations of its digital distribution service – downloads4u – to Singapore and Malaysia. Through the service, Game4u will make its digital catalogue of over 700 PC and Mac games available to the two South-East Asian markets. PC gaming is popular in South-East Asia and …
Read More »Arpita Kapoor wins Prominent Female Indie award at Casual Connect Europe
Mech Mocha co-founder Arpita Kapoor has received the Most Prominent Female Indie award at Casual Connect Europe’ Indie Prize. The award caps off an eventful week for the indie start-up, which also announced its latest round of funding, and its acceptance into the Chartboost Universitymentorship program. Mech Mocha recently concluded …
Read More »India world’s fastest growing smartphone market – Gartner
Smartphone sales in India grew at 166.8% in 2013, making it the fastest growing market in the world, research firm Gartner has reported. Worldwide smartphone sales grew to 968 million units last year, an increase of 42.3% over 2012, with the most robust growth coming from developing regions, such as …
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