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UTV Indiagames crosses 50 million downloads on the Nokia Store!

UTV Indiagames, India’s premier gaming company has reached a milestone in the mobile gaming! It has crossed the 50 million downloads mark on the Nokia Store with the total downloads reaching 57 million! Ra.One Genesis, the latest entrant on the store has crossed 3 million downloads in a short span of 3 months. It is amongst the fastest downloaded Bollywood games in the country. While the Cricket Fever titles including CricketT20 Fever, DLF IPL T20 Fever Official Game, Cricket 2011 have surpassed the 9 million downloads mark.

2012-01-17 14:27 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: Mobile 

Jump Games launches the Official F1 2011 Game for iPhone and iPod Touch

Jump Games launches the Official F1 2011 Game for iPhone and iPod Touch

F1 2011 is the only official FORMULA ONE game on the AppStore to deliver all the official drivers, teams and circuits from the 2011 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. F1 2011 comes from Jump Games, the award-winning developer of last year’s critically acclaimed F1 2010 iOS game, Real Steel and Putt Putt.

2011-12-20 10:59 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: ios iPhone Mobile 

AIGA hosts Convocation ceremony 2011

AIGA hosts Convocation ceremony 2011

AIGA Convocation 2011 was held on the 9th of December at hotel Iris, Bangalore. The event started at 6.30 pm with an informative welcome note by Joshi Mark, Creative Director at AIGA. Mark addressed the audience with notes about AIGA, why it was started and some of its key achievements in the past years. He also shared some insight into the early days of the Indian Games Industry, when Rajesh, Shailesh and he started their careers. The gathered audience included graduating students, their parents, family, friends and a few members from the Industry.

2011-12-15 14:03 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: Gaming Industry 

GIGABYTE Technology Makes Significant Strides towards Promoting Gaming in India

GIGABYTE Technology Makes Significant Strides towards Promoting Gaming in India

With an eye to promote e-Sports culture in India, and also to connect with the local gaming community, GIGABYTE Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards, has embarked on a focused strategy of supporting LAN and video gaming competitions across the country.

2011-11-29 13:49 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: Events Other 

UTV Ignition Games Announces Kung-Fu High Impact on Kinect for Xbox 360

UTV Ignition Games Announces Kung-Fu High Impact on Kinect for Xbox 360

UTV Ignition Games has announced that Kung-Fu High Impact is available in stores on Kinect™ for Xbox 360®. In conjunction with the game’s release, Ignition has also released an all-new trailer, giving viewers an inside look at the game. The trailer features special powers players can utilize to defeat hordes of enemies, like “lightning” and

2011-11-29 13:41 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: Console UTV 

NGDC 2011: Ian Livingstone speaks Next Gen- The Future of the Games Industry

NGDC 2011: Ian Livingstone speaks Next Gen- The Future of the Games Industry

Ian Livingstone, Life President, Eidos gave a keynote on the Future of the Gaming Industry emphasizing on the successful games of the past and also shared the evolution of Lara Croft franshise.According to Ian we (game developers) are good at generating emotions and maybe that’s why the global market is expanding and is expected to reach 90 billion USD by 2015.

2011-11-15 18:07 | by Farhatnaz Ansari | Tags: Event 

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NGDC 2011: From Fundraise to Exit

NGDC 2011: From Fundraise to Exit

Vishal Gondal Founder Indiagames shared the journey of how Indiagames happened. “I was not really good at studies in the early days and my parents were surprised with what I was doing. I used to program computer games, and whatever I did, the clothes I wore or the studies I did (which was nothing) and I kept hearing that what ever u r doing is stupid.”

2011-11-15 17:55 | by Anand Gurnani | Tags: Dhruva Event Indiagames 

NGDC 2011: Build Your Own Game contest

NGDC 2011: Build Your Own Game contest

Indie GameDev India partnered with NASSCOM Gaming & Animation Forum and organized the first national BYOG in India. The BYOG took place at the recently concluded 3rd edition of NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2011 held at Pune.

2011-11-15 17:31 | by Farhatnaz Ansari | Tags: Event 

Delivering Quality by Pauline Jacquey, Managing Director, Ubisoft India

Delivering Quality by Pauline Jacquey, Managing Director, Ubisoft India

Pauline Jacquey, Managing Director, Ubisoft India gave a quick look at the establishment of Ubisoft in India and the overall studio philosophy. Ubisoft today has 25 studios in 16 countries across the world.

2011-11-15 16:47 | by Chaitra Shetty | Tags: Console Event Ubisoft 

NGDC 2011: Setting your Game Team by 7 Level Studios’ Rudrasen Sitoleh

NGDC 2011: Setting your Game Team by 7 Level Studios’ Rudrasen Sitoleh

Basics of Setting up your Game Team session by Rudrasen Sitoleh, 7 Level Studios had pointers on the complete process of establishing a studio and approaching a project.

2011-11-15 16:37 | by Chaitra Shetty | Tags: Event Online 

Originality, Innovativeness and advancement in Technology will drive Game Industry in Future

Originality, Innovativeness and advancement in Technology will drive Game Industry in Future- Ian Livingstone

“Originality, Innovativeness and advancement in technology will be the key driving factors for Gaming Industry in the connected world”. Says Mr.Ian Livingston, one of the founding fathers of the UK’s interactive games industry and Life President, Eidos.

2011-11-15 16:27 | by Gaming Xpress Team | Tags: Institute 

NGDC 2011: Specialization Prospects for Programmers

NGDC 2011: Specialization Prospects for Programmers

The first day of NASSCOM GDC 2011 started with a session on ‘Specialization Prospects for programmers’. Conducting the session was Abhishek Raut, Senior Programmer & Technical Consultant, Ubisoft, he explained why specialization is required and what are the various options available.

2011-11-15 16:25 | by Farhatnaz Ansari | Tags: Event Other