Games
Developer Riot Games seems to bring one of the world’s most popular games, League of Legends, on mobile reportedly according to a Reuters report in collaboration with Tencent. However both Tencent and Riot did not provide any official comment on the matter. But as per Reuters sources it has been more than a year that Tencent and Riot have been working on a mobile version of League of Legends and it won’t launch this year. Reuters cites data aggregator Statista, … Read More
Small, independent gaming studios are towards the ascending curve with the exhilarating success rush of video game industry. From creative freedom to taking a bigger risk and obviously the lesser profitable margin distribution has pushed many enthusiasts to choose game development as a career independently. However, there are many risks that a developer faces in creating their own game. It’s difficult for game developers to make a living in such a saturated gaming market. Adding to that, independent game developers have to … Read More
For maintaining a healthy ecological balance on this earth, the existence of all types of animals, plants and marine species is about as crucial as that of humans. However, sadly many of the animals and birds are becoming endangered. Likes of which include the Karner Blue butterfly because they need a specific habitat and environment to survive. The natural habitats of animals and plants are being destroyed for land encroachment and farming by humans. Scientists tell us that the best … Read More
The origins of indie video games can be traced back in the 1970s, when there was virtually no established computer gaming industry. Joyce Weisbecker considers herself the first indie designer, having created several games for the RCA Studio II console in 1976 as an independent contractor for RCA. Since then, the journey of indie game developers paced up in the hunger of creating something fresh and new. Today what drives the indie game developers is the passion. For passion some left … Read More
Riot games apologised on League of legend’s midseason trial event, which has created problems for some players with Photosensitive epilepsy seizers. Earlier on League of Legend’s official forum player Apricot Princess shared “the new kill/death animations for the house missions–those big strobey house logos that pop up over a champion you kill– are a huge issue for photosensitive epilepsy and cannot be turned off nor the effects turned down.” In reply to that Riot games, game designer Justin “Xenogenic” Hanson … Read More
With the growing popularity of gaming professionals in India, the esports industry is expanding its wings. Backstage Pass, an institute for game design and development is organising an esports tournament, Proving Grounds 2, featuring FIFA 19 on 17 May 2019 in Bangalore, with a prize pool of Rs 50,000. Being a game development institution this is the first time Backstage pass is venturing into esports. Speaking on esports market, Backstage Pass founder and president Surya. P expressed, “In next five years, I … Read More
Rockstar Games have announced on their official blog post that the beta version of Red Dead Online has now come to an end with a massive update on the game. The blog post reveals “Red Dead Online brings a host of new gameplay including new cooperative story missions, free roam activities and the addition of Poker alongside a range of updates and improvements that strengthen and stabilise the foundational world of the Red Dead Online experience.” The company has thanked all the … Read More
Online slot gaming is rather different from traditional video games in that video games can win over fans with a story and the gameplay style even if graphics and animation are lacking. You only need to look as far as the global phenomenon Minecraft to see that animation doesn’t have to be a standout feature in video games In slot gaming, however, with the physical gameplay very much the same across the board – pressing spin to play – and … Read More
Games2win India a publisher of casual mobile games has announced the launch of its REPLAY Gaming Fund that is targeted at gaming startups and entrepreneurs. Why Replay Gaming Fund? Games2win CEO and co-founder Alok Kejriwal, explains, “Over the past decade of creating and publishing mobile games, we have realised that most gaming start-ups and their entrepreneurs encounter four major problems that overwhelm and often defeat them. The first: most games planned on paper don’t come out the same way, in addition to several … Read More
Upper Deck and the Overwatch League has announced a multi-year deal for licensed collectables that includes the official esports league trading card release as well as stickers, sticker books, prints, posters and memorabilia. The collaboration with the Overwatch League marks the first venture into esports for Upper Deck. “Collaborating with Upper Deck allows the Overwatch League to offer fans everywhere the opportunity to collect and trade exclusive cards and collectables—featuring their favourite teams and players—that can be cherished for years … Read More
The exhilarating success rush in the video game industry has dialled up the revenue numbers so high, becoming an adversary to movies and music industries in the domain of favourite past times. We are living in a world where the notion of videogames being kids’ playthings has demonstrably become a myth. In this day and age, there are people who actually prefer playing games over movies or TV shows and so on. The reason being people starting a game; whether a role … Read More
Rockstar Games has acquired Indian art production studio Dhruva Interactive for $7.9 million from Starbreeze. As per the statement released on Starbreeze website, it has agreed to sell its 91.82 per cent stake in Dhruva – a division of Dhruva Infotech (P) Ltd – for $7.9 million. The studio will operate alongside Rockstar India, both continuing its work on current projects for clients and joining Rockstar’s current work in Bangalore. Starbreeze had acquired 90.5per cent of Dhruva in December 2016 … Read More
