Entries for March 2008

7Seas Technologies Limited, an independent game Development Company based out of Hyderabad, has signed an agreement with model-turned-Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra to develop a first-of-its-kind 3D mobile game.

"Under the agreement, 7Seas Technologies will develop a 3D mobile game with Neetu Chandra playing the lead character. The game titled on her name Neetu (The Alien Killer), is based on a unique game story and revolves around the lead character killing different aliens," Mr. Maruti Sanker .L, Managing Director of 7Seas Technologies, said. "3D mobile game development is the toughest challenge for the game developers as they have to offer same quality as PC or console but with a much reduced file size."

7Seas would be launching this game along with other genres of games like puzzle, racing, adventure and action during the next quarter through mobile aggregators and operators worldwide. "Apart from this game, we will also make available the game wallpapers, screensavers and ringtones of the game for Neetu Chandra's fans," Mr Sanker said.

Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced the North American launch of Urban Attack(TM: 103.37, -1.04, -0.99%), the long-awaited, original and inventive first-person-shooter (FPS) mobile game. Urban Attack for mobile, which was recently released throughout Europe, has already received a number of impressive review scores and previews from press and fans around the world.

The Urban Attack game for mobile, in development for more than twenty months, is the result of considerable research and development involving advanced 3D vectorial graphics and is designed to deliver 3D shooting action across more than 400 handsets, from mid-range 2D devices to smartphones. Urban Attack takes the shooting genre to an entirely new level with a number of features never before seen on mobile phones.

Fishlabs, a developer of premium 3D mobile games, is now delivering its mobile games to end users from now on via email; eliminating the high data transfer costs often charged for downloads by mobile operators.

Fishlabs is the first vendor worldwide to offer hassle and cost free delivery of mobile games to its customers.

Before, depending on the type of mobile data-plan, charges for downloading a mobile game via mobile network can exceed the price of the game itself.

In the opinion of experts at this year's Games Developer Conference Mobile in San Francisco, these high and hidden data transfer charges are one of the main reasons for the slow growth of the mobile gaming market in 2007.