Eklavya, The Great Yudhistra soon on your iPhone
New Delhi (PTI): Mobile gaming company Nazara Technologies is in talks with Apple Computers, maker of smartphone iPhone, and its two Indian retailers Airtel and Vodafone Essar to develop a couple of mythology-based games which would be available in the next 4-6 months.
"Nazara has set up a dedicated team for 3G and iPhone, and is currently researching on Apple's basic format (Application Programme Interface-API) for development of games for the iPhone. The company already has active relationship with all the carriers and will be supplying iPhone and 3G content," Nazara Technologies CEO Nitish Mittersain said.
Shortly we will be launching mythological games such as Eklavya and The Great Yudhistra for iPhones. We will also be launching Vishwanathan Anand multiplayer chess," he added.
Mittersain said to develop content for iPhones one has to use only Apple's platform to make the games fully customised for iPhone users.
Nazara has completed basic research for the iPhone games. If subscribers want Eklavya and The Great Yudhistra on iPhone, then the user, whether a Vodafone Essar or an Airtel user, would have to download it from the retailer's site.
The cost of each download would be between Rs 30-50 for the subscribers. Nazara has a revenue-share arrangement with operators.
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