“Don Kaun” Nationwide Mobile Gaming Contest Launched By Jump Games and Reliance Communications

Jump Games and Reliance Communications have stated that they will be launching an India-wide mobile gaming contest known as Don Kaun.

This contest will feature 10 mobile games developed by Jump Games including Sameera the Street Fighter, Bappi Da Disco King, Run Maddy Run, and Baichung Bhutia Pro Striker. A small number of international titles like Maradona and Van Damme Kick Boxing will also feature in Don Kaun.

Salil Bhargava, CEO, Jump Games says, “Mobile gaming is on a steady rise in India and this countrywide contest on Reliance Mobile World is an outstanding platform to reach out to our audiences. We have some of our finest games up for Don Kaun Contest and we hope that people have a good time playing them and of course, winning prizes that are up for grabs.”

Mahesh Prasad, President Application Solutions & Content Group, Reliance Communications said, “Reliance Mobile’s pioneering sachet-based pricing for mobile games has shaped a large mobile gaming community within the Reliance network. The Don Kaun contest is sure to generate excitement among our subscribers.”

Daily, weekly and monthly winners will get gifts like iPods, PS2, Xboxs along with a Plasma TV for one lucky winner. However, the Grand Winner of the “Don Kaun” Mobile Gaming Contest will get a date with the sultry Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy.

John Abraham to Play Prince of Persia?

Everyone is excited about the forthcoming film based on the video game, Prince of Persia. It is known that Michael Bay is working on the film, but the full cast of the Prince of Persia is not known as yet. However, Mumbai tabloid Mid Day is reporting that Bollywood actor John Abraham will play lead in the film.

In fact, a fan based in the United Kingdom has posted sketches of the Bollywood heartthrob on the official website. The fan, Venetia Sarll, has been rallying for John Abraham to get the role in Michael Bay’s adaptation of the Prince of Persia video game.

The webmaster of the site, Sujoy Mukherjee reveals that Venetia is one of the biggest fans of John Abraham and she was excited about starting an online campaign to get him in the movie. The Dhoom actor was also awed by the sketches. John Abraham says, “Venetia is the most dedicated member of my site. I just loved the sketches she has made. In fact, there was even an online poll on a fan site and her sketches topped the list.”

However, it is yet not confirmed whether John Abraham will play the lead. And there is no information on the female lead. But, it would be great if they take Bipasha Basu as the female lead as their on-screen chemistry would be awesome!

Bipasha Basu Jet Ski Champ to be Launched by Jump Games

After sizzling in the Beach Blaze game from Zapak, Bipasha Basu is all set to ‘jump’ from the sand on to the water. Jump Games has sent word that they have signed a two-year exclusive worldwide contract with Bipasha Basu to develop and distribute various mobile game titles based on her. The first game is ‘Bipasha Basu Jet Ski Champ’.

The Bipasha Basu game will see the actress as a master Jet Ski rider who challenges the world’s best to an adrenalin-pumping jet-ski ride across exotic circuits. Bipasha Basu Jet Ski Champ has been made especially for the sultry actress’ fans who want to play as her character.

Bipasha Basu seems to be very excited about the game. She says, “This is something really novel for me and I’m looking forward to a successful gaming association with Jump Games. They have already created some extremely popular quality titles in the past and have done a great job with the games. Through these games my fans will get to see the athletic, adventurous and skillful side of me. I am a sports fan and today it’s a conscious effort to select my films and related work accordingly, to bring out my sporty, exploratory persona… let’s hope my fans like it!”

Salil Bhargava is the chief executive officer of Jump Games. He maintained, “Bipasha is one of the most successful celebrity brands today and her personality lends itself wonderfully to games. We are quite positive that with the increasing popularity of celebrity games in the market, the titles created for Bipasha will do well. Jump as an organization is committed to constantly providing our audiences with fresh content, and with this association, we are another step closer to that.”

Bipasha Basu Jet Ski Champ will be launched on all leading networks by Jump Games in some time. Besides this game, fans can expect two more Bipasha Basu games. One is a casual title based on the popular urban sport of bowling while the other sees Bipasha playing a sci-fi princess, who is all set to save the planet from galactic enemies.

These days’ game developers are going after every Indian celebrity available to make games on them. But most of these games are either online casual games or mobile games. Agreed that these genres are popular in India, but it would be great to see game developers make next-gen games that are for the PC, Xbox 360 or the PS3.

‘Trivia Champ’, a Mobile-based Cricket Trivia Game unveiled by Cricinfo

Cricinfo Mobile has just unveiled a trivia game for mobile users to test their cricket knowledge against other cricket fans across India. The trivia game, called ‘Trivia Champ’ has been developed by Dhruva interactive is available on Airtel and Hutch at Rs.99 and Rs.50 respectively.

Trivia Champ is a multiplayer game, which requires one to be connected while playing, so we are guessing that you would have to be connected to GPRS for gameplay. But the prizes on offer, which include iPod Shuffles, DVD players, sunglasses and subscription to the Cricinfo magazine are worth trying out Trivia Champ.

Cricinfo has trivia games lined up for series featuring India over the next 12 months. They even plan to launch trivia games based on the World Cup.

This is not the usual kind of gaming that we report on, but nevertheless it’s a game to be played on your mobile especially for cricket fans that are fond of trivia and not real action.

Two Cricket Games to be Launched Around the World Cup by KrishCricket

Ok, all you cricket fans, if you can’t get enough of cricket, here is a nice piece of news for you. KrishCricket, a website, which is related to former Indian cricketer, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, is planning to release two new cricket games around the time of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

That’s a lot of cricket games, as some time ago even Zapak launched a cricket game as well as an online cricket tournament. So now, its eat cricket, sleep cricket, play online cricket all the time!