Take a look at this commercial, for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis). It’s for the Indian market, and while it’s a little rough around the edges, it’s mostly what you’d expect from the mid-1990s. Except for that weird “Shaw Wallace” business.
Square Enix is starting operations in India and is staffing up. If you speak Japanese and Hindi, and have an awesome hairdo, apply! (That last part is not a staff requirement — just a game character one.) [Square Enix Japan]
Indian films are famous for their dance numbers. Tamil super hero flick Velayudham has them in spades. It also has what looks either Ezio or Altair from the Assassin’s Creed games — make that, really looks.
A Sony development team in the UK is working on a game adaptation of upcoming Bollywood sci-fi flick Ra.One.
We’ve been ridiculously excited for the Tamil science fiction blockbuster Enthiran once we heard that it was totally bonkers. And indeed, these clips prove that the movie delivers scads o’ madness. Robotic orb of machine gun death = total delight.
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Looking at a trailer for Velayutham, a Tamil-language film that opened this week, I’m betting its story is not canonical to the Assassin’s Creed continuity. It’s made by a producer famously unconcerned about infringing on others’ marks as well.