Mobile Games Developer Partners with Virgin Comics and Deepak Chopra

Jump Games has acquired some of the most prestigious international licenses including Virgin Comics and the popular beverage mascot Fido Dido. Jump Games is developing a mobile game for Ramayan 3392A.D. a futuristic sci-fi story inspired by the original Ramayan mythology and created by Kapur along with author Deepak Chopra.

Jump Games is also working with Virgin Comics on a mobile game based on their hit comic series, The Sadhu, which tells the story of a British soldier who discovers the mystical powers of Indian sadhus. Beyond the comic series, The Sadhu is also being developed by superstar actor Nicolas Cage as a film. India’s first mobile game on the cult series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle has been just launched by Jump Games.

Among Indian licenses, Jump Games has added names like Bappi Lahiri, R. Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, Shaan and Baichung Bhutia in its gaming portfolio.

Jump Games has created more than 120 riveting Mobile games including award-winning games—Final Front, a 10-player strategy war game that won the M1 Nokia IMS Challenge and Bomberbabe, an arcade-style PC game that was awarded the Special Jury Award at FICCI FRAMES 2005.

At the recently concluded FICCI Frames 2007, Jump Games swept the gaming awards for the mobile segment category - the popular game on Bappi Lahiri won the best game in “Popular” Category and another game from Jump - “The Last Astra” won the best original Indian content award.

At the forefront of gaming since 2001, Jump Games has been spearheading the evolution of game design and development across an array of genres and platforms—single and multiplayer games for Wireless, PC, Web, and allied platforms such as PDA and iTV. Over the years Jump Games has created innovative and cutting-edge games that have been consistently entertaining gaming audiences worldwide.

Besides being affiliated with global associations like Sun’s iForce initiative and Forum Nokia PRO, Jump Games has partnered with leading content owners, Mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and technology providers like Coca-Cola, ICTV (HeadendWare), Intel, Sony Ericsson, Sun, Walt Disney India, Pixiem, Qualcomm, LG, and Conitec for its gaming initiatives. Jump Games has created more than 120 riveting Mobile games that are available with international aggregators such as Zingy Inc., Cellucom, Games Federation, PocketNet, and Sam Click, among others. Distributed across the US, Europe, South Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia, Jump Games’ can be accessed and played on leading networks like Hutch (Thailand), M1, Orange, Reliance India Mobile, and Vibo.

Jump Games’ state-of-the-art production studio at Mumbai employs a multi-disciplinary, cross-skilled team comprising 140+ game designers, concept artists, 2D and 3D graphic artists, modelers, programmers, project managers, game testers, and creative writers. Their domain expertise, coupled with sound technical processes, is the driving force behind Jump Games’ ground-breaking gaming concepts. Its commitment to quality gaming is reflected in its award-winning games—Final Front, a 10-player strategy war game that won the M1 Nokia IMS Challenge and Bomberbabe, an arcade-style PC game that was awarded the Special Jury Award at FICCI FRAMES 2005.

The company is currently involved in developing cutting-edge 3D Mobile games, multiplayer Wireless games including games involving network-based technology like Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Location Based Services (LBS)-based, and Bluetooth-based games for next-generation handsets.

This mail is to introduce Jump Games (a leading publisher of game design and development across an array of genres and platforms especially mobile phones). We wish to start a dialogue between you and their senior team including Salil Bhargava, CEO and Ninad Chhaya, Executive Vice President—Operations and Production.

Salil and Ninad have been with the gaming industry ever since it broke out in India. Ninad, incidentally was co-founder of IndiaGames. Both Salil and Ninad will share with you a lot of information on the mobile - gaming industry in India, facts, figures and statistics, info on celebrity gaming, adver gaming (game developed around a brand) etc.