Gameshastra

Gameshastra is a video game company headquartered in Hyderabad, India with offices in Japan and Europe.^[1] The company tests, develops and publishes games for dedicated gaming consoles including the Sony PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, as well as other platforms including iOS, Android, Mac OS X, and Windows PCs.

Gameshastra

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	November 2006
Headquarters	Hyderabad, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mohan Bhupatiraju
Products	Krish 3 Don 2 - The Chase Continues Kochadaiiyaan: Kingdom Run Kochadaiiyaan: Reign of Arrows
Website	http://www.gameshastra.com/

History

• 14 Jan 2013: In partnership with Hungama, Gameshastra launched an android game based on an upcoming Bollywood movie Race 2^[2]
• 18 Dec 2011: Gameshastra launched android and iOS game based on the Bollywood movie Don 2^[3]
• 23 Feb 2010: Gameshastra expands relationship with Sony^[4]
• 23 Feb 2010: Gameshastra opens 1000-seat facility in Hyderabad^[5]
• 6 December 2007: Gameshastra wins Red Herring 100 Global Award 2007^[6]
• 21 February 2007: Gameshastra launches advanced game services facility in India^[7]

Games released by Gameshastra

• Cricket Challenge^[8]
• Desi Adda^[9]
• Route 66^[10]
• Circles, Circles, Cricles^[11]
• D-Cube Planet^[12]
• Crime Spree^[13]
• Tiger Trouble^[14]
• Pachisi^[15]
• Taj Mahal
• Flick Fishing^[16]
• Great Pyramids Flick
• Tumblebugs 2^[17]
• Numerology^[18]
• Rangy Lil
• Deflector^[19]
• Secrets of Great Art
• Can You See What I see
• Paper Chase
• Family Feud: Dram Home^[20]
• Etch a Sketch
• Nocturnal

Games released for movies

• Don 2: The Game (2011)
• Krrish 3: The Game (2013)
• Race 2 (2013)
• Kochadaiiyaan: Kingdom Run (2014)
• Kochadaiiyaan: Reign Of Arrows (2014)
• Anjaan: Race Wars (2014)
• Happy New Year: The Game (2014)
• Sholay: Bullets Of Justice^[21]

Joint venture with Hungama

Gameshastra has a joint venture with Hungama Digital known as Hungama Games and Hungama Gameshastra Pvt. Ltd. (Vroovy).^[22] They have released various tie-in games for Indian films and TV shows:

• Bhoothnath Returns: The Game (2014)^[23]
• Baby: The Game (2015)
• Brothers: Clash of Fighters (2015)
• A Flying Jatt (2016)
• Airlift: The Rescue (2016)^[24]
• Akira: The Game (2016)
• M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Game (2016).^[25]
• Golondaaj Official Movie Game (2021)
• Epic Quiz : Adipurush (2023)^[26]
• KBC - The Game (TV series)^[27]
• CID - The Game (TV series)^[28]
• Khatron Ke Khiladi - The Game (TV series)^[29]

Awards and honors

• Red Herring 100 Global Award 2007^[30]

References

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9. "Desi Adda: Games of India (Review) | Dealspwn". www.dealspwn.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010.
10. Route 66 reviewpspminis.com Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
11. First impressions. Circles, Circles, Criclespspminis.com Archived 12 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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13. Crime Spree reviewpspminis.com Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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20. "Family Feud: Dream Home - All Access Games game at iWin". Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
21. "Sholay - Bullets of Justice". vroovy.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
22. "Hungama, Gameshastra form JV for integrated gaming company". Business Standard. 8 February 2013.
23. "Bhoothnath Returns: The Game". vroovy.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
24. "Airlift: The Rescue (2016)". MobyGames. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
25. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Game. Mobygames.
26. "Epic Quiz : Adipurush". LDPlayer. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
27. "KBC - The Game". vroovy.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
28. "CID - The Game". vroovy.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
29. Khatron Ke Khiladi The Game. Vroovy.
30. "Red Herring list: 13 Indian IT cos among top 100". The Economic Times.