Nextwave Multimedia wins a prize at the ‘Nokia Calling All Innovators 2011′ for its’ game Hit21 Deluxe. Based on the number of downloads and game quality Hit 21 Deluxe won the third prize in the ‘Cards and Casino games’ category. The winner was announced on 18th August and the award given away on 25th Aug at Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley, USA. Last year we won the grand prize at this event.

Hit21 Deluxe an unique game with cards was jointly developed by Nextwave Multimedia, India and Ikoncity, UK. The game actually requires you to think and not leave things to chance. You have to be quick in your arithmetic to win this game.

To download the game click http://store.ovi.com/content/185941

To know more about the event check http://www.callingallinnovators.com/10m/winners.aspx#games

Nextwave Multimedia is in the process of developing new series of 3D games. We are looking for people with a passion for a career in game development or interactive 3D development.

Eligibility:

Should have good math skills.

Should have basic knowledge of C, C++ or Java or Dot Net or JavaScript or ActionScript.

Must be an Engineering or Science graduate.

Please email your resume to 3dgamedev@nextwavemultimedia.com

The recently launched ‘World Cricket Championship’ game by Nextwave Multimedia uses open source, free software, ‘Blender’ to create low polygon modeling, character animation, background and props.

Short video of the game:

We are glad to announce that our mobile apps have seen over 1 million downloads on Nokia’s OVI Store.

Our mobile apps have been critically reviewed and appreciated on the Nokia’s OVI Daily App blog. The blog, which reviews smart Nokia OVI apps, has featured ‘Express, the proximity communicator’, and the grand prize winning ‘Comics Creator’.

“With ‘Express’ on Your Nokia, You’ll Never Be at a Loss for Words” says Jason Black, the reviewer of Express, the proximity communicator.

To read the complete review, click: http://blog.ovi.com/dailyapp/global/2010/09/with-express-on-your-nokia-youll-never-be-at-a-loss-for-words/

“Let me just come right out and say it. I love this app!” admits Martin Marshall, the reviewer of Comics Creator.

To read the complete review, click: http://blog.ovi.com/dailyapp/global/2010/09/create-your-own-mobile-comics-easily-with-comics-creator/

Nextwave’s Soccer Fever Ver 2.0 mobile game pack consisting of 3 games launched on  OVI store.  The 3 game pack has a Full soccer game, Penalty kick game and a Table soccer game.  The game will be soon available on Android market place.

A morality-based game, Snakes & Ladders was invented by the ancient seers of India to teach the effects of karma(deeds).  The ladders and snakes represent moral ascent and descent, respectively.

Our upgraded version is based on this original, age-old, Indian theme, and has long hours of game play.

In this version, whenever you’re bitten by a snake, you’ll take a different form -  deer, insect, frog, etc. To restore the original form(human), you’ve to successfully complete a ‘Mini Snake & Ladder’ game.

When you reach the target, you’ll unlock two exciting games:

Mahjong -  A simple, musical theme based matching game.

Gold Miner – An addictive tile-based game, in which you’ve to  guide the ‘minecart’ carrying gold to reach its destination by swapping the jumbled squares to form a track. The game has infinite play levels.  So, you can have non-stop fun.

Snakes & Ladders version 2.0,  now available on Nokia’s OVI Store, will also be available on Apple’s iTunes Store, shortly.

To download the game from Nokia’s OVI Store, please click the link below: http://store.ovi.com/content/19688?clickSource=publisher+channel

3 types of rendered TATA NANO car images. Modelling and rendering was completely done using Blender 4.9a & Gimp 2.6.6

1.Blender Internal Render

Render time : 11 minutes 30 Seconds with reflective background and procedural texture materials.
Hardware used : Quad Core Intel processor with 4 Gb Ram

Click the link below to download the above model:
nano-with-internal-render

2. Blender with Ambient Occlusion.

Render time : 49 Seconds with procedural texture materials and default ambient occlusion settings.
Hardware used : Quad Core Intel processor with 2 Gb Ram

Click the link below to download the above model:
nano-with-ambient-occlusion

3. Kerkythea 2008 (External render).

Render time : 9 minutes 54 Seconds with fully reflected  background in Kerkythea external render (2008).
Hardware used : Quad Core Intel processor with 2 Gb Ram

Click the link below to download the above model:
nano-with-kerkythea

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The merchandise can be purchased online at http://www.nextwavemultimedia.com/iphone/panchatantra/index.html, http://www.nextwavemultimedia.com/iphone/gandhi/index.html .Here are some animated samples of the merchandise.