7Seas Entertainment Ltd, a game development and licensing company, will launch games compatible with Android phones. With the share of Android phones in the smartphone segment going up, the company sees growing demand for gaming content on these phones.
“We have launched 17 mobile games this financial year. But all of them are ready for java phones. We are now working on Android games,” Mr L. Maruti Sanker, Managing Director, 7Seas Entertainment, said.
The company expected revenues in 2011-12 to shoot up by 50-60 per cent largely due to introduction of mobile games and increased contribution from game licensing. It registered a turnover of Rs 8 crore last year. The mobile phones are also being sold on Nokia's Ovi AppStore.
The Hyderabad-based firm had so far developed over 500 games that are offered on its portal (
FICCI awards
Meanwhile, the company has bagged two FICCI-BAF (Best of Animation Frames) -2012 awards. Its online game ‘Killer Instinct' received the ‘Best Online Game' award, while ‘Alexia The Great' won an award under the ‘Best Mobile Game' category.
This year's FICCI edition received 400 entries in 14 categories from 13 countries. The company puts ‘Killer Instinct' on its gaming portal www.onlinerealgames.com , while ‘Alexia The Great', the mobile game, is being distributed globally through distributors, Mr Maruti Sanker said.