In India, big events are always covered by media in a glamorous and extravagant way. Mostly, star-studded movies, important sports and entertainment events are covered by all forms of media – newspapers, TV channels, Internet news channels. The aim is simple – to broadcast the event to a large number of people, and to create a huge fan-following.

With the latest movie ‘Don 2’ starring the Bollywood Badhshah ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ hitting the Box office within a week, the Don does not want to leave any space of publicity behind. In order to gather a large army of fans and gamers, a game has been developed which has been named as the ‘Don FB Game – The Social Mobster’. Inspired form the Mafia movie series of ‘Don’, statistics show that the game is a recent hit in Facebook. A large number of users and gamers have recently shown increasing interest in the action game. Many people are ardent fans of this particular actor; and would be pretty excited to play the game. You can be either a mobster or be a part of the elite police force to eliminate the evil forces. Spanning over a large number of cities and involving many missions to be finished, the game will be a candid treat to those who are ardent gamers. With a wide range of weapons – assault, sub machine guns, shotguns, pistols and snipers – gamers will spend quality time shooting around in splendid locations. The game will incorporate long hours of gameplay and a long list of features.

Shah Rukh Khan held a press conference on 17^th of December to promote this game. The crew selected the location precisely, the packed Oberoi Mall in Malad, Mumbai. Crowd was at its highest level, just suitable for maximum publicity. The location is very posh, and people generally visit this popular mall for shopping. Saturday was a great time for all the Shah Rukh Khan fans, as they got an unexpected surprise. The entire cast and crew of ‘Don 2’ was present there including Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. Official launch of the game started just after that. The game expected to release for all cross platforms. iOS, Android, Symbian phones are also getting a treat of this awesome game. Perhaps the ‘Don’ thinks that the movie will gain extra popularity due to this game. Many people would be very happy to see their favorite actor in a new avatar. The animated form of Shah Rukh Khan will surely be a blast.

Media had a gracious presence to publicize the whole event. Reportedly, the entire crew spent their quality time ‘gaming’. Large displays were set up, so that the public could see their superstars playing the game. This obviously moved and encouraged those to play the same game at home in Facebook. The game will earn huge popularity through the popular social networking site – Facebook.

Shah Rukh Khan reportedly gained this idea of developing this game for gaining popularity for his upcoming movie ‘Don 2’ from his previous movie – ‘Ra One’. The movie featured a story based on a video game, and it was a super hit. So naturally it came into the ‘Don’s’ mind – why not a game for ‘Don 2’?

The game is really awesome. Developers have really worked hard in making this game a success. They held many competitions and have selected successful gamers to meet the Don himself. All these factors combined have made the game a commercial success.

Everyone should really try out the game at – https://www.facebook.com/donthegame

Bored of playing typical Facebook Flash games like Crazy Cabbie, Farmville, Cityville and Mafia Wars? Want to try something new? Want to play all the Grand Theft Auto and Mafia style games where you go on committing crimes in the city and raise your wanted level in Facebook? Where police chases you all the way down and in the end; you raise your gun, reply with attitude – “Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi…..namumkin hai!!”

Then you swirl your gun 360° and kill your entire army of enemies single handedly like those typical Hollywood and Bollywood movies? Well introducing such a rare species of game in Facebook; is the Don FB Game, inspired from the mafia movie series of Don – Shah Rukh Khan Starrer.

Most of the people like active shooting game categories like First Person / Third Person Shooters. Typical examples include Counter-Strike, Max-Payne, Project IGI and many more. When combined with a nice storyline; these games become a blast.  Keeping all these in mind, the developers of Don FB Game have incorporated full phased missions with various characters thus putting up an interesting storyline. Game modes include bomb diffuse and planting – which many people enjoy in video games.

This category is generally aimed for those who are generally addicted to gaming consoles or are PC addicts. The game stars the animated form of the Bollywood superhero or Badshah – Shah Rukh Khan; the reason for its popularity.

Many people are ardent fans of this particular actor; and would be pretty excited to play the game. You can be either a mobster or be a part of the elite police force to eliminate the evil forces. Spanning over a large number of cities and involving many missions to be finished, the game will be a candid treat to those who are ardent gamers. With a wide range of weapons – assault, sub machine guns, shotguns, pistols and snipers – gamers will spend quality time shooting around in splendid locations. The game will incorporate long hours of gameplay and a long list of features.

Inspired from the Don movie released in 2006, and the upcoming sequel – Don 2 set to be released in the 23^rd of December, 2011, the game developers have taken quite care to give gamers the exact feel and look of Shah Rukh Khan in the game. The game main poster shows it all.  Animation and moves have been incorporated as accurately as possible. Game developers are putting their best in the game to provide a vivid experience to the hardcore gamers.

Recently, a movie named ‘Ra-One’ was released starring Shah Rukh Khan which was based on the video games where the protagonist of the game comes out of the virtual world to the real world and there is a duel between him and the superhero – G-One. The movie was a great hit. So people generally enjoy such movies. Keeping this in mind, the developers decided to design such a game. Many people would be quite happy to see the Bollywood superstar in action in the game.

While the game is still in wraps and may require some more time to be developed fully, developers are looking out for beta testers to remove bugs and glitches. In order to develop a successful game, these factors must be essentially kept in mind. They are searching for avid gamers, who can test the game, and provide feedbacks so that developers may make playing the game a better experience as many people are expecting a lot from this game. People interested to work as beta testers may mail their details to – donfbgame@gmail.com

Beta version of a product is the pre-released version of the official product having most of the product’s features. Basically it is the test version of the product to be released in the market before the commercial product is released to get the feedback from the users about its performance and suggestions for betterment. This prototype of the product is what decides the product’s success rate by enhancing the product features and quality.

The concept is similar when it comes to gaming products. The gaming industry is a growing sector where there is cut-throat competition between the various game developing companies like Microsoft, EA, Nintendo, etc. After the programmers develop a new game, they do the alpha-testing, which includes: unit testing, component testing and the system testing. Nevertheless, there are still flaws that might creep in until exposed in the real-world environment. So when a new game is developed by a company, the beta version is first released and tested by the users, who give their views on the changes necessary to improve the functionalities. These users are called the “Beta Testers”. The beta testers play a huge role in making the product a success by valuable suggestions on the flaws the product is facing which may lead to a failure in the market resulting in a huge loss of the company.

Clearly, the all leading companies release the beta version before the official full version game and hire the beta testers to play the game, who come up with the changes required to make it a success. In case any bugs or unwanted situations are encountered, the problems are reported back and the beta product undergoes the verification and modification, until the bugs are fixed. Finally, the official product is made available for sale.

The game testing program enables the programmers and game developers to test the game features prior to the launch of the full version game to the public. Now, these testers surely don’t work for free. The companies pay a handsome amount for testers. So it makes a pretty good deal to get paid just by playing games. The companies look out for good testers who can provide relevant suggestions and report good bugs. For being a tester, you don’t have to be a pro-gamer. All that is needed is good analysis of the game you play and give your feedback. Once your feedback is found valuable, they hire you as a beta-tester. All you need to do is register yourself for the company as a tester when an opportunity arises.

Being a game tester has several benefits:

• Be the first ones to play the best game products by leading gaming companies like EA, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony.
• You get to play games for free and give your opinion.
• Get paid working from home just for playing video games

One such awaited game is the Don, the game which is the game version of one of the popular Shahrukh Khan movie, Don. The tagline says that: “DON ki talaash gyarah mulkon ki police kar rahi hain, lekin ek baat samajh lo, DON ko pakadna mushkil nahin, naamumkin hain”. The idea is describes the cat and mouse game between the infamous mafia Don and the cops. You can play as Don or as cops chasing him. So you can be the first ones to play the game, give your feedback to fix any bugs and get paid for playing games. This lets you earn your own money by sitting at home and playing the best games.

Don was a big success when it first hit the theatre in the 70’s. It starred Amitabh Bachchan, the living legend who gave a stupendous performance to chart the film among tops. Its unique dialogues became so popular that Farhan Akhtar was tempted to remake another version in this century. It was not that big a success; of course it was a very tough job to create a record with an existing storyline! Nevertheless the game associated with the upcoming sequel of Don has become extremely popular, and why not – it is very entertaining to pretend like Don- that too in the get up of king of Bollywood.

Promotion is an important aspect of a movie and Reliance Entertainment and Excel Entertainment is spending fortunes to advertise the movie. It all began with Hollywood movies like Star Trek and Kill Bill who initiated games with the same name to attract the audience. Bollywood was not left far behind and movies dealing with supernatural exploits began initiating gaming options. Krish, Robot and the recent Ra.One –all have opened gaming options for the viewers. Similar is the case of Don 2- The game is scheduled to be launched on New Year’s but in the meantime the iconic figure of the game is tempting the gamers. Basically there is no storyline but plots, conspiracies and schemes. You are not given the plot but you will have to find it out yourself. The locales, sometimes eerie sometime grand provide the right backdrop for Don Sequel. Bottom line media has disclosed all this data on Facebook and as expected gamers are waiting impatiently to play the game.

Don 2 is a sequel to the Farhan Akhtar version of the movie. It stars Shah Rukh and Priyanka Chopra. It is basically a suspense movie with the elements of Glamour and melodrama added to it. It is scheduled to be released in December but still the promotion has gained momentum due to the immensely popular game. The game will be released on Facebook. Facebook is the most popular platform for gaming because it is secure and allows you to invite friends to join you. In the game you are transported to different cities and each city in different continents and you get to do super human exploits as the Don. You will have to cross 25 different levels in each city to go to the next level. Don in the movie is played by Shah Rukh Khan. You can be him escaping the cops! You get to be reminded of the famous dialogues, that it is not just tough to capture Don, but it is simply impossible. Priyanka Chopra plays the role of a com in the movie. You can very well join Prianka Chopras team of cop and find out the Dons accomplices. You are challenged with very tough jobs of following the goons. The movie is the right blend of action, drama and romance. Keeping in with the genre of the movie, the game too is full of action and suspense.

Bottom-line Media has declared early bird prices and posters for all those early birds trying the game. You can be winner of attractive Don2 posters and of course goodies if you are the first to play and win. You can try innovated weapons and also collect some armoury from the garage. Spread across vast areas it, will take you once to Tokyo and then again to another place in California. You will have to sabotage plans, diffuse bombs and of course escape from the police.

All the other games you have played online, is just tip of the computer. This game can fascinate you and keep you engrossed for ours!

Don 2 is a sequel of the movie Don, which was a remake of the 70’s movie by the same name. The original version starred the legend Amitabh bachchan and the remake starred the ‘king of Bollywood’ Shah Rukh Khan. In Don 2, the movie reaches to new heights in terms of story line and special effects under the direction of the multi-talented Farhan Akhtar. The star cast consists of Priyanka Chopra and Kunal Kapoor apart from Shah Rukh Khan. It has a complete blend of all those aspects that you can expect from a Sha Rukh Khan movie. Action, drama, as well as melodrama and romance – all gel in very well. Kids might find it very entertaining since the movie involves glamour and attitude in action and conspiracy. Reliance Entertainment and Excel Entertainment have stolen the opportunity to present you an action packed, spicy movie this Christmas.

Promotion is an important aspect of any business and the movie makers are leaving no stone unturned to promote their movies. It all began with Hollywood movies like Kill Bill and Star Trek who promoted their movies with video games.  Now multiple gaming options are available in the name of these successful movies. Bollywood is not left far behind and movies like Krish and Robot did gather popularity from gaming. Promoting a movie via gaming options is the latest trend and successful marketing strategy and very obviously Don 2 will do the same to draw attention of the viewers. The production houses are spending fortunes to advertise- from giving Cartoon Network goodies to gaming. SRK’s  very recent movie “Ra.One” circulated the G.One models in  every popular eateries, like MacDonald’s.  Mango Games is developing, marketing and distributing the video game of the movie across Facebook , which will soon reach the screens. Hence in terms of advantage, gaming brings the aspects of the movie to the fore. Facebook is one of the safest portals to circulate a game and you can even invite friends to join you!

Movie game options are wrought with the heroes doing super human exploits. It is full of effects and gives you unique and exciting gaming experience. You have two options to choose from; either you can be a gangster and reach the levels up to find out solutions to the conspiracies or join Priyanka Chopra’s band of cops to fight against the evil forces. If you want to be Don you will get your revenge and escape as the famous dialogue runs that though the authorities of 11 continents are looking for Don, it is almost impossible to catch him! If you are part of the Cops team, you will have to follow orders of Priyanka Chopra and follow the accomplices of Don at any cost. Hence you can play the game from any of the perspectives, either a cop or a gangster.

To give you the vastness of the locale on which the game is set you are provided the world map and you play the game once in the island continent of Tokyo and again in other half of the globe, in California. In each location the gamer will have to cross 25 levels and then get to another location. Dark awesome and eerie pictures set the backdrop and will send a chill down your spine! The photographs of the armour, vehicles and localities are almost real and take you on a ride of excruciating fun. You can opt for virtual goods and take your game to a different level. Your weapons are of the most advanced type and you can collect it from the armoury and garage. You will have to diffuse bombs, sabotage plans and crack vaults – pretty challenging, isn’t it?

Rangy Lil is one of the most popular games nowadays to be played on the internet over computers and androids is the Rangy Lil game, and it is officially known as Rangy Lil’s Wild West Adventure. This small but sweet game incorporates some of the basic elements required to make any game a hit, good game play, exciting and twisted storyline and a gullible and sweet protagonist who is on her quest to find her kids. But all this is known to everyone, here is a hidden fact about the game as well, one of Big Fish Games’ developers is an Indian and it is his idea that has taken the shape of the Rangy Lil game! Let us take a peek at the game for more details.

The story line revolves around Rangy Lil and her ex-husband Bob, and their continuous battle for the possession of the kids. This is because the kids used to live with Rangy but one fine day Bob comes along her house and steals the children and leaves with them. And finding that out, a furious Rangy sets out to find her ex-husband and deal with matters once and for all!

Oh and by the way Rangy Lil is none other than the star performer of the Pecos Bill’s Circus which is the most famous circus around and it is her sharp shooting skills that make her indispensable to the whole team. But despite that Rangy has to set out on a mission to find her children and save them from the wrath of the mighty and cruel Bob, and in fact make sure she sees the end of him.

The game is set up in the Wild West and as the name suggests the location is mostly in the Grand Canyon and the Arizona area. Rangy has to travel all these land on her own and search for clues and bind them together to decipher Bob’s last state of action. So basically what one must have understood by now, Rangy Lil is a hidden object game where hidden objects when excavated give clues to the player which takes them one step closer to the place Bob has held up the kids.

The game is full of action and has a lot of brainstorming to do as well. So basically it is very cheap when it is offered at the price it is being offered at this moment. It is available on Facebook as well for free, although ad poisoned. But it is more popular for its Android version than any other version present today. But such is its outreach many independent gaming companies and fan sites have made cover versions of it for PC as well, to much amusements of the Indian developer at Big Fish Games.

Rangy Lil’s Wild West Adventure is a beautiful game that marries many of gaming’s fundamental elements like picturesque locations, adorable characters, mesmerizing graphics, exciting story and on top of that, while playing it you get in touch with your “Wild” side as well.

Apart from updating status, sharing photos and videos, sharing likes and chatting with friends; gaming on facebook has become a favorite pastime for many. This fact is backed by the millions of users who spend hours on playing games on facebook.

Many gaming companies like Zynga, Playdom, PopCap Games, Wooga etc. have invested a lot of money and explored this new space and have got excellent returns almost immediately. No one thought that social gaming could become a big industry that it is now. People of all ages love to play games and on facebook, everyone is able to do that.

The popularity of games on facebook changes every month depending on new releases and other factors. However, the top 10 usually has stability. In the top 10, there are 6 games from Zynga with top 4 places belonging to its products. It surely is the social gaming giant. Here is what the top 10 currently looks like based on MAU i.e. monthly active users.

CityVille

Launched in December 2011 after it was announced a month earlier, CityVille heads the pack with more than 78million MAU. This city building game where people do farming, construction and rent properties, has the record for being the only application to have crossed 100million mark in MAU, which means almost 1 of your 5 friends were playing this game at the time of release.

Empires & Allies

This is a new addition to the top 10 and was released on June 1^st 2011. It gained momentum just after release and this role playing game has become a new favorite for people. The objective of this game is to protect your empire, beat Dark Alliance with help of friends and if in mood for mischief, attack your friend’s empire.

FarmVille

This is one of the oldest games on Facebook and still has a large MAU of almost 35million. At the top of the table for a long time and people still love farming, building sheds, plow land, buying crops, fertilizing them and decorating the farm.

Texas HoldEm Poker

There are many poker games on facebook but if you see your friends talking about poker, then they are most likely talking about Zynga’s HoldEm poker. With 34 million MAU, it’s hard to see any other poker game catching up.

Gardens of Time

Developed by Playdom, Gardens of Time is 5^th on the list with MAU of around 16million. That is less than half of Zynga’s HoldEm Poker. In this game the player needs to find hidden objects using the time machine. One will unravel the mysteries of a secret society along with protecting the world from evil forces.

FrontierVille

This game takes you the wilderness where you build a home and raise a family along with protecting everyone from the snakes, bears and other animals. You earn in gold on the way and use them to complete the levels.

Café World

Explore the chef in you and open up your own restaurant. Go on top of the culinary world by serving your guests with exotic food. There are loads of dishes you can cook along with trying your hand out on baking.

Monster Galaxy

This is another role playing game you need to play with help of your friends in order to fight monsters and collect them.

Bejeweled Blitz

It is the classic game of Bejeweled which is by far the most popular puzzle game in the world. Get addicted to it in matter of minutes.

Diamond Dash

The top 10 ends with Diamond Dash, a 60 second game where you unleash diamonds by clicking on colorful gems and then compete with your friends.

Basically, most of the companies are trying to market their product through Facebook as it is pretty harmless and good with results, usually. Even many films are releasing their own namesake games on Facebook just to keep the buzz alive. Most of these games are pretty interactive and help in realizing the basic feel to the movie itself. And most importantly, such games have even higher risks to blow up a movie and proper marketing is required for all games at once.

Such an online game is the Facebook version of the Don 2 game. A player has two options to choose from but everything he does is covert well. Basically he can work for Shah Rukh Khan who has been enlightened all the provider and still find out its solution. He is after all the modern day Don and it is his escape and revenge that the film is trying to capture. So a player has the option to wear Shah Rukh’s boots today, and play the role of the mastermind that the great don is!

Otherwise, if you want to be a good guy, then Priyanka Chopra’s cop force is all for you to join. It is then your duty to make sure that what exactly is she opting for is done in time, no matter how difficult it is. It is then your chore to follow Shah Rukh’s rogue group all day and spank their chunks likes. So, the decision is completely dependent on the individual playing the game and based on this the game proceeds further.

Overall, Don 2 seems to be a good prospect, and is already a big hit among most of the Facebook forms, and if the 1^st step of this marketing strategy works, the obviously the film would do spectacularly as well.

Facebook link -> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Fb-Game/278648818819178

Gambling is one of the oldest addictions that human beings bear. It is seen prevalent even in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. However this addiction is perhaps a blot in the human nature. Gambling generates huge amount of money yet it produces number of cases where a person loses his everything. Gambling is illegal in numerous countries including in India to some extent. Paper lottery is a much more popular choice than gambling. Online gambling is a new entity for Indians. It has been observed that Online gambling has picked up pace in the Indian market and it is steadily surpassing the paper lottery which had a better following previously. Online lotteries have taken its place instead.

As per the new IT rules online gambling has been declared as illegal in India. Information Technology in India monitors virtually every activity that is carried out online in India. According to the latest norms online gambling has been banned in our country. Due to this reason many feel that the future of online gambling in India is a bit too gloomy. Online gambling has been separately listed into the prohibited activities.

The new rules that the Government of India is issuing is preposterous as it states that the watchdog for such activities online has the power to ban and block a website if any such activity is carried out. Previously it was thought that online gambling is such a game that is neither legal nor illegal as its mention was vague.

The laws that used to safeguard the public rights could not definitely cover this gaming activity under a single rule without contradicting any fundamental constitutional laws of an Indian. Only age bar was used to be mentioned in the gambling casinos. National lottery only found its legal dominion and hence it was the only way in which you could toss down your money expecting your luck to favor one day. The draws were made weekly or monthly which took away all the spirit out of Gambling. The state governments own the right to issue laws that can ban gambling. Goa is the sole exception where Gambling found its abode.

The laws have been amended several times till 2009 when Gambling was restricted to a handful of places and that too under close scrutiny. This was only made in order to popularize tourism in the country and earn revenue for the exchequer. There are however a few websites that carry out games regarding gambling. They include games such as poker and rummy. Sikkim Super Lotto is perhaps the only fully fledged gambling site that is recognized and active in our country. Players are able to play games such as poker, bingo and other betting games in other sites which are based outside India.

Online gambling was launched worldwide in the year 1996 and since then it has not looked back. The countries such as United States and some other European countries had embraced this concept and betting went a few notches higher with the introduction of these new formats. With no proper laws to monitor the activity people from across the nation joined the bandwagon and enjoyed the online gambling’s concept.

But slowly the Indian Online Gambling industry’s future looking bleak as the Government is imposing a lot many restrictions that are dealing severe blows to this market. Government has cited a few irregularities based on a handful of complaints and also that Online Gambling is regarded as an offshoot of Casino gambling in our nation. With advent of new modern devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs the online gaming market is about take a huge leap forward globally. But due to numerous bans and their impositions on the Indian online gaming market, online gambling has got its feet firmly tied down on ground.

Computer games are always an enthralling prospect for every game designer since it helps him to come up with various options that the consumer has never explored before. Previously the games that flooded the Indian market were mostly designed in some other place. Soon the designers realized that the gaming industry is comprised of various consumers. There are people who are aged below four and some aged above seventy. But the big chunk is the teenagers who get easily hooked up with the games and have the resources at hand to satisfy their demands. The games that were a part of real life were introduced to entice these people who may find some similarity between these games and their real life.

The age of fantasy was not yet over. As the age group expanded kids began to play more and more games. But the fact that hurt the gaming industry the most was that the games that were meant for kids were not actually liked by the Indian children in that respect.

The gadgets such as play station, Nintendo and x-box did come into the purview but none could capitalize on the market with their own set of games. The PC games ruled the roost with some of the tried and tested prototypes that had limited opportunity to bloom. The strategy games need a bigger dimension. Hence the industrious people and game designers started incorporating something that had a ‘desi’ touch to it, which can make the industry feel at home. Sony play station was one the firsts to make a breakthrough and make some inroads.

The fact that still lies with the Indian gaming industry is that if a person is not able to relate the features of a game, and the meaning is not clear to him or her then it is just pointless to play on with a game whose story-line has no bearing to you. Indians do still feel that void because there are few popular games with good graphics that have the mythological characters that of Arjun or Ekalavya. Neither is there any game that may help the kids to know more about their own nation and its traditional tales. Story books do relate such tales but the gaming industry in India should have been able to capitalize on the fact the Indians do like to possess something that they may claim to be their very own to the rest of the world. Tankaar is one such game that brings some features of Indian mythologies in a single game. It has tales of Ramayana and Mahabharata in its story-line. This is an online two player game therefore it does not provide much choice for an offline player.

Indian audience would love to see such a game that has an Indian warrior in place of a Persian King. The story of a game is what makes it extraordinary with an ordinary graphics. If the audience is able to accept the game then whatever may be the graphics it would not matter.  Characters from Indian folk tales have a greater appeal to the kids who are more attached to them. They appear more close to them with respect to any other character from Greek Mythology. The Indian gaming market is evolving and soon more games would be produced that would have a stronger bearing to the roots and essence of India.

The games that the Indian audience plays today are mostly created for western audiences such as NFS, FIFA-11, Battlefield and Cricket WC-2011. Apart from these sport games there are apparently not many games that the Indian children may find themselves familiar with. It is noteworthy that if there is a quality Indian game with the backdrop of Indian folk and myth then it would surely appeal to the global audience. The reason is that India is generally perceived as a place of Kings and Jewels and treasures. The temples and lively people are what the country is made up of. By implementing new technologies it would be easy for any game developer to create a game that befits the taste of Indian audience who are presently deprived of any such game that they may claim to be of their very own.