Gaming
Nazara’s FAU-G: Domination shines at IGDC 2024 with massive playtest success
Mumbai: FAU-G: Domination, the latest military shooter from Nazara Publishing, received overwhelming support during its playtest at the Indian Game Developer Conference (IGDC) 2024, held in Hyderabad from 13-15 November. The game, developed by Mumbai-based Dot9 Games, captivated nearly 1,000 attendees, solidifying its position as a crowd favorite.
Attendees eagerly lined up to experience the highly anticipated sequel in the FAU-G universe, which has already seen over 40 million downloads across its past games.
The playtest offered critical insights into gameplay performance and player preferences, ensuring a refined and community-driven development process:
1 Gameplay performance: 80 per cent of players praised the fluid gameplay, highlighting its performance on mid and low-end devices.
2 Popular game modes: Arms Race emerged as the top choice, preferred by 70 per cent of players over other modes like Team Deathmatch and 1v1.
3 Gunplay feedback: 70 per cent rated the gunplay as ‘good’ to ‘excellent’, demonstrating a positive reception among industry professionals and creators.
4 Improvement areas: 10 per cent of participants noted hitbox registration issues, while eight per cent flagged technical concerns like overheating.
With a release scheduled for early 2025, the Dot9 Studios team plans additional community-driven playtests to fine-tune the game and enhance transparency in its development process.
Given the Indian shooter market’s staggering base of 500 million players, such meticulous pre-launch testing ensures FAU-G: Domination can thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Pre-registrations for FAU-G: Domination are now live on the Google Play Store for Android, with iOS and iPadOS pre-registrations following soon. Early registrants will receive the Beast Collection, a limited-edition set of in-game cosmetics inspired by the Tiger, India’s national animal.
This exclusive collection includes:
1 Accessories: Frame, banner, avatar, sticker, spray, and charm.
2 Gun Skins: Sawed-off shotgun, USP, Scout rifle, M4, Uzi, and Kabar.
The Beast Collection is only available to players who pre-register and will not be accessible post-launch.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotnine.faug
Gaming
IICT signs three MoUs to boost AVGC-XR and esports
Partnerships with Zenfluencers, Yologram and Eruditio at Chennai Gaming Show 2026 strengthen education, XR innovation and nationwide talent outreach.
MUMBAI: IICT has just levelled up the game in a big way. The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies signed three strategic Memorandums of Understanding on 17 April 2026 at the CII Summit FX – India Gaming Show in Chennai, forging alliances with The Zenfluencers, Yologram Style Pvt. Ltd. and Eruditio Consultants to accelerate India’s AVGC-XR ecosystem.
The tie-ups combine IICT’s strengths in education, skilling and research with specialist expertise across esports, immersive technologies and large-scale outreach.
- With The Zenfluencers, IICT will roll out globally benchmarked esports programmes, including joint certification courses, industry workshops, tournaments and masterclasses, creating clear career pathways across the full esports value chain.
- The partnership with Yologram Style Pvt. Ltd. focuses on gaming, immersive storytelling and extended reality (XR), delivering industry-aligned curriculum, faculty mentorship, student showcases and collaborative research in immersive AI and virtual production.
- Collaboration with Eruditio Consultants targets awareness, accessibility and career alignment, with nationwide counsellor training, institutional engagement and structured guidance frameworks to reach students beyond Tier-1 cities.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar said, “As the AVGC-XR sector evolves at a rapid pace, strong collaborations between industry and academia are essential. These partnerships will create meaningful impact across education, innovation and outreach.”
Yologram Style Pvt. Ltd. founder Aditya Mani added, “AI-driven creator worlds are transforming games into engines of culture, commerce and careers. Together we aim to empower a generation to build immersive futures.”
Eruditio Consultants founder Indrajit Ghosh noted, “This is not just about awareness, it is about building a structured ecosystem that connects aspiration with opportunity.”
The Zenfluencers CEO Atharva Gupta said, “This MoU is a big unlock moment for the esports ecosystem in India. We’re building a structured pipeline for talent across the full stack.”
By bringing together academia, industry leaders and ecosystem players, IICT is creating scalable models that blend cutting-edge skills with real-world relevance. In a sector racing toward the future, these three partnerships ensure India’s next generation of creative technologists won’t just keep up, they’ll set the pace.
