Updated: September 4, 2020 11:11:06 pm
FAU-G announced, launch late October (Image: nCore Games)
Indian game development company nCore Games, co-founded by Vishal Gondal, who is also CEO of GOQII, has announced an “action” game called FAU-G Or fearless and united: guards. The game is being touted as the Indian alternative to PUBG Mobile, which has been banned in India earlier this week. Gondal, however, says that FAU-G will not compete with PUBG.
“FAU-G was always in the works and we were preparing for a launch in October. The PUBG Mobile ban was a coincidence, “Gondal told indianexpress.com. It revealed that the team has been actively working on FAU-G since May-June 2020.
Gondal, along with two other nCore Games co-founders, Dayanadhi MG and Ganesh Hegde, have been working on three games that will be released soon. One is a shooting game, which is called FAU-G, the second is a cricket game, and the third is a music game.
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Gondal confirmed that FAU-G will launch in late October without revealing the exact date. The music game will launch later this month, while the cricket game will launch around the time the IPL begins.
“There is a belief that game developers in India cannot produce good quality games, at nCore we want to prove that mindset is wrong and release games that can compete with international games,” Gondal said. “Our team of developers is highly qualified and capable of developing games as good as PUBG or any other in-house game.”
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Revealing some details about the FAU-G game, Gondal said that the first episode will be based on the Galwan Valley incident. With FAU-G, the goal is to educate players about crucial incidents in our country like the Galwan Valley crash and the bravery of the Indian soldiers. He also said that 20 percent of the net proceeds will be donated to the BharatKeVeer trust.
The name FAU-G is the brainchild of actor Akshay Kumar, Gondal said. The game is said to have been developed under the actor’s mentorship.
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