TATA Elxsi, which has a major presence in the CG Animation and Visual Effects space (through VCL) has made its foray into the games business!
Speaking exclusively to ,AnimationXpress.com Bhaskar Dutt, business head for TATA Elxsi Games business shared, “It‘s a natural synergy for us at TATA Elxsi. The advantage we have is that as a company we are strong on both: the core technology front as well as the graphics part, which means we can enter this business in many ways including development of art & graphical assets and cinematics, as well as by getting into the development of Cell BE based programming for consoles, physics engines, audio engines etcetra. There is an in-house group in our company that has already worked on core gaming technology projects for international clients.”
Dutt shared that currently a team of around 30 members has been set up for the games business, which includes a team for development of mobile games in Pune and another one in Bangalore for console and PC Gaming.
“We are looking at getting into long term and large arrangements with publishers, technology partners, developers and various stakeholders nationally as well as internationally,” he said.
The games division is currently working on a few International projects for clients and also has plans for IP.