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Amir Hekmati, the U.S.-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has asked the Obama administration to do whatever it takes, including a prisoner-transfer, to save him from execution. More »
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When Iranian state TV aired the alleged confession of a homegrown spy on Sunday night, Amir Mirza Hekmati's recitation of supposed wrongdoings included the standard claims of working as mole for the American Government along with a less common twist: that he'd supposedly worked for a video game company that was secretly trying to warp American perceptions of the Middle East. More »
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There are sections of EA's blockbuster Battlefield 3 in which the player controls an American soldier fighting on the streets of Tehran. It went down pretty well in most places, but Iran isn't most places. More »
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To be clear, the legal sale of Battlefield 3 in Iran has never exactly been widespread. But as is the way of the world, "street vendors" had been selling the game anyway, and according to reports that's resulted in a crackdown from Iranian authorities More »
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Last week I found myself in a back row of one of Gamescom's business hall with a few minutes to kill. Turning a corner I discovered a sizeable booth set up to showcase the computer and video games of Iran. More »
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In the mid 1700's an Arab Amir took on the military might of Dutch colonials occupying Iran's Kharg Island, capturing their fort and liberating the southern Iranian cities from colonial rule. This Amir, called Mir Mahna, is an Iranian national hero. More »
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A writer with credits in Grand Theft Auto III, Max Payne and, later, Alan Wake is now working on an entirely different project, likely controversial in its own way: "1979: The Game," based on the Iran Revolution. More »
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Though the country earlier this year published a sci-fi MMO, Garshasp - a monster hunter of folklore - is billed is Iran's first AAA-quality video game. It's being made for the PC because trade sanctions prohibit selling dev kits there. More »
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With help from a national foundation for games development, Iran has published the country's first online game, an MMO called Asmandez. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5577888&view=rss&microfeed=true Quest of Persia takes inspiration from Prince of Persia, but the game, its developer points out, is more Persian. The full story over at Slate. More »
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Trade body Iran National Foundation of Computer Games has a booth at the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany, showcasing the latest games developed domestically in Iran. More »
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Cell phone and internet communications in Iran are reportedly being jammed by the government to prevent to the flow of data. But there's more ways to communicate electronically than that. More »
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A report from last week claimed Iran had 'joined' the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The ESRB, meanwhile, has no idea where that came from. More »
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The Tehran Times is reporting that Iran has joined the Entertainment Software Rating Board. That's right. Iran. More »
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Iran's Tabyan Cultural, Information Processing Institute has created a strategic PC game called Saving the Port. It's apparently the first strategy title produced by Iranians. The game's goal? According to Tehran-based site Taliya News, "to counter the West's cultural onslaught and in order to promote the Islamic-Iranian culture." Fair enough, fair enough. Though, Japan and Korea will be thrilled to hear about their default Western inclusion! The blurb says the game will run on any spec PC machine. This could be a mixed bag, but it sure sounds intriguing! Brian Ashcraft More »
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1UP has a truly fascinating feature up called Islamogaming: Looking for Videogames in the Muslim World. It's an absolute must read. More »
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It's not only in the US that games find inspiration in newspaper headlines. Over in Iran (luv those Kiarostami films), schoolchildren in the Union of Islamic Student Societies designed a computer game that follows an Iranian special forces hero out to save one of the country's best atomic scientists, who was captured by U.S. forces. Recently, Iran's nuclear program has been under UN investigation, but the country insists its research is peaceful. The game will supposedly be out by March 2007. More »
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By Wagner James Au More »
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