Iran tries to crack games market
Video game developers from Iran have been exhibiting at a Western game convention for the very first time.
Representatives from the trade body, the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games, were on hand at a dedicated stand at Gamescom in Cologne.
They were there to showcase the latest games developed in Iran, establish contacts, and to see if Western retailers would stock their games.
But they acknowledged the political situation would make it a challenge.
'More potential'
There were a number of different types of game on offer, including a tank shooter set at the start of the Iran-Iraq war, a platform adventure set in Persia, an adventure game where you play the role of a girl called Sara; a young student caught up in events during the early stages of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and a role-playing game called Age of Pahlevans based on Iranian mythology.
Political difficulties
Video-game development in Iran attracted global media attention in 2007 with the release of Special Operation 85: Hostage Rescue. The game saw two Iranian nuclear scientists kidnapped by Israel and you played the role of an Iranian special forces sent to rescue them, while battling Israeli and American forces.
The group said the event in Cologne had been a success and they would be back next year, but ruled out exhibiting at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
Representatives from the trade body, the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games, were on hand at a dedicated stand at Gamescom in Cologne.
They were there to showcase the latest games developed in Iran, establish contacts, and to see if Western retailers would stock their games.
But they acknowledged the political situation would make it a challenge.
'More potential'
There were a number of different types of game on offer, including a tank shooter set at the start of the Iran-Iraq war, a platform adventure set in Persia, an adventure game where you play the role of a girl called Sara; a young student caught up in events during the early stages of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and a role-playing game called Age of Pahlevans based on Iranian mythology.
Political difficulties
Video-game development in Iran attracted global media attention in 2007 with the release of Special Operation 85: Hostage Rescue. The game saw two Iranian nuclear scientists kidnapped by Israel and you played the role of an Iranian special forces sent to rescue them, while battling Israeli and American forces.
The group said the event in Cologne had been a success and they would be back next year, but ruled out exhibiting at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
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