Zapak has announced a partnership with the makers of District 9, the upcoming science fiction film, to be their official gaming partner in India. As per this agreement, Zapak will host the official game based on District 9, in India. There will even be a game site dedicated to sci-fi movie and gaming fans.
Ajay Gupta, Director of Multivision said, “District 9 is an internationally acclaimed film and Gross 37.4 Million USD opening weekend B.O at No 1 position and is going strong in all worldwide markets. Multivision is proud to release the film in India on September 11, 2009 and have a 360 degrees marketing strategy for it.”
Rohit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment commented, “The movie District 9 gives us an interesting opportunity to provide a sci-fi game to our Indian audience. Zapak being the leading gaming portal in India will be able to reach out to maximum gamers in the country. We believe this game will be well accepted as it has a unique offering for our gamers.”
The game gives players the choice to play either as a human or non-human character. The human character is put on a mission to patrol the District 9 as an MNU officer and shoot or arrest 20 non-human characters to progress to the next stage. Playing as the non-human character, gamers have to take some action against the MNU Corporation and the guards patrolling the premises, in addition to searching the slums of District 9 after curfew, to find alien fuel canisters.
The District 9 movie is scheduled for a September 11, 2009 release across India. As for the District 9 video game, we checked out the official website for the game, but got a 404 error when we tried to play. We really weren’t welcome there.