We all love the PS2 and we love playing as Kratos on the PS2, the lead protagonist from God of War is an icon for PS2 gamers worldwide. it looks like Kratos will soon have some competition, a game on the original Indian superhero aka Lord Hanuman is currently in development. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as many Indian studios are developing games with local content. As per a report on Angrypixel.com:

Pyramid Saimira and Aurona Technologies (in collaboration with Sony Entertainment) are up for the task, and they’ll be summoning the Monkey God himself, Lord Hanuman. According to AnimationXpress’ Money Sharma:Pyramid Saimira with its gaming arm Aurona, will develop game on Lord Hanuman, titled as ‘Hanuman’. Currently in the development stage, the game will portray some part of epic Ramayana and is slated for late 2008 release. The action adventure game is a role playing game and is being worked at Aurona’s Hyderabad studio with close to 60 artists working on it.

… Aurona Technologies Business Development Director Hetal Bhuva shared, ‘Our objective behind having collaboration with Sony is to explore the Indian gaming market and Indian content. The Hanuman game will be targeted at kids of age group of 6 – 16 worldwide, who are familiar with the Indian culture and mythology and can easily relate to it.’

Lets hope that this game does well in the market, as it will lead to better games with local content, GTA Bombay isn’t far away.