BWI: Directi Announces Gamers Challenge

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Directi
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 04:40 PM IST (11:10 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Directi Announces Gamers Challenge
Invites Students, Programmers and Technology Enthusiasts to Design Online Browser Games and Win Exciting Prizes

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Editor's Summary:

- Gamers Challenge is an online contest

- Invites students, programmers, and technology enthusiasts across the country to design internet browser games

- Exciting prizes to be won are graphics card, gaming keyboard, gaming mouse, joystick and PC games.

- Games can be submitted on www.codechef.com

- Contest ends June 15, 2009

Directi, a leading internet products company in India, has announced the launch of CodeChef Gamers Challenge. The contest invites students, programmers and technology enthusiasts across the country to design internet browser games and win prizes. Participants can submit their entries on www.codechef.com till June 15th, 2009. The winners will be announced on June 20th, 2009.

Bhavin Turakhia, Founder and CEO, Directi said, "CodeChef is a non-commercial, social, community-based, programming competition. Our goal is to constantly challenge and engage the developer community and provide a platform for practice and improvement. Monthly competitions will allow programmers to benchmark their skills against their peers, learn from each other's work, and have fun."

Participants can work in teams of three where they are entitled to submit multiple entries and update their program as many times as they want. The games can be submitted on their client side browser game (in JavaScript/Flash/Silverlight/JavaFX). The winners will be chosen based on how fun and engaging their games are. Some of the exciting prizes to be won are graphics card, gaming keyboard, gaming mouse, joystick and PC games.

For further information on rules and guidelines for participation please visit: http://www.codechef.com/MAYGAMER/ or write to feedback@codechef.com

About Directi:

Directi, a $300 mn plus company, is a group of businesses creating mass-market internet solutions for millions of customers worldwide. These products involve varied technologies, diverse platforms, networking concepts, complex algorithms and latest application paradigms such as Ajax, SOA. Directi is constantly developing and evolving their set of software products. All software products are web-based and not offline.


CONTACT DETAILS
Shaheen Peerbhai, Community Evangelist, Directi, +91 (22) 66797627, shaheen.p@directi.com
Pranali Arora, Account Manager, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 (22) 26601437 Ext: 16
Ritika Darira, Account Executive, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 (22) 26601437 Ext: 16, ritikadarira@2020india.com

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CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY

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