Mumbai: Online game company FXLabs today launched its maiden homegrown PC-based game AGNI, which is loosely based on Dante's Inferno peppered with a potboiler storyline that is quintessentially Bollywoodesque.

Film actor Malaika Arora Khan plays the lead character in AGNI, developed at a cost of Rs eight crore over a period of two years, and has nine levels. In this Third Person Shooter-Role Playing Game, Tara, (animated version of Malaika) is forced to venture into Agnilok (hell) to bring her lost daughter, Mili.

Sashi Reddi, Founder and Chairman of FXLabs said: "Launching of AGNI marks a milestone in the country's gaming history, hitherto plagued by problems like lack of proper gaming machines or access to them."

"The games available online are mostly male-oriented. Agni is first one that has a female protagonist, Now, I can do all that boys do, flex muscles or kickbox," Malaika said at the launch of the game today. Enthralling sound and visual effects make the game more interactive and interesting. Other projects by FXLabs in pipeline include games based on Hrithik-Ash starrer Dhoom 2 and the evergreen Archies comics.

Source : PTI