Abhinav Chokhavatia
Founder and CEO: Zatun
Producer: ZatunGames
Executive Producer: I Luv Chocolat (iPhone)
Executive Producer: The Legend of Vraz (PC)
Abhinav Chokhavatia was recently conferred with the “Star Youth Achiever” Award at Global Youth and Marketing Forum 2012 by Star News.
He has 9+ years of experience in the video game industry and more than 12+ years of experience in the 3D Industry.
He established Zatun, an independent videogame development and a games outsourcing company dedicated to developing fun, unique and engaging games while providing video game art services to game developers and publishers worldwide.
He is also the Executive Producer on all games developed by Zatun and was responsible for bringing his vision and concept for the game “The Legend of Vraz” to life. The Legend of Vraz has been critically acclaimed and has received rave reviews worldwide by game magazines and video game sites for its stylized look and gameplay. It was awarded the best PC game Award at FICCI Frames BAF Awards earlier in 2010.
In 2011, Zatun’s iPhone game ” I Luv Chocolat” was nominated for NDTV Tech Awards.
At Zatun, he overlooks Client Relationships, Game Production, Business Development, Project Management, Company Branding, QA, Art Direction and Website Ranking and Optimization for Zatun.
For all games developed by Zatun, Abhinav overlooks all tasks ranging from game idea, game concept, management, and gameplay, art direction to programming, QA, finance, game legalities and digital distribution.
He has previously worked for Ubisoft, Montreal on titles like Far cry: Instincts for XBox 360, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones for PS2, Splinter Cell: Double Agent for PS2, Rainbow Six: Lock-down for XBox and Rainbow Six: Vegas for XBox 360. He has also done freelance for EA Vancouver and other various graphic and video-game companies worldwide.
He graduated from the Vancouver Film School in 2002 and has a Bachelor’s in Computer Applications, Diploma in French, Diploma in IT and an Advanced Diploma in Multimedia.
