Gaming

Whilst India’s major gaming studios chase mobile monetisation and licensed franchises, a quieter revolution unfolds in bedrooms, co-working spaces, and tiny studios across the country. Indie game developers—operating outside large corporate structures with minimal budgets and maximal passion—are building games the world hasn’t seen before. Titles like Raji: An Ancient Epic and Mumbai Gullies don’t […]

The Supreme Court’s November 4th hearing on India’s gaming ban just got more complicated. The Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat (ABGP), a prominent consumer protection body, formally requested intervention in the case challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. While gaming companies argue that the blanket ban violates constitutional rights to conduct business,

India’s gaming industry has exploded over the past five years, riding waves of affordable smartphones, faster internet, and millions of enthusiastic players. Yet despite this momentum, developers face persistent roadblocks—ambiguous regulations, unclear intellectual property protections, and a chronic shortage of skilled talent. The Gaming and Developers Association of India has decided it’s time to tackle

Virtual Reality headsets remain luxury items in India, where a quality device costs more than three months’ salary for the average worker. Yet the same technology could revolutionise education in rural schools, train healthcare workers in remote villages, and provide entertainment experiences impossible through traditional screens. This contradiction defines India’s VR challenge: the technology offers

Physical and digital worlds just collided in India’s gaming landscape, and the boundaries won’t return. Walk through any major Indian city today, and you’ll spot gamers chasing AR creatures overlaid on actual streets, whilst teenagers wearing VR headsets experience cricket matches from perspectives impossible in reality. This isn’t distant future speculation—Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

Game developers know what you’ll do before you do it. Every click, every purchase, every moment you hesitate before quitting—it’s all tracked, analyzed, and fed into algorithms that reshape your experience in real-time. Data analytics transformed gaming from an art guided by designer intuition into a science powered by machine learning and behavioral tracking. Companies

India’s billion-dollar gaming industry hangs in the balance. On November 4, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear challenges to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act—legislation that wiped out entire business sectors overnight. Companies like A23 Rummy and Dream11 went from processing millions in daily transactions to complete shutdowns within weeks of the law’s

India’s gaming landscape just hit a regulatory earthquake. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (PROG Act), dropped comprehensive rules governing half a billion players and an industry worth billions. This isn’t minor policy tweaking—it’s a complete restructuring that bans entire categories of games while legitimizing others. Real-money poker rooms, fantasy sports platforms,

India’s gaming industry just claimed its moment. The Indian Game Publishers and Developers Association (IGPDA) announced GamingCon Bharat 2025, scheduled for November 29–30 at Mumbai’s NESCO Bombay Exhibition Centre. This isn’t just another gaming convention—it’s India’s largest-ever celebration of gaming culture, bringing together 10,000 visitors, 100+ exhibitors, and everyone from bedroom developers to government policymakers.

Forget everything you thought you knew about gaming dominance. On 23 August 2025, Roblox shattered expectations by hitting 45 million concurrent players simultaneously. This wasn’t just another milestone — it demolished Steam’s all-time peak of 41.2 million users across its entire platform. The kicker? Roblox achieved this with a predominantly child and teenage user base