Fighting On Multiple Fronts
How June Software is racking up downloads in India while targeting global grossing success
CEO Roby John on a big year for the studio
Highs And Lows
India's mobile games market is growing rapidly, but revenues are still playing catch up
Downloads not an indicator of revenues and engagement
Early Opportunities
India's mobile games market is like the US in 2008, but it's growing rapidly
Boss Fight Entertainment's Bill Jackson on the opportunities in India
Mediating India
IronSource opens office in Bangalore to bring ad mediation platform to India
Opens new office in Bangalore
Sleeping Giant
An overview of India's games market in 2016 and why it's a sleeping giant for mobile games
Nazara CEO Manish Agarwal discusses why developers around the world should release their games in India
Simple Funding
Ex-Zynga devs raise $4 million for new Indian studio PlaySimple Games
Mobile studio aims to double number of staff by the end of 2017
Back In The Office
Indian game developers reflect on NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Highlights and learnings from the Hyderabad conference
Leaps And Bounds
The story behind India’s first games company and the industry’s rapid rise
From 1997 to 2016, how has the Indian games industry progressed?
Winners Revealed
NASSCOM Gaming Forum Awards 2016 honour the best in Indian game development
Unveiled at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Big In India
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is the fourth-biggest selling brand in India
Shipments double in the last quarter
Biggest Year Yet
India's NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016 celebrates record 1,800 attendance
Returning to Hyderabad for 2017
Downloads Soar, Revenue To Follow
Indian mobile gaming revenues will reach $1.1 billion by 2020
App Annie and NASSCOM expecting big things
Keep The Ball Rolling
How Glu Hyderabad's live ops keeps games alive
Senior Producer Nilesh Engineer on updates and their effects
Indian Mavens
Indian game developers discuss whether Nintendo Switch could be a success in India
Game-changer or gimmick?
Hurry To Hyderabad
NaturalMotion, EA and Unity speakers heading to NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Others include Big Boss Entertainment, Fireproof and Stoic
Indian Mavens
Indian game developers react to Google Pixel and Daydream View VR
Will Google's new hardware have any impact on the Indian market?
Prodding The Sleeping Giant
Flixy Games on breaking the barriers to mobile gaming success in India
CEO Felix Manojh on waking a sleeping giant
Blimey
Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi sells 500,000 units in India in 3 days
A new record for India
Indian Mavens
Is localising games for India a smart move?
Indian Mavens discuss Flixy Games' strategy
Flixy Funding
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Launches first game, Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar
Indian Mavens
Does iPhone 7's high price seal its doom in India?
Indian Mavens discuss the $900 phone
Indian Potential
Mobile advertising platform Leadbolt opens Bangalore office
Sydney-based ad platform targets India's 204m smartphones
Make Room In Your Schedule
Fireproof Games' Barry Meade to speak at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
The Room developer sets sights on Hyderabad
Pokeban Go
Pokemon GO facing lawsuit in India for blasphemous content, despite not being launched there
Enough of this now
Strategy And Celebrity Titles Incoming
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty sets up new Indian game developer Viaan Studios
Indian handset manufacturer Viaan Industries diversifies
Segmentation Rules
How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%
Analyse the flow
Learning By Doing
How quitting game design college eventually led Dropout Games to App Store success
The makers of UNWYND and Blyss talk dropping out and the future
Nearly Free-to-play
Top Indian indie games selling at $0.15 apiece as part of Indian App Store's Independence Week
Four Indian Mavens featured
Premium Or F2p?
Indian Mavens discuss Blyss and the power of an App Store feature for paid games
Is premium still too risky?
Total Dominance
Apple loses ground as Android swallows up 97% of India smartphone market in Q2 2016
iOS market share for the quarter fell to 2.4%
Underdog Comes Good
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Intelli Reboot Digital acquires stakes
Indian Mavens
Indian Mavens discuss the value of Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal's new early stage game investment fund
And is Vishal Gondal the one to provide it?
Up And Up
Indian studio Nazara announces revenues of $32 million
Domestic market focus pays off
$0.82 Difference
India's paying mobile consumers spend almost as much on IAPs as global average
Smaller, more frequent purchases
Pokkt Change
Adways opens India office and acquires POKKT's reward-based platform Pocket Money
POKKT doubles down on gaming as Adways takes Pocket Money forward
Privacy Breach
InMobi fined $1 million for tracking children's location without consent
FTC punishes Singapore ad firm for breach of COPPA
Ongoing Quest
How a retention focus and data-led difficulty helped Sudoku Quest outgross its competition
Hashcube CMO Gurinder Pal Singh on monetising casual games
Giving Back
Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal launches early stage game investment fund
Vishal Gondal is interested in more than just mobile
Modality Vs Intent
Will the introduction of carrier billing unlock paying users' intent for India?
Indian Mavens discuss structural change
Mumbai To Copenhagen
"Creative dissatisfaction": Why Indian indie Shailesh Prabhu swapped Mumbai for Copenhagen
Leaving home to chase the art
Howzat?
Nazara and Stick Sports team up for Stick Cricket game starring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
India's leading batsmen step up
Indian Mavens
With Indian women playing more than men, should more games target them?
Is this engaged player-base overlooked?
It's A Wrap
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Going global
Creativity = Profit?
India has a burgeoning indie scene, but can it find commercial success?
Indian Mavens weigh up the creative/commercial balance
Talk Talk
Speaker submissions for NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016 now open
Indian game dev conference returns 10-12 November
Potential
Indian mobile game devs have unique creativity, but are they ready for the global market?
Finding the balance
Indies And Influencers
Dastan Games' The Light Inside Us wins Bloggers' Choice Award at PGC Bangalore 2016
Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore brings the blogging community closer to the indies
London To Mumbai
With the India mobile games market set to explode, why Nazara is investing in UK devs
Two down, more to come?
New Blood
Big Boot Games' Monarchy takes the grand prize at PGC Bangalore 2016's Very Big Indie Pitch
Big winner
India's The Place
Chasing the next billion gamers, growth hacker Pascal Clarysse joins Nazara Games
A digital tiger arises