Gaming

Nazara Technologies acquires Classic Rummy for Rs 186 crore

Last month, the company announced its un-audited standalone and consolidated results for the quarter ended 30th June 2021, posting a net profit of Rs 13.6 crore. Nazara has diverse business segments with revenue generation happening across gamified learning, Esports, freemium, and telco subscriptions.

Ex-Fnatic India lead Nimish Raut joins NODWIN Gaming

Nimish Raut consults as the head of Global esports Partnerships and Business Development

PUBG Mobile Lite Season 28 to commence from 1st September

The Season 27 of PUBG Mobile Lite that started on 1 August 2021, will conclude on 30 August 2021. Subsequently, Season 28 will start on 1 September 2021. The two types of Winner Passes include:

Rationalizing taxes, license fees is way forward for casino development in India: Rakesh Wadhwa

According to the author, economist, and casino entrepreneur Rakesh Wadhwa, by not supporting the casino industry in the country, the government is not only making way for underground operations but also depriving itself of the sizable chunk of income tax that can come from the sector.

5 games like PUBG Mobile Lite for slow Android devices

PUBG Mobile Lite’s Season 27 is ending and Season 28 is about to start. Although Indian players cannot enjoy the delights of playing PUBG,...

Union government to consider “uniform approach” for online gambling regulation

While the government’s acknowledgment of strategizing a centralized approach to regulate gambling and betting sites is a significant move, the states of India are changing their local gambling laws. Furthermore, the online gaming industry is getting court orders for the same, thereby, creating more hurdles in restricting gambling and activities that require a skill. 

AIGF’s Roland Landers on future of online gaming in India, esports, and real money gaming

In episode four of G2G news’ flagship video series “Game on with Jay Sayta”, the host explored the entire spectrum of the gaming industry ranging from growth triggers, real money gaming, and future projections with none other than the CEO of the oldest online skill gaming industry body, the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) Roland Landers.

EvenBet Gaming expands its offering with Asian sportsbook giant SBOBET

EvenBet Gaming platform already has an integrated sportsbook aimed at certain markets. SBO sportsbook is a strategic solution to offer a more attractive experience for operators and players in Asia.

Betting on games of skill and chance in the wake of Madras High Court verdict

 The Tamil Nadu government’s effort to protect its youth from the temptations of online gambling by amending a gaming law to ban online rummy and poker has not survived judicial scrutiny. Played for a wager, bet, money, or stake these games turned out to be highly addictive to a level where people even placed bets on rooster fights from all over the world.

Players urge developers to release lighter BGMI version after iOS release

Developers say that the game is a regional version of PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile has a lite version. Now gamers are demanding a BGMI Lite version too, similar to the original game. While the air of suspense doesn’t seem to fade away, the developers are yet to reveal anything. However, sensing the possibilities, the BGMI Lite version is very likely in the near future.

EvenBet Gaming enters Indian market with new skill game ‘Call Break’

This marks the 35th card game adapted by EvenBet and is now available through the company’s market-leading poker platform. The in-house developed title is one of the most sought-after online card games and is set to provide strong user engagement levels for EvenBet’s operator customers

Games24x7 makes strategic investment in CricHeroes

Multi-game platform Games24x7 has made a strategic investment in CricHeroes, a performance analysis platform focused on the grassroots cricket ecosystem, the companies said on...

Zupee raises $30 million at pre-money valuation of $500 million

WestCap Group and Tomales Bay Capital, Silicon Valley-based companies, co-led the Series B of the funding round. This round will leverage scaling efforts, deepened market reach, and global talent hiring.

AIGF names PK Misra as President, Players’ Association (AIGF Advisory)

Misra to work closely with the AIGF governing council to monitor the education, awareness, protection and grievance redressal of the online skill gaming ecosystem ~

Dream Sports acquires Rolocule Games

Dream Sports now runs ventures such as Dream11, FanCode, DreamSetGo, DreamPay, and DreamCapital.

India’s online gaming industry in search of clarity on taxation

Currently, India is the fifth most prominent online gaming market globally. Apparently, online gaming is also the fourth largest sub-sector in the Indian media and entertainment sector.

Dream Sports launches $250 million corporate venture capital fund

It is an achievement to note that Dream Capital's corpus is similar to that of Stellaris Venture Partners and Chiratae Ventures, which closed $225 million and $337 million funds, respectively. Furthermore, its corpus is also higher than Wipro Ventures, the investment arm of Wipro.

Dangal Games launches unified gaming application

The gaming app will feature 50+ casual games under one roof

Prabhakar Sunder takes charge as Head Digital Works’ first-ever CFO

Sunder has a pretty impressive record of accomplishments including his tenure at NewGlobe Education prior to which he was serving as the CFO in companies like Voonik and Myntra. 

Goa government not ready to restart casinos amid Covid-19

The state government also extended the curfew till the 16th of August, 2021. This stringency is a measure to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic with no extra relaxations.