Gaming

Battlegrounds Mobile India: Early access now available for Indian gamers

Battlegrounds Mobile India, the remodeled version of PUBG Mobile, is finally available to play for the Indian gamers as the South Korean Video developer...

MPL Sports Foundation becomes principal partner for Indian Olympic Association

MPL Sports Foundation, the community initiative of esports platform Mobile Premier League (MPL), has become the principal partner of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)....

Delhi Police arrests man running app-based online gambling racket; cash worth Rs 3.5 crore recovered

The Delhi Police arrested a 45-year-old gambling operator from East Delhi for running an app-based online gambling racket and recovered Rs 3.5 crore in...

India’s online casual gaming business to grow at a CAGR of 29% over FY 21-25 to reach a size of Rs 169 billion

The KPMG has launched a report titled as Beyond the tipping point – A primer on online casual gaming in India. The report shed...

Nazara to acquire Middle Eastern game publisher Publishme

Nazara Technologies has signed a binding term sheet to acquire a majority stake in Arrakis Tanitim Organizasyon Pazarlama San. Tic.  Sti. (Publishme) the  mobile...

YouTube disallows gambling, alcohol, political ads on ‘most prominent’ slot

YouTube has announced it will stop accepting ads from verticals like gambling, alcohol , prescription drugs, and election and political campaigns on its highly...

Uttar Pradesh set to implement tough law on public gambling

The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh is likely to bring in a more stringent law on public gaming, reports UNI. Not only has...

India’s online gaming market needs regulatory structure, policy: TORF’s Sameer Barde

Despite being branded as a sunrise sector with tremendous growth potential, the online real money gaming industry has become a lightning rod for bans...

BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA launch: MeitY, MHA have no power to ban game for now

Tug of war to bring BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA (BGMI) continues! On the one hand, spirits are high as gaming aficionados are buzzing with conjecture...

Online real money gaming in India: 4 reasons behind its rapid growth

2021 is going swimmingly well for India’s online gaming business, leaving behind the market share of top European and Asian countries. Clocking a total...

MPL launches limited-edition fan jersey to mark India’s Test Championship final

 MPL Sports, the official kit sponsor of the Indian Cricket Team, announced the launch of a limited-edition cricket jersey designed specially for fans. Inspired...

Gaming giant EA Games hacked and source code stolen

In a development that has sent shockwaves across global gaming, Apex Legends and FIFA 21 publisher EA Games’ system has been compromised and hackers...

Widespread unregulated betting triggers India’s fall in global optimum market assessment report

Be it poker, rummy or fantasy sports, when it comes to India's online real money gaming (RMG) market, the aspect of 'betting' always creates...

Real money online gaming in India: Laws, regulation and government

When a 29-year-old Kerala youth named V.H Vineeth took his own life owing to the heavy financial losses he incurred due to his addiction...

Real money gaming platform Big Cash in talks to raise $30 million from investors

Real money gaming platform Big Cash is in talks with investors to raise $30 million as reported first by Animation Xpress. “We’re in talks...

Nazara’s World Cricket Championship marks 155 mn downloads with Tamil commentary in addition to English, Hindi

World Cricket Championship (WCC), from the house of Nazara Technologies, has recently touched the 155 million download mark. The game was at 140 million...

Is BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA the Indian version of PUBG Mobile?

There's no denying that India's online gaming sector is growing by leaps and bounds. The Covid-19 pandemic has further fueled this growth by pushing...

Ludo a game of luck or skill? Bombay HC to decide

An innocuous board game we played as children for recreational purposes during holidays has now landed in the eye of storm with its fate...

PMO calls for online RMG files from NITI Aayog in surprise move

The growing ambivalence around real money gaming, that led the Government of India to throw the ball in the state governments' court, has now...

ESL reveals mobile gaming controller in partnership with RiotPWR

ESL Gaming has revealed that the ESL mobile gaming controller will be available globally soon. Designed by RiotPWR, the mobile controller developer of mobile...