Deepika Padukone joins BGMI as Brand Ambassador

Expressing her enthusiasm for the partnership, Deepika Padukone commented, "It is a thrilling opportunity to embark on this new chapter with the BGMI family."

Global icon set to become a playable character with exclusive skins in Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI).

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Valorant and Fortnite lead India’s online gaming chatter, BGMI follows close behind

India's video games market generated revenue of $830 million in 2023, up 15.9% year-over-year (YoY), slightly down from the 19% growth seen in 2022, according to Niko Partners.

In terms of social media chatter about top gaming streamers in India, Tanmay Singh, also known as ‘sc0utOP’ is topping the charts in social media mentions, closely followed by Ankit ‘v3nom’ Panth.

Meghalaya becomes first Indian state to sponsor an esports team

Additionally, Telangana is likely to be the first state to introduce comprehensive esports policies.

Meghalaya’s vision includes developing esports infrastructure, hosting tournaments, and providing comprehensive support to players, with the aim of bringing them to the forefront and representing Meghalaya, and India, on the global stage, including in future esports Olympics.

‘Hackers are trying to create better hacks’, says Krafton

Recently, Nodwin Gaming disqualified and banned three teams from the Philips OneBlade Battleground Mobile India Cup 2024 for cheating by using unauthorized and unethical methods during the official esports tournament.

Krafton is streamlining the process for tournament organizers and are resolving issues around organizing third party tournaments in the country.

NODWIN Gaming’s marketing spends go over Rs50 crore in the last one year

While digital streaming platforms like Rooter and Loco have always streamed gameplays and tournaments, involvement of mainstream media in televising or streaming boosts the reach, recall and engagement of these events to a whole new level. Representative Image via Unsplash

The esports company is collaborating with non-endemic brands and creating new IPs. It also cracked a TV broadcast deal with Star.