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India should adopt online gaming policies like UK, EU: GNLU

India's gaming industry is second-largest after China with the community comprising 500 million gamers

GNLU has also recommended that India should adopt a regulatory framework that mandates operators to incorporate limit-setting features for users

EXCLUSIVE: RMG players meet MIB, request quality seals for legitimate games

It’s important to note that for more than nine months now, policies surrounding the RMG industry have been on the back burner. With no developments on the regulatory front, RMG companies continue to struggle under the burden of additional taxes.

Esports awards 2024: S8UL wins content group award, Mortal loses

Game of the Year was awarded to Valorant, published by Riot Games.

Surprisingly, Naman Mathur, also known as Mortal from India, lost to several international talents like Tarik and Nadeshot.

Meta updates policy: RMG brands rejoice, alco brands ditched

Storyboard18 first broke the news about Meta’s plan to open three new verticals for companies to use the WhatsApp Business platform to send promotional messages.

India’s AVGC industry faces a 2.3 mn talent gap

Karnataka aims to serve as the epicenter for innovation, research and development in the gaming sector. It will house state-of-the-art facilities such as high-performance computing clusters, simulation labs and testing zones to support all aspects of game development from concept to deployment. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Currently, there are 260,000 AVGC professionals scattered across India, primarily clustered in about 11-12 cities.

EXCLUSIVE: E-Gaming Federation meets MHA, submits details of 34 companies for banning

In December last year, The Centre has blocked a total of 581 apps so far and out of these, there were 174 betting and gambling apps and 87 loan lending apps.

In past six months, the gaming federation has reported over 250 illegal gambling and betting websites and apps to the government

‘Many RMG startups in India on the verge of shutting down business’, says CEO of Winzo

Paavan Nanda, CEO and Co-Founder, WinZO discusses GST challenges, lower developer salaries and production costs in India compared to Western countries, India's gaming industry shifting from being an importer to an exporter.

Revenue growth for RMG players stalled while few other companies are experiencing de-growth, says Paavan Nanda, CEO and Co-Founder, WinZO.

Free-to-play gaming platform Nostra draws in 115 million active users in a year

Platforms like Netflix, Amazon, and even LinkedIn are embracing gamification.

‘72% of women gamers play multiple times in a day, a frequency on par with that of male gamers,’ Nostra report mentioned

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.