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PM Modi’s I-Day speech spurs DPIIT to fast-track FDI policy for online gaming: EXCLUSIVE

Prime Minister in April last year met India's top gamers and gaming content creators. He was seen interacting with gamers and shared how gaming industry is taking centre stage.

DPIIT has written letter to MIB, MeitY, Niti Aayog seeking clarification on the definition of game of chance and game of skill for drafting a policy on 100 percent FDI for online gaming

Nazara Technologies partners with Telangana govt to launch AI Center of Excellence

The company is led by Founder & CEO Navkiran Singh and Co-Founders Puneet Singh, Varun Ganjoo, Avneet Rana, and Anirudh Chaudhry.

‘The Nazara AI CoE will drive research, development, and innovation in areas such as gaming, interactive media, gamified learning, and other digital content,’ the esports company said

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

Dr. L Murugan, Minister of State for MIB, emphasized that India's judicial system ensures the protection of constitutional rights, including press freedom.

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.