Game developers eye India as an emerging market
- The gaming industry in India is valued at $200 million with a $130 million portion comprising of casual gaming
- This, in turn, has led to the creation of a large gaming ecosystem with global gaming products now being made in India
- These numbers bear witness to the opportunities that mobile game developers, both local and foreign, can expect to take advantage of by investing in the mobile gaming industry in India.
- Young gaming startups like MPL have also announced various funds for Indian game developers to build their offerings
- MPL can deep-dive on their partnerships with game developers across India and the utilization of the year marked game developers fund
- Outlook for the gaming industry in 2021
- Technology trends driving the gaming industry in 2021
About Mobile Premier League (MPL)
Founded in 2018, MPL is India’s largest esports and mobile gaming platform. It has grown to over 50-plus games and 6 crore users, including titles like World Cricket Championship. MPL also has multiple gaming studios and developers as partners to publish their games on its platform. MPL’s app is available on both Android and iOS. The company was founded by Sai Srinivas and Shubham Malhotra, who earlier co-founded Creo, a Mobile Phone startup that was acquired. MPL is currently present in India and Indonesia, with offices in Bengaluru, Jakarta, and Pune, and with a personnel strength of over 300.
