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Tier-3 cities in India see massive boom in mobile gaming in 2021: Study

The top 30 of them reported up to 170% more gamers than in 2020. Some of the small towns have more than 100% to up to 200% growth in online gamers

Fortnite servers back online after major outage for over 6 hours

The popular mobile game Fortnite is finally back online after a major outage that lasted more than six hours.

Indian mobile gaming sector revenues to grow to $5 bn by 2025: Report

There are now over 300 million gamers in India, and revenue across all gaming devices reached $1.8 billion in 2020

Investments in Indian gaming top $1.6 bn till Sept, surpass total of 5 yrs

Though monetisation in India is only 1% of global share, report by investment bank Maple Capital Advisors sees strong growth in domestic sector with heavy spending by users

Indian gaming market poised to reach $3.9 billion by 2025: Report

The report highlighted that 40 per cent of the hardcore gamers pay for their games with an average spend of Rs 230 per month.

Netflix buys first video game studio, rolls out mobile games

Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday

Gaming start-up Mobile Premier League valued at $2.3 bn, joins unicorn club

In February, MPL was valued at $945 million after raising $95 million in a Series D round

Mobile Premier valued at $2.3 bn, becomes India's second gaming unicorn

Bangalore-based startup raised capital from investors led by Legatum Capital with participation from Accrete Capital and Gaingels LLC.

Mumbai Angels Network invests $320,000 in game developer GameEon Studios

India's gaming industry has been growing at a CAGR of 18.6% and is estimated to reach $2 billion by 2023

China tells gaming firms Tencent, Netease to end 'solitary' focus on profit

Tencent, the country's largest gaming company, dived as much as 6.7%, on track for its biggest fall since July, while smaller rival Netease fell as much as 7.7%.

MediaTek, Qualcomm popular among users for 5G, mobile gaming: Report

Chipmakers MediaTek and Qualcomm are the popular choices among consumers when it comes to 5G performance and mobile gaming, a report said on Tuesday.

China slashes kids' online gaming time to just three hours a week

The escalating restrictions on Tencent's biggest business are likely to spook investors that had cautiously returned to Chinese stocks in recent days

49% women started mobile gaming during Covid-19 pandemic: InMobi report

53 mins/day average time spent by Indian women on gaming apps

Indian online gaming segment expected to reach Rs 29,000 cr by FY25: Report

The Indian online gaming segment is expected to more than double at Rs 29,000 crore with the number of gamers rising to 65.7 crore by financial year 2025, a KPMG report said on Thursday. The report estimates that the online gaming market size was around Rs 13,600 crore with 43.3 crore gamers in financial year 2020-21. Of Rs 13,600 crore, the casual gaming segment accounted for Rs 6,000 crore and it is expected to grow to Rs 16,900 crore in next four years, according to the report. "The online casual gaming sub-segment in India has emerged as the largest in terms of consumption amongst overall online gaming, with close to 420 million gamers engaging in online casual gaming in FY21. Both consumer spends and advertising based monetisation, which is unique to India, are likely to see strong traction," KPMG India, partner and head for media and entertainment, Girish Menon said while sharing details of the report. He said that high priced gaming consoles and charges in games are inhibiti

Despite suspension of IPL, game on for fantasy sports platforms

The suspension of the IPL put them on a sticky wicket; its resumption has them feverishly working to keep users engaged and improve their offerings

Battlegrounds Mobile India pre-registration begins on Google's Play Store

The game requires devices based on Android 5.1.1 operating system with at least 2GB RAM

Mobile Premier League acquires GamingMonk to widen esports portfolio

GamingMonk had a registered user base of over 1.3 million users and would augment MPL's efforts in reaching our target audience and engage with its users effectively

MPL looks to add 3 cr users during upcoming IPL cricket tournament

E-sports platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) on Wednesday said it is looking to add about three crore new users during the IPL cricket tournament that kicks off next month

Women, men, young and old: How India is snacking on mobile gaming

India has become the fifth-largest mobile gaming market across the world supported by access to affordable smartphones, low network data tariffs and improving mobile internet speeds

Between meetings and meals: How India is snacking on mobile games

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a significant shift in mobile usage and consequently in mobile gaming too