By year’s end, analysts predict that over 500 million players will have registered.
Fans will tell you that the business is most known for its fantasy sports games, which allow you to put up fictitious teams based on real athletes. The majority of them play on smartphones and tablets.
They’re huge business despite worries about addiction and gambling.
With a combined valuation of more than $1 billion, the three biggest video game firms in the nation—Game 24X7, Dream11, and Mobile Premier League—all offer fantasy sports experiences.
Previews of several narrative-heavy games from South Asian teams were shown to audiences recently at the Summer Game Fest (SGF), an annual showcase of new and upcoming titles viewed by millions in Los Angeles.
Among them was Masala Games’ Detective Dotson, which is set in Gujarat and tells the story of a failed Bollywood actor who becomes a detective.
The game’s creator, industry veteran Shalin Shodhan, tells Asian Network that the emphasis on original storylines is “bucking the trend” in India’s video gaming business.
