Online Gaming

India’s micro-drama market surged past $300 million in 2025; set to hit $4.5 billion by 2030

India’s interactive media market grew 17% to $13.8 billion in 2025, while the gaming segment crossed $1.5 billion, according to a report by VC firm Lumikai.

Why Nazara is spending $100 million to acquire a controlling stake in Spain’s Bluetile

Nazara’s purchase of Bluetile and its in-house rewards-driven gaming platform, BestPlay, is the company’s largest acquisition to date. The total deal size could rise to $340 million

Nazara's AI push: Plans to acquire 50% stake in Europe's Bluetile, BestPlay for $100 million

Nazara Technologies founder Nitish Mittersain said the acquisition of Bluetile and BestPlay is an important step towards the firm's strategy to build AI-enabled, globally scalable gaming businesses.

Video game industry body GDAI appoints Shruti Verma as CEO

Krafton India CEO Sean Hyunil Sohn has joined the GDAI board. Former Ministry of Information and Broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra has also appointed board adviser

Dream11 parent ropes in ex-Zynga executive Arpith Kanade as Dream Cricket head of studio

Arpith Kanade will lead Dream Cricket's expansion into international markets while shaping and executing the title's goal to become the world’s largest social cricket game

Video game industry body GDAI unveils a 21-member governing council

GDAI's governing council will include prominent leaders and investors such as Anuj Tandon of Bitkraft Ventures, Akshat Rathee of Nodwin Gaming, Dayanidhi MG of Electronic Arts, and Deepak MV of Nazara Technologies

JetSynthesys buys EverMerge from Big Fish Games to bolster its global gaming footprint

JetSynthesys plans to scale EverMerge’s reach into new high-growth regions including India.

Nazara's Q3 profit slumps 35.4% as revenues decline due to Nodwin Gaming deconsolidation

Nazara's Q3-FY26 EBITDA rose by 29 percent to Rs 67.8 crore for the quarter from Rs 52.4 crore in the year-ago quarter.

Zupee cuts 200 jobs amid organisational restructuring

Zupee said it intends to sharpen focus on core growth areas including culturally-rooted online social games and emerging content formats.

Davos 2026: Govt to release online gaming rules within 15 days, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

In an interview to Moneycontrol, union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said they have had a 'tremendous amount' of consultation with various stakeholders.

Liquidnitro Games raises $19.1 million led by Northpoint Capital, to scale AI game development

Liquidnitro Games plans to use the capital to accelerate investment in its AI-enabled game production and live services platform, scale up partnerships through co-investments and drive global market expansion

ED freezes fresh Rs 192-crore deposits of WinZO in money laundering case

In November, the agency had arrested the founders of WinZO -- Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda following their questioning at the Bengaluru zonal office of the ED.

WinZO PMLA case: Court grants bail to Saumya Singh Rathore, rejects Paavan Nanda's plea

WinZO co-founders Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda were arrested by ED on money laundering charges in November 2025. The agency also froze company assets worth around Rs 505 crore.

2025 was the year real-money gaming died in India. What next?

Whether the government’s regulatory reset will help make India a global gaming powerhouse or simply shift users, capital, and talent elsewhere remains an open question.

'Gambling in guise of gaming': ED attaches assets worth Rs 117.4 crore linked to Probo in money laundering case

In July 2025, ED had frozen assets worth Rs 284.5 crore linked to Probo and its promoters under PMLA.

Dream11 parent splits business into eight 'startups' after real-money gaming ban

The restructuring at Dream Sports comes after the government's online gaming law disrupted the company's core business model, wiping out 95 percent of its revenue and all of its profits.

Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging real-money gaming ban in January 2026

Gaming operators had sought an urgent hearing on the matter, stating that their business had come to a standstill and there has been job losses due to the government's online gaming law.

WinZO approaches Karnataka HC challenging ED's raid, asset freeze

ED arrested co-founders Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda on money laundering charges in November 2025. It also froze company assets worth of around Rs 505 crore.

Dream11 revamp turns fantasy sports app into a hangout place for sports fans

Dream11 revamp comes a little over three months after the company halted all paid contests on its platform following the online gaming law that prohibits money games

WinZO's mobile app and website go under 'maintenance' due to server disruption

WinZO's app and website outage comes at a turbulent moment for the company, which is already dealing with a crisis following the recent arrest of co-founders Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda.

WinZO co-founders Saumya Singh Rathore, Paavan Nanda arrested by ED in PMLA case

Earlier this month, ED searched four WinZO locations in Delhi and Gurugram and froze assets worth of around Rs 505 crore

RMG ban impact: Flutter cuts 350 jobs at Junglee Games, redeploys 600 staff mostly to its Hyderabad GCC

Flutter is considering whether these employees can be redeployed to support its shift to alternative business models in India or its expansion efforts in other regulated markets where its existing products can be offered, a company spokesperson told Moneycontrol.