UTV Indiagames (formerly known as Indiagames) was a video game publisher across various platforms for the South Asian market. It was founded in 1999 by

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, as a five-member team. UTV Indiagames in its current iteration is solely a publishing brand with development being outsourced. UTV Indiagames is owned by UTV Software Communications, a wholly owned

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. Indiagames is India’s largest integrated game developer and publisher across digital devices. The company has partnered with several major game publishers, media companies and telecom companies such as EA,

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and others. Indiagames’ successful titles include the first

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History

In 1999,

founded Indiagames, then a five-member team. Indiagames primarily engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms such as Internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles. In 2005, TOM online Games, a subsidiary of

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Inc took major stakes in the company. Vishal Gondal kept his position as CEO. In 2007, the Indian company

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acquired a majority stake in Indiagames. In June 2010, Indiagames was re-branded as UTV Indiagames. In 2011, the remaining stake in Indiagames was acquired by

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for around $100 million. At the time of acquisition, Indiagames was making a profit of $400,000 per year on revenues of $11 million as reported by various publications. In April 2013, Vishal Gondal stepped down from control of the company and was replaced by Sameer Ganapathy.

Studio

*''3Lakshya'' creates games for the international market. It also researches game development on all new platforms. *''Chandra '' works on various game titles for mobile phones and DTH set-top boxes. These games, created on multiple platforms, are based on popular genres including action, adventure, puzzle, sports and racing, and follow themes such as Bollywood, cricket, reality shows, and celebrities.

References

External links

Official website
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