Overview

• Leading studios and publishers unveiled the Indian Game Publishers and Developers Association as a collective voice for the sector.
• Founding members include Nazara Technologies, Gametion, nCore Games, Reliance Games, SuperGaming, and other Indian developers.
• IGPDA outlines goals to develop original Indian IP, bring local stories into games, expand skills across the AVGC pipeline, and build AAA capability.
• The group has proposed a partnership with Maharashtra to position Mumbai as a global games hub, with an inaugural event planned in the city at year-end.
• The launch follows the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which backs esports and social games and bans real-money titles, and IGPDA cites industry figures claiming a market over $1 billion this year with more than $800 million spent on foreign games.