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| Formerly | Indiagames (1999-2010) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Vishal Gondal |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Sameer Ganapathy |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company India |
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 Vishal Gondal, as a five-member team. UTV Indiagames in its current iteration is solely a publishing brand with development being outsourced.[1] UTV Indiagames is owned by UTV Software Communications, a wholly owned media conglomerate of The Walt Disney Company India.
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, THQ, Atari, Universal, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Verizon, Vodafone, Airtel, AT&T, Telstra and others. Indiagames’ successful titles include the first Spider-Man game on mobile, Bioshock, Garfield and Godzilla.
In India, the company runs the only subscription based PC games service, called Games-on-Demand. It operates on all major broadband operators. Indiagames’ triple-play games model is complemented by its presence as the largest operator of UTV Games Services with leading satellite TV service providers in India.[2]
- ^ "Disney Shuts Down Development at Indiagames". 27 August 2015.
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