Approximately 40 to 50 million people play games on their smartphones and feature phones, with an annual growth rate of 40 per cent to 50 per cent. According to NASSCOM, mobile gamers lead the market in India, with a smartphone install base estimated at 200 million by the end of 2015 that is estimated to grow by 100 million each year thereafter. NASSCOM has released a report titled the ‘Indian Games Market Review’ at the NASSCOM Gaming Developer Conference 2015 in Pune
Supercell has released its new squad-building action game Squad Busters in Spain, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada, and Singapore. This game features characters from different Supercell titles, such as Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach.
AFK Journey is one of the best games I’ve played this year, and comes close to being the perfect idle RPG.
Leniu Games has started taking pre-registrations of its Nordic fantasy open world MMO, Flame of Valhalla. This game features the War of Gods erupted in the mystical realm of Asgard, known as the land of gods as seen in various movies and TV series. The game is expected to release in first half of May 2024.
Hopefully as these companies grow some of them will move over to consoles. With India having over a billion people in it, to me at least this number seems small. I think it'd be great to see what kind of games India could make for the gaming market and don't want to just see just phone games, because I want to see more diversity in games. Plus this would bring in more gaming ideas too.