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.
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]
In 1999, Vishal Gondal 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 TOM Online Inc took major stakes in the company. Vishal Gondal kept his position as CEO though.
In June 2010, Indiagames was re-branded as UTV Indiagames, and in 2011, the remaining stake in Indiagames was acquired by Disney 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.[3] In April 2013, Vishal Gondal stepped down from control of the company and was replaced by Sameer Ganapathy.[4]
Studioedit
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.
Referencesedit
^"Disney Shuts Down Development at Indiagames". 27 August 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^"Disney Set to Acquire Top Indian Game Developer Indiagames".
indiagames, formerly, known, indiagames, video, game, publisher, across, various, platforms, south, asian, market, founded, 1999, vishal, gondal, five, member, team, current, iteration, solely, publishing, brand, with, development, being, outsourced, owned, so. 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 UTV Indiagames LimitedFormerlyIndiagames 1999 2010 Company typeSubsidiaryIndustryVideo gamesFounded1999 25 years ago 1999 FounderVishal GondalDefunct2014HeadquartersNavi Mumbai Maharashtra IndiaKey peopleSameer GanapathyParentThe Walt Disney Company IndiaIndiagames 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 amp 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 Contents 1 History 2 Studio 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn 1999 Vishal Gondal 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 TOM Online Inc took major stakes in the company Vishal Gondal kept his position as CEO though In 2007 the Indian company UTV Software Communications acquired a majority stake in Indiagames In June 2010 Indiagames was re branded as UTV Indiagames and in 2011 the remaining stake in Indiagames was acquired by Disney 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 3 In April 2013 Vishal Gondal stepped down from control of the company and was replaced by Sameer Ganapathy 4 Studio edit3Lakshya 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 edit Disney Shuts Down Development at Indiagames 27 August 2015 GoD Community Archived from the original on 16 March 2012 Retrieved 6 March 2012 Disney Set to Acquire Top Indian Game Developer Indiagames Vishal Gondal to exit Disney UTV External links editOfficial website Archived 26 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UTV Indiagames amp oldid 1196855737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
