The Dialogue

📰 #InTheMedia | 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬!

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝟓𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞?

From funding constraints and talent gaps to monetisation challenges and regulatory uncertainty, the findings of the 𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 are making headlines across India's media landscape.

Featured in The Hindu, The Times of India, Exchange4media, Social Samosa, MediaNews4U, CXO Today and Outlook Respawn, the report is bringing greater attention to the structural challenges and opportunities shaping India's game development ecosystem.

Authored by 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚, Programme Manager at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, the report was published by the 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈), with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 as Knowledge Partner and 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐏𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 as Chief Sponsor.

🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞:
📰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶: tinyurl.com/5n6tj6de
📰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢: tinyurl.com/35ee3unv
📰 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦4𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢: tinyurl.com/mnsktucb | tinyurl.com/3xrdj2uh
📰 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢: tinyurl.com/yftxms2e
📰 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴4𝘜: tinyurl.com/47nhwaud
📰 𝘊𝘟𝘖 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺: tinyurl.com/2pvbstra
📰 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘸𝘯: tinyurl.com/4zku47w5 | tinyurl.com/ya84ysav

📥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:
thedialogue.org.in/publication/gd…

#GDAI #GameDevOutlook2026 #IGDC2026 #gamedevelopment #indiangaming #gamingindustry #technologypolicy

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🎮 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬?

Behind India's booming gaming market lies a striking gap between ambition and opportunity.

The newly launched 𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 reveals why.

🧵 Six findings worth your attention. 👇

#ReportInsights #GDAI

🔹 #EventHighlights | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝘈𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?

The Dialogue was pleased to join the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 as a 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, organised by the Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi.

Representing The Dialogue, 𝐁𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐥, Senior Programme Manager – Competition Policy, participated in 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈, titled “Uncovering Competition and Cybersecurity Issues in Digital Markets.”

Moderated by 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚, Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, the discussion featured 𝐃𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐲 (IMI Kolkata), 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚 (Hindu BusinessLine) and 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 (Hughes Systique India).

Bringing together perspectives from academia, industry, media and public policy, the panel explored the evolving challenges of digital market governance, including competition in digital media, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure and the role of technology in expanding economic opportunities.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How can India's digital markets remain competitive and innovative while building the security and trust essential for sustainable growth?

Through its role as Knowledge Partner, The Dialogue remains committed to advancing informed, multidisciplinary conversations on the future of India's digital economy.

#digitalmarkets #competitionpolicy #cybersecurity #digitaleconomy #innovation #techpolicy #CDM2026

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📰 #InTheNews | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 | 𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝟓𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

India's gaming story is often told through the extraordinary scale of its player base. But the next chapter must also be about the games we create, the intellectual property we own and the studios we enable to compete globally.

Delighted to see 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 spotlight the launch of 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, published by the 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈), with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 and 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐏𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 as Chief Sponsor.

Through this knowledge partnership, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 has contributed to an 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 of India's game development ecosystem, bringing industry perspectives into sharper focus and examining the structural challenges that shape the ability of Indian studios to innovate, scale and compete internationally.

And the findings are revealing:
• 𝟖𝟐.𝟕% of surveyed respondents aspire to develop 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐏.
• Yet 𝟕𝟔.𝟗% consider available financing 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞.
• Meanwhile, 𝟓𝟔.𝟕% believe the talent pipeline is 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 to meet industry needs.

These are not merely industry statistics. They raise important questions about the financing, skills, market access and policy environment needed to translate India's creative potential into globally competitive game development.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?

➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮:
thehindu.com/business/Indus…

📖 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: shorturl.at/jn0NU

#gamedevelopment #gamingindustry #indiangaming #originalip #creativeeconomy #digitalpolicy #techpolicy #india

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📢 #ReportLaunch | #EventGlimpses | 𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞!

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝟓𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?

The 𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 was officially launched today at the 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (#IGDC2026) in Chennai, ahead of a panel discussion exploring the opportunities, challenges and pathways towards global scale for India's game development industry.

Developed by the 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐈), with 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐏𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 as Chief Sponsor, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 as Knowledge Partner, and 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟐 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 and 𝐍𝐎𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 as Associate Sponsors, the report draws on industry and academia surveys, stakeholder consultations and market research.

From original IP and studio economics to talent readiness, financing, publishing and international market access, the report examines the opportunities and structural challenges shaping India's game development ecosystem, alongside a strategic roadmap towards 2035.

The launch was followed by a presentation of the report's key findings by 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚, Programme Manager (Public Policy and Government Affairs) at The Dialogue and primary author of the report, setting the context for an engaging panel discussion moderated by 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, Founding Director, The Dialogue.

We extend our sincere appreciation to our distinguished panellists, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐥 (Lakshya Digital, Keywords Studios), 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐚 (PhonePe) and 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐢 (YesGnome), for sharing their perspectives on the industry's evolving landscape, and to our audience for their participation and thoughtful engagement.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?

📥 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: thedialogue.org.in/publication/gd…

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