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Indiagames


Indiagames was primarily engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like Internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles. It was founded in 1999, then a five member team.

Indiagames was India’s largest integrated game developer-publisher across mobile, online and the Interactive Television. The company has been a breaking new ground in the mobile gaming space and has partnered with several major game publishers and media companies in the world such as EA, Disney, THQ, Atari, Universal, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony and others whose IP has been published across global leading telecoms including Verizon, Vodafone, Airtel, AT&T, Telstra and others. Some of Indiagames’ successful titles include the first Spider-Man game on mobile, Bioshock, Garfield, Godzilla.

In 1999, Vishal Gondal founded Indiagames, then a five member team. Indiagames primarily engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like 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 Communication acquired a majority stake in Indiagames. In 2011,Indiagames was acquired by Disney for around $100m. At the time of acquisition, Indiagames was making a profit of $400,000 on revenues of $11 million as reported by various publications.

Games on Demand In India the company runs the only subscription based PC games service called “Games on Demand” across all major broadband operators. Indiagames’ triple-play games model is complimented by its presence as the largest operator of ITV Games Services with leading satellite TV service providers in India.


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