Epic has also launched campaigns to boycott Apple products through special tournaments. It was also the most-watched game on streaming platform Twitch in SeptemBER.Īpple removed Fortnite from its App Store after Epic introduced its own payment system within the app. Top spot for downloads in October, India accounted for 15% of it. Launched in 2018, Among Us was really the craze in the second half of 2020.
Add Paytm First Games' earmarked 10-cr corpus to invest in local gaming studios and the prospects are looking great. We even saw India's first gaming-focused VC fund, Lumikai that will back 20 early-stage companies. We saw the entry of RIL with Jio making an undisclosed Series A investment in AR gaming startup Krikey. Historically an 'under-financed' sector in India saw a coming-of-age year in 2020. PUBG mobile's parent PUBG Corporation has now severed its ties with Tencent and is trying to make a comeback in a new avatar, but is yet to get the green light. The app was banned under Section 69A of IT Act. One of the big events that impacted Indian gamers was the ban of PUBG.
