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A game with no winners

Dhruva Interactive, India’s first gaming company, was a little ahead of its time. Today, even after 20 years, Indian game developers are yet to hit pay dirt

02/02/17

Arundhati Ramanathan

Dhruva began at a time when no one in India was playing PC or console games

Now, Indians are downloading more games, but few pay for them

Game developers are pouring scarce VC money in experiments

Game developers are experimenting creating local content

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In December 2016, one particular acquisition slid past most of mainstream media’s eye in India. It was a small deal, after all, just $8.5 million. Starbreeze Studios, a Swedish game developer, acquired Dhruva Interactive, a 20-year-old gaming services company. $8.5 million isn’t a lot of money, so it is easy to brush it off as…

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