Mumbai: The telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited announced their entry into the gaming industry through Vi Games.
Vi has tied up with Nazara Technologies to offer premium gaming service to its customers. The announcement was made by Avneesh Khosla, CMO – Vi & Initiative Partner in a press meet.
Through this deep-integrated association, Vi customers will get access to a wide range of gaming content including popular game titles from various franchises in India on its gaming platform – Vi Games.
Vi Games on the Vi App offers an immersive gaming experience with 1200+ android and HTML5 based mobile games across 10 popular genres like – Action, Adventure, Arcade, Casual, Education, Fun, Puzzle, Racing, Sports and Strategy.
Avneesh Khosla, said “We are seeing a significant uptake of gaming consumption in India with more than 95% of gaming enthusiasts using the mobile device to enjoy a wide variety of content. Deeper penetration of smartphones and 4G availability has led to meteoric growth and adoption of gaming content making it a popular choice for fun and entertainment. We see gaming as a major focus area of our digital content strategy and we intend to build a comprehensive play encompassing most facets of gaming with the aim of establishing Vi as a preferred destination for both, casual as well as serious gamers. Our partnership with Nazara Technologies will elevate the gaming experience that we offer to our consumers through a wide bouquet of exclusive games available on the Vi app for our users.”
The Vi Games proposition will initially have casual gaming content and gradually be developed to host social gaming and even eSports in the future.
“Gaming is not only the future of entertainment in India but already a key mode of entertainment for hundreds of millions of Indians playing games on their mobile phones every day. Nazara is delighted to work with Vi to bring our entire portfolio of gaming content, esports and interactive entertainment to their larger user base” said Nitish Mittersain, Founder & Group MD, Nazara Technologies Limited
Vi Games has gaming content into 3 categories – Platinum Games, Gold Games and Free Games, on the Vi App.
