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The winner of the Bharat Tech Triumph program (Season 3) is an initiative by Winzo Games and Interactive Entertainment and Innovation Council, working with the Department of Information and Broadcasting and the sector that promotes industry and internal trade, will represent India in the 2025 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, USA.
International events will be held from March 17 to 21. Winners will also participate in India’s “Start Mahakumbh” (April 3-5) and “Wavees” (May 1-4) to showcase their games to audiences of global investors, publishers and industry pioneers. The games are available for purchase on mobile, personal computers, consoles and augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) platforms, said the organizers’ representatives.
Of the 20 winners – Yudiz Solutions’ “Sportservers”: a multi-sport VR experience featuring cricket, basketball, archery and interactive mini games; Blue Squirrel Studios’ “Dord the Sky”: a VR anti-gravity racing game with air combat and high-speed action; and “Metashot”: a sport-sensing cricket bat that offers an immersive virtual cricket experience at home – enriching the AR/VR experience.
Brahman Studios’ “Aum The Game” is a 3D multiplayer action arena that combines RPG (RPG) elements, Indian mythology and a “unique” karmic system; 5th Ocean Studios’ “Ilavath: Battle Arenas” is a team strategy game inspired by Indian legends, where players compete for “Moksha” in the universe arena; Mono Tusk Studios’ “Palm Sugar: Country Story” is a story-rich pixel RPG from rural southern India.
Winners include the Brewing Game Destruction “Akana Wind”, a 2.5D dark fantasy with deep combat customization. “Lysto”: An AI-powered platform that helps game studios perform game testing, player acquisition and retention strategies; “1000 Deads” by Pariah Interactive, a gravity-bending 3D platformer game where players choose to shape levels, mechanics, and stories.
The time management simulation game “Hospital Hurry” of the Moon Games; Godspeed Games’ “Fighting Legion: Volkswagen RPG”, a large-scale combat multiplayer game in which troops fight under the command of players in strategic combat; Gamer2Maker’s “Judgement Day”, a story-driven narrative game that explores justice, destiny and morality, with immersive design; the “Model Train” of the second mission also won.
On the winners list is Teapot Games’ “AeroMayhem PvP,” a high-octane aerial combat simulation game that dominated simulation charts in over 80 countries; Zher Blast’s “Climate and Sin”: dystopian adventure game; “Mixar” is the first AI-NENATIT 3D editor to make game studios create 3D assets.
Orangutan Games; Gape Labs’ strategy game “Arcado Champs”; Gauravgo Games Technologies-based multiplayer game that integrates the game’s “Sena Mayaverse” against Irving Machines; “Little Guru” also won a game’s AI-AI-Driven-driven platform for learning Sanskrit through interactive games.
The third edition of the competition recorded over 1,000 entries from game studios, independent developers, IIT and IIM students, and technology startups. The winner was announced on February 26.
“India’s gaming sector is at an overview of innovation, growth and technology and IP exports. The growing footprint of BTTP is a critical moment in the Indian gaming industry and has witnessed exponential growth. According to a report from the US Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), the Indian gaming opportunity is currently around US$4 billion and is expected to violate the $60 billion market size by 2034. BTTP is a direct response to this opportunity…” the representative said.
“The initiative is consistent with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “creating and creating for the world in India” which reinforces his call for Indian creators to seize opportunities in the fields of gaming, animation, visual effects, games and comics (AVGC) and digital storytelling,” said a government official.
publishing – February 28, 2025 at 05:20 am IST
