IGDC 2020 ends on a high note

Sees over 6,000 check-ins, attendees from 64 countries, Mobile Premier League announcing Rs 37 crore fund for game developers

Hyderabad: The four-day long, ‘virtual’ IGDC2020 (The India Game Developer Conference) concluded with key takeaways and exchange of ideas with over 6,000 check-ins from 64 countries, doubling attendance over last year.

The online conference which was held between November 17 and November 20, had a line-up of 80 industry sessions, panel discussions and workshops. In all, 115 speakers including 43 international speakers from 10 different countries participated.

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Rajesh Rao, convenor, IGDC2020 said, “This year’s virtual event went way beyond our expectations. Thanks to strong industry support, we were able to offer this conference free to all attendees. The speaker line up was the best ever, with ‘virtual’ making it possible for so many speakers to participate without traveling.”

This year’s ‘Investor-Publisher-Connect’, had over 50 gaming companies from India and overseas, 300 plus virtual one-to-one meetings among investors, publishers, and the startups, which is 70 per cent higher than 2019 with a 100 per cent match rate. The inaugural ‘Founder-Connect’, saw 20 founders participating in the event.

Venture capitalists including Accel, Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, Lumikai, Elevation Capital, Kalaari Capital, Venture Highway, and Falcon Edge Capital held meetings with shortlisted gaming startups.

There was also enhanced interest from game publishers this year with marquees names such as Epic Games, Mobile Premier League, Nazara, Paytm First Games, nCore Games, and Zapak Games extending their publishing support to promising gaming companies.

Global publishers such as Miniclip, Crazylabs, Tilting Point, Hyper Hippo Entertainment, and Tapnation and many gaming startups from the UK, Canada and Australia were among the attendees. The event, which was held online amid concerns of coronavirus, attracted 50 exhibitors on the e-expo floor.

Bengaluru-based Mobile Premier League has earmarked Rs 37 crore fund for Indian game developers and studios to develop games for their Indian and global audience.

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