Can Indian Gaming Reach The Next Level?

Investors are backing original game studios and AI is reshaping how games get built. India’s games industry is now aiming to create globally successful franchises.

In a feature on that shift, Salone Sehgal, Founder and Managing Partner at Lumikai, says the ecosystem has reached a point where studios can chase more ambitious goals. She points to improvements in capital availability, publishing, talent and player willingness to pay for premium experiences, and says studios can use them to compete with new playbooks.

On AI, she says content creation is getting faster and more accessible, so differentiation moves beyond creation itself. The winners, in her view, will be studios that build compelling IP, master live operations and cultivate communities players want to be part of.

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