China’s Tencent partners with SEPC and GDAI in India gaming push
Summary
Tencent announced strategic partnerships with India’s Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) and the Game Developer Association of India (GDAI), committing over $1.04 million (Rs 10 crore) to the initiatives. The company plans to introduce Honor of Kings in India and pipeline additional titles while leveraging its global distribution to help Indian studios scale internationally. The three-year MoU with GDAI includes a National Game Jam to engage 10,000 students annually, a Train-the-Trainer programme to produce 20 industry-aligned trainers, a studio incubation programme for at least 10 studios, and participation at the India Game Developer Conference. Tencent frames the effort as building India’s developer and talent ecosystem to meet the AVGC sector’s projected demand for 2 million skilled professionals by 2030 and accelerate global opportunities for Indian game studios.
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