Over 4,000 gaming enthusiasts attend IGDC at Hyd

Hyderabad: Over 4,000 attendees including game developers, publishers, investors, game developers, and gaming buffs had converged at the 15th annual edition of India Game Developer Conference (IGDC) in Hyderabad. The three-day expo showcased offerings of more than 100 gaming companies.

With 200+ gaming expert speakers from across 20 countries, the conference saw 125+ hyperactive sessions that included panel discussions, talks, workshops across gaming technology, design and production. Also on focus were various round tables between industry, government representatives, academia and other policy makers put together by Industry bodies such as Invest India, Start-up India, AIGDF, Primus Partners and MESC.

There were also special sessions by conference partners: Unreal Developer Day, Xbox Discovery Day, Unity Dev and Google Dev sessions running parallelly. IGDC 2023 kicked off with the launch of ‘Lumikai State of India Gaming report F723,’ a collaboration with Google, which highlighted the Indian gaming market to hit the $7.5-billion valuation mark by FY28. The conference then quickly graduated to many high octane sessions through the day.