LightFury Games has begun its full-fledged business in Bengaluru which will prove to be a big leap for the Indian games market.
This start-up is for experienced professionals from the gaming industry to produce AAA games from India and have a comparative to the international gaming industry.
Leadership and Team
Unacademy’s former marketing head Karan Shroff started LightFury Games. Shroff is assisted by chiefs and other experts comprised of Tina Balachandran and Anurag Banerjee.
The former is filled by Balachandran minted from Unacademy and Tencent Games as the Chief People and Operations Officer.
The experienced professional in the gaming industry is responsible for the management of the gaming portfolio of the group as the Group’s Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Together, they propel a strong leadership for LightFury, which aims towards the achievement of the set goals.
The new appointment of Justin Farren as Chief Creative Officer is a valuable addition to LightFury’s workforce.
Farren currently oversees a team of over 100 staff at the Wargaming firm and has been with the company for over two decades in addition to having worked at Ubisoft Singapore firm.
The appointment is indicative of the company’s drive to consolidate a team that would be capable of delivering new-generation AAA games.
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The first studio of LightFury is set up in a place close to the Bengaluru International Airport. This modern building has the potential to house up to sixty developers and will start with the production of mobile games.
As its long-term strategic goal, the company aims to become a world-class game developer, and for this reason, it needs to initiate its presence on the console platforms.
LightFury has also attained a funding of $8 million. Of the funding, the latest of a 5 million seed investment is headed by the reputable Blume Ventures.
Serial entrepreneurs like Bhavin Turakhia who sold Zopim to Freshdesk, Kunal Shah, the founder of Cred, and Gaurav Munjal, co-founder of Unacademy are other investors in this funding round.
This investment will enable the establishment of new studios in the United Kingdom. Chong-U Lim will be the Chief Technology Officer of the UK operating division; he has worked for Improbable and Electronic Arts.
Daniel Hall, hired as the Senior Director of Engineering for more than one and a half years, will coordinate between the UK and the Indian studios.
High-growth potential of the Indian Gaming Industry
The regional market for interactive games particularly in India is still in its growth phase. Thus, it is seen that India has emerged as the fastest-growing games market in Asia and is expected to reach $1. 4 billion by 2028.
Thus, LightFury Games plans to make its contribution to the expansion of this immense potential and become a big development company.
The company wants itself to be part of the change in the narrative of the gaming industry in India, creating and publishing AAA IP’s which have appeal across the globe.
Vision and Ambition
Karan Shroff also leads the company by expressing how the Gujarat-based firm plans to revolutionize gaming experiences in India.
The establishment of the Bengaluru studio is one in a series of planned strategies in the pursuit of this aim.
It presents the dynamics of the Indian gaming industry as well as LightFury’s importance in advancing the industry to new levels.
The team at LightFury is excited to work on something that will be revolutionary for gaming and delivering the best gaming experience.
Justin Farren also shares the same sentiment saying they aspire to construct a factory that churns out AAA title innovations.
Staying in front of thousands of entrants, LightFury Games is well-prepared to take root and run strongly into the international gaming scene equipped with a specially chosen team, a vision, and a fast-growing market.
The initiation of their first studio in Bengaluru is a starting point for a new journey of making AAA games and carving India as the ground for making high-quality games.
It is now time for LightFury Games to soar and make a difference, all in love with the craft skills, and zeal to create something remarkable.
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