Shruti Verma

Step onto India’s biggest game dev stage 🎮🇮🇳 IGDC 2026 speaker applications are now open. Share your insights. Shape the future. Apply Here: forms.gle/DYEQ5fFEGtVqLy… #IGDC2026 #GameDev #IndiaGaming #GDAI

Women in gaming — your moment starts now. Introducing the first-ever GDAI Women in Games Virtual Game Jam. ⏳ 48-hour women-only jam 📅 April 24–26 ⏰ Theme drops 30 mins before kickoff 🏆 ₹75K | ₹50K | ₹25K prizes 🎟️ Top 10 teams win FREE IGDC 2026 passes 🌟 Get showcased at IGDC 2026 Open to students, developers, artists, designers & programmers. Apply now: forms.gle/cgo6Dz1xUvgHrG… Let’s build, create, and lead! #WomenInGames #GameJam #GDAI #GamingIndia #IGDC2026

This week’s GDAI Studio Spotlight shines on Astrode Studio and their upcoming title *Elebend*. Led by Himanshu Gupta, the team is crafting a strategy-driven universe with ambitions to set a new global benchmark for Indian game development. Want your studio featured next? Apply here: forms.gle/JhkwXpLfC9x3M2… @theindiagdc #GDAI #StudioSpotlight #GameDevIndia #OriginalIP #StrategyGames

@theindiagdc is coming back to #Chennai this October! Join in.

Shruti Verma appointed as CEO of Game Developer Association of India #shrutiverma #appointed #ceo #gamedeveloperassociationofindia #dmi

The spotlight is on @zatun As part of our March tribute to Women in Games, meet Shivani Chokhavatia—Co-founder of one of India’s most prolific indie studios. Her journey continues to inspire developers across the country Watch the video to get a closer look at what the team is building at the studio. Want to be featured, then Slsubmit your Studio Kit: forms.gle/cV4n3vB4DAvPEG… #GDAI #WomenInGames #WomenFounders #GameDev #OriginalIP #StudioSpotlight

Big boost for India’s gaming & AVGC ecosystem. The Maharashtra Budget 2026 targets 4 lakh jobs and hundreds of new animation, VFX, and gaming studios across Mumbai and Pune. At GDAI, we’re excited to work with government and industry to help build talent, scale studios, and create globally competitive Indian IP. freepressjournal.in/tech/maharasht… @sridharmuppidi @manishdiesel @shruti_verma @mittersain @SeanSohn3 @krajeshrao #GDAI #GameDev #AVGC #IndiaTech

The Indian gaming ecosystem is scaling fast — and so is GDAI. 🇮🇳🎮 We’re excited to strengthen our leadership team with: • Shruti Verma – CEO • Sean (Hyunil) Sohn (KRAFTON India) – Board Member • Apurva Chandra (Former MIB Secretary) – Board Advisor From policy to global publishing to ecosystem growth, this leadership brings the depth and experience to champion Indian game developers on the world stage. Let’s build the future of Indian gaming — together. 🚀 #GDAI #GameDev #IndiaGaming #Leadership #GamingIndustry

At #NTLF26, @sridharmuppidi spoke about something simple but powerful, the best AI products don’t feel like tools, they feel like games; Fast, Adaptive, Immersive, Engaging. In the AI race, it’s not just about who builds the smartest model, it’s about who builds something people actually want to keep using. @nasscom #AI #ProductDesign #Innovation #FutureTech #GameDesign #AIProducts #TechLeadership #DigitalTransformation

GDAI is partnering with @ears_asia and Edugametion to advance gaming education and capacity building across India and Finland. The presence of the Finnish Prime Minister at the signing reflects how strategically important this partnership is for the future of the global gaming ecosystem. This is just the beginning. #GDAI #GamingIndustry #IndiaFinland #GameDev #CreativeEconomy

Totally disappointed with @myfreshtohome quality. This is the third time i got bad smelling chicken delivered. Third time around the order goes into the bin.

Introducing the GDAI Spotlight series LinkedIn - linkedin.com/posts/game-dev… Insta - instagram.com/reel/DUU3Ib4ke… Apply now to get your studio featured: : forms.gle/33si7r6h4cdRq8… @Rudrac_

A timely boost for India’s creator economy 🇮🇳🎮 We welcome the #UnionBudget2026 announcement of AVGC Content Creator Labs across 15,000 schools & 500 colleges, anchored by IICT Mumbai. Having actively engaged with policymakers to embed gaming & creative tech into national skilling, this is a strong step forward. Excited to partner with govt & industry to scale talent, jobs & original IP. @sridharmuppidi @manishdiesel @shruti_verma #AVGC #Gaming #Skilling #CreatorEconomy

GDAI has submitted its Budget 2026–27 Our proposal focuses on integrating game development into existing government schemes to strengthen India’s game dev ecosystem. Key Ask: ₹1,150 crore over 4 years. Details here 👇 thehindubusinessline.com/news/game-deve… #GDAI #Budget2026 #GameDevIndia #DigitalIndia #Gamedev @MIB_India , @GoI_MeitY

Fortnite is available and working now on the Xbox PC store! This is Fortnite’s first appearance on PC outside of the Epic Games Store since its 2017 launch and the beginning of Fortnite Crew in Game Pass Ultimate.

Unity 🤝 Epic Games Epic and @Unity are working together to bring Unity games to Fortnite, and to bring Unity’s cross-platform commerce platform to Unreal Engine. Together with Unity, we’re working to advance the open, interoperable future of video games. Check out more of the details here: epic.gm/unity-epic-gam…

Get ready to build in a galaxy far, far away Star Wars is coming to UEFN. More to come soon.

Epic Games Store will take 0% on the first $1,000,000 of payments we process per game per year (vs 15% for Apple), and 12% after that (vs 30% for Apple). Next month, we launch EGS Webshops for out-of-app purchases, as an alternative to in-app purchases. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/new…

Big news! The Epic Games Store and other app stores are coming to the Google Play Store in 2025 in the USA - without Google's scare screens and Google's 30% app tax - thanks to victory in Epic v Google. theverge.com/policy/2024/10…

A better deal for developers 🤝 We just announced ‘Launch Everywhere with Epic’. Starting January 1, you can reduce your Unreal Engine royalties from 5% to 3.5% if you ship your game simultaneously on the Epic Games Store and other stores on PC and Android. Read all the details in our blog, following the stream! epic.gm/unreal-fest-se… #UnrealFest