Reliance - ADAG Launches Gaming Portal

[Arun 795]

Zee News

Mumbai, November 2006

The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Saturday announced the launch of its online gaming portal and said it would invest 100 million dollars in the venture over the next three years to tap the entertainment sector.

The portal - Zapak.Com - presents India`s largest online gaming catalog. It currently has over 150 casual games and would offer more than double of these by the end of the year, a company press release said.

"Gaming is an important part of our entertainment strategy and we are investing USD 100 million in this venture over the next three years," Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment Limited, was quoted as saying.

"India as a market offers tremendous potential. The gaming market is expected to grow to USD 200 million by 2010," he said.

Zapak.Com offers games across various genres like action, racing, puzzles, strategy and sports in the single player category. Most of these games would be exclusive in India to Zapak.Com. The portal offers some of the top international titles in single player and multiplayer free-to-play format.

The company also announced its association with actor Salman Khan for creating a zone with him on the portal.

The company`s chief technology officer, Sudipto Majumdar, said it has set up operations on 100 servers and can support up to six million users. "We intend to increase this number to 1,000 servers in the next three years," he said.

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nice site .. but really addictive

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Really its a goodone.

[abhay 0]

Reliance launches stock mkt gaming

Leading telecom service provider Reliance Communication has launched its new gaming tool 'Stock Mania' with an aim to develop the stock market skills of its subscribers at Rs 3 for each session.

On downloading this application the user is provided with a virtual fund of Rs 10 lakh as part of the registration with which he can start trading in stocks and also monitor his portfolio on a real-time basis, without having any financial investments or implications, a release said.

"Stock Mania would provide the mobile customers with the opportunity to experience a simulation of real-time trading with shares listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and managing their 'virtual stock portfolio'," Reliance Communication Application and Solutions President Mahesh Prasad said.

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3 RS / session lol i wouldn't play it for free

Edited November 29, 2006 by abhay

[abhay 0]

Reliance ADAG plans to open 600 gaming cafes in 3 years

Anil Ambani-owned Reliance ADA group will open over 600 gaming cafes across the country in the next 2 to 3 years and target about 50 million subscribers by 2010. For this, the company plans to invest Rs 450 crore in the next three years.

Rohit Sharma, CEO of Zapak Digital Entertainment, a Reliance group venture, said, “Over 600 gaming cafes with seat capacity ranging from 10 to 50 seats will be opened in the next 2 to 3 years. The cafes will be opened in about 10 to 15 cities.”

He said this on the sidelines of the launch of Zapak’s new full-feature, multi-player cricketing online game. Cricket stars Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu launched the game.

Worldwide, the gaming industry is worth $55 billion, even bigger than the Hollywood. However, in India, the industry is at its nascent stage and the market size is very small, he added.

To start with, Reliance will open 10 signature Gaming Cafes in the next 3 to 4 months and target 10 million subscribers by 2007. Rajesh Sawhney, president, Reliance Entertainment, said the total seat capacity of the Gaming Cafes will increase substantially by 2010.

“We are not looking at revenues, but adding subscriber base. We already have 30,000 subscribers in the first 20 days of the launch of this cricket game,” Rohit added. Currently, Zapak has around 150 games and plans to add another 150 games in the next few months.

The cricket games allow users to play with anyone across the world and gives facilities to try all types of strokes, bowling styles, innnovate shots and arrange field settings among others.

Zapak has tied up with three international gaming companies. They are also planning to start an online cricket World Cup in time for the cricket World Cup next year.

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