Career In Gaming Industry
The gaming industry has been growing at a rapid pace for the past few years. The gaming sector is also growing rapidly in India. India was the world leader in game downloads with 15.4 billion as of last year.
It is expected that the income of the domestic gaming sector companies will increase more in the future. Currently there are 1,400 gaming companies and 500 gaming studios in India.
Especially Hyderabad stands as a gaming hub. Many gaming startup companies have already scaled up in the city. Once gaming was just a pastime, now it is running at a z-speed in the professional and skill field. The gaming industry is likely to grow further with mobile gamers. Reports indicate that the gaming sector could generate over 2,50,000 jobs by 2025. This number is likely to double in the future.
Mobile gaming will continue to grow at the same rate as mobile devices become more prominent. Many popular games allow users to create their own content. Many are designing video games with Indian themes, stories and characters.
Lots of job opportunities…
There are many employment opportunities from video games. E-Sports has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry in recent times. Along with salaries, professional players also get sponsorship opportunities. There are lakhs of direct and indirect job opportunities in the gaming industry. ‘Gaming: Tomorrow’s Blockbuster. Many jobs in the fields of Programming (Game Developers, Unity Developers), Testing (Games Test Engineering, Quality and Assurance), Animation, Design (Motion Graphic Designers, Virtual Reality Designers), Artists (VFX and Concept Artists), Content Writing, Gaming Journalism etc. There are opportunities.