Vodafone-Idea has announced the launch of the new services on Monday. The telecom operator has launched Vi Games in partnership with Nazara Technologies, which is a gaming company. Under this newly launched gaming service, Vodofone-Idea users are allowed to access 1,200 mobile games within the company application.
This section is listed on the Games tab in the app, which is next to the Home and Live TV applications. In fact, the company claims that Vi Games on the app will provide an immersive gaming experience to Android and HTML5-based mobile games in 10 genres, including arcade, casual, fun, puzzle, racing, strategy, sports, and more.
The telecom giant also said that casual gaming content can hold social gaming along with esports events in the coming months. Also, the company said that Vi Games will be available in three categories, including Platinum Games, Gold Games, and Free Games.
“We are seeing a significant uptake of gaming consumption in India with more than 95% of gaming enthusiasts using the mobile device to enjoy a wide variety of content. Deeper penetration of smartphones and 4G availability has led to meteoric growth and adoption of gaming content making it a popular choice for fun and entertainment,” said Avneesh Khosla, Chief Marketing Officer at Vodafone Idea.
Vi (Vodafone-Idea) Gaming Plan: Details
Vodafone-Idea has launched three plans for its customers, i.e. Platinum, Free titles, and Gold. The Gold category will be providing the largest library, where postpaid users will get access to 30 games for Rs. 50 and prepaid users will have to pay Rs. 56.
In addition, postpaid users that are using Rs. 499 will get five gamers per month. Besides, all games in this tier will also have access to download and play games for one month. Furthermore, the Platinum Games category users will have to pay on a downloading basis that is priced at Rs. 25 and Rs. 26 for postpaid and prepaid users. Additionally, the company is providing 250 free titles on its app or platform.
“Gaming is not only the future of entertainment in India but already a key mode of entertainment for hundreds of millions of Indians playing games on their mobile phones every day. Nazara is delighted to work with Vi to bring our entire portfolio of gaming content, esports and interactive entertainment to their larger user base” said Nitish Mittersain, Founder at Nazara Technologies.
