Gaming
Revenant Esports Signs Antaryami Gaming
Mumbai: Revenant Esports, one of Asia’s fastest-growing esports organizations, is thrilled to announce the signing of popular content creator, Antaryami Gaming. The creator, who commands more than 4 million subscribers on YouTube, is among India’s biggest names in the gaming space.
Born on 26 Jan 1996, Antaryami Gaming, whose real name is Rishabh Verma, has been creating content for more than four years primarily on the popular battle royale title, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). He has been one of the country’s most consistent content creators and is known for his engaging and humorous live streams, making the creator’s personality align perfectly with Revenant Esports, a fan-first esports organisation.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be joining Revenant Esports,” said Antaryami Gaming. “Being a part of a prominent org like Revenant will not only allow me to level up my content but also open new opportunities for me to engage with my fans at different esports events. I’m excited to build a strong gaming community with Revenant Esports. Together, we’ll reach new audiences and I look forward to bringing more collaborative content with other Revenant creators like Alpha Clasher, Emperor Plays and more.”
Revenant Esports, backed by Bollywood star Tiger Shroff, has now expanded its content creator lineup with Antaryami Gaming joining the likes of Bitty, Ayush Is Live, Emperor
Plays, and Alpha Clasher. Through these signings, the organization will be unlocking new ways to expand its reach to gamers while building new content IPs for fans.
Commenting on the new signing, Revenant Esports CEO & founder Rohit Jagasia said, “We are thrilled to welcome Antaryami Gaming to the Revenant Esports family. He isn’t just a content creator but also a gaming icon in India with an incredible following. At Revenant, we believe in investing in the biggest talent who share the same love and passion for gaming. This is just the beginning as we have a lot more exciting announcements on the way.”
In addition to his impressive four million YouTube subscribers, Antaryami Gaming also boasts a substantial following of over 500,000 on Instagram.
According to the India Games Market Report by Niko Partners, the country has 444.4 million gamers, which is expected to grow to more than 640 million by 2027. With strong esports teams and an impressive content creator lineup, Revenant Esports is leveraging this growth to build a strong gaming community.
Gaming
Dream Sports sees 100 plus exits after gaming ban forces overhaul
Company splits into eight units as real money gaming law hits revenue.
MUMBAI: For a company built on fantasy leagues, reality has suddenly rewritten the rulebook. More than 100 employees have exited Dream Sports, the parent of Dream11, after the company reorganised its operations following India’s ban on real money online gaming. The shake up came after the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 came into force in August 2025, prohibiting games where users deposit money expecting winnings. The regulation struck at the heart of the fantasy gaming industry and dramatically affected Dream Sports’ core business, wiping out about 95 percent of its revenue and all of its profits.
In response, the Mumbai based company shifted into what chief executive officer Harsh Jain described as “startup mode”, splitting its operations into eight independent business units in December.
Around 700 employees were reassigned across these newly formed ventures based on their experience and interests. However, roughly 15 percent opted to leave the company.
A spokesperson for Dream Sports said many of those who exited were experienced professionals accustomed to running scaled businesses rather than early stage ventures.
“Since some of these employees were experienced with running high scale businesses and not startups, around 15 percent chose to leave and join other scaled companies or start ventures of their own,” the spokesperson said.
Despite the departures, the company noted that the attrition rate is only slightly higher than its earlier level of around 10 percent before the ban. Dream Sports now has close to 950 employees and is not currently hiring, choosing instead to focus on stabilising its existing workforce.
The restructuring has transformed Dream Sports from a fantasy gaming company into a broader sports entertainment platform. The eight units now operate independently, each focusing on different segments of the sports and technology ecosystem.
These include Dream11, sports streaming platform Fancode, sports travel service DreamSetGo, mobile game Dream Cricket and artificial intelligence initiative Dream Sports AI, which includes sports analytics platform Dream Play.
Other ventures include fintech product Dream Money, open source initiative Dream Horizon and the philanthropic arm Dream Sports Foundation.
As part of cost saving efforts, Dream Sports also relocated its headquarters from Bandra Kurla Complex to Worli earlier this year. The new office, called Dream Sports Stadium, brings teams from its various brands together under one roof to improve collaboration and operational efficiency.
Jain had earlier said the company removed bonus lock in timelines for employees hired in recent years, allowing those who wished to leave to exit with pro rata payouts.
“We want people who are fully into the startup mode and willing to work for it, and we will share that reward if it comes,” he said.
Founded in 2008 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth, Dream Sports was last valued at 8 billion dollars after raising 840 million dollars in 2021 from investors including Falcon Edge Capital, DST Global, D1 Capital Partners, RedBird Capital Partners, Tiger Global Management, TPG and Footpath Ventures.
The new gaming law has forced several companies in the fantasy gaming sector to either shut down or pivot their business models, signalling a significant reset for one of India’s fastest growing digital entertainment industries.
