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People’s Choice Award for Indiagames’ Bruce Lee Dragon game
MUMBAI: Indiagames‘ Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior was awarded the People‘s Choice Award at the prestigious International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), held last week at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
The game is developed by Indiagames and Barcelona based Digital Legends for the iPhone and iPod touch and licensed through Universal Partnerships & Licensing.
A masterpiece of the 3D martial arts genre, the game is developed using motion-capture technology and features players fighting in historical locations around the world in an attempt to become the Master of Martial Arts.
Commented Indiagames Ltd CEO Vishal Gondal, “We are extremely honoured with this award and recognition and given the increasing popularity of the iPhone medium for gaming, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior is definitely a game to look out for in the coming months and the IMGA award has given us an additional boost.
“With Digital Legends as the co-developer and co-publisher, we believe that a game based on an international legend like Bruce Lee will appeal to millions of gamers worldwide. Indiagames is constantly expanding its presence on the iPhone platform and will continue developing quality games within the mobile gaming space.”
In Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior, the gameplay and controls are designed for casual as well as skilled gamers, and filled with high quality graphics, easy manoeuvrability and lively animation. The game art is developed through Indiagames with Digital Legends working on the programming art. It will be the first game to bear Bruce Lee‘s name and likeness in the iTunes App Store.
“We are very happy to have contributed with our expertise in fighting games and seven years of experience in 3D games development for smartphones teaming up with Indiagames as a co-publisher and co-developer for Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior.
“We are very honoured to win IMGA People‘s Choice ward in two consecutive years (Digital Legends won last year with iPhone game “KROLL”). This is the best reward to all the efforts, passion and dedication of Indiagames and Digital Legends teams for this title”, averred Digital Legends Entertainment CEO Xavier Carrillo Costa.
The game will be available on the iTunes App Store worldwide in spring.
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Inshorts Group chief Deepit Purkayastha joins IAB video council for Southeast Asia and India
The co-founder and chief executive of the short-form content platform has been inducted into the IAB SEA+India Video Council, giving India a stronger voice in shaping digital video frameworks
NOIDA: India has long been the world’s most chaotic, multilingual and mobile-first digital market. Now, one of its most prominent short-video executives is getting a seat at the table where the rules are written.
Deepit Purkayastha, co-founder and chief executive of Inshorts Group, has been selected as a member of the IAB SEA+India Video Council for 2026. Run by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the council brings together senior leaders from Southeast Asia and India to shape standards, best practices and measurement frameworks for the fast-evolving video and digital advertising ecosystem.
The timing is pointed. According to the IAMAI-Kantar Internet in India Report 2025, over 588 million Indians are now consuming short-video content, with growth increasingly driven by rural and non-metro audiences. India’s active internet user base has crossed 950 million, with 57 per cent of users now coming from rural markets. Yet the frameworks that govern how video consumption is measured and monetised were largely designed for single-language, Western markets and have struggled to keep pace with the scale, diversity and complexity of India’s digital landscape.
Purkayastha is no stranger to these debates. He already serves on the AI Council at Marketing and Media Alliance India and as co-chair of the Digital Entertainment Committee at the Internet and Mobile Association of India. His induction into the IAB SEA+India Video Council extends that influence into the global video standards arena.
Inshorts Group sits squarely at the intersection of these forces. Its flagship product, Inshorts, India’s highest-rated short news app, reaches 12 million active users with 60-word news summaries. Its sister platform, Public App, reaches 80 million monthly active users across more than 700 districts and 12 languages, serving communities that most global platforms barely register.
Purkayastha said the opportunity was about building something more representative. “India today sits at the centre of the global video ecosystem, but the frameworks that define how value is created and measured have not always kept pace with the realities of our market,” he said. “Being part of the IAB SEA+India Video Council is an opportunity to contribute to a more representative and future-ready approach, one that accounts for diversity in language, context, and user intent.”
As a council member, Purkayastha will contribute to shaping regional standards across video advertising, measurement and platform governance, with a focus on frameworks that are native to India’s multilingual, mobile-first ecosystem rather than imported from global benchmarks designed elsewhere.
For years, India has been content to play by rules written for other markets. Purkayastha’s induction is a signal that it is done waiting to be consulted and ready to start writing them.
