KRAFTON India has joined The Mobile Premiere 2026 as the official partner for the Indie Segment, backing a dedicated initiative focused on accelerating India’s rapidly growing indie game development ecosystem.
This endeavour is further to KRAFTON's Incubation Programme - KRAFTON India Gaming Incubator, which is a launchpad for emerging talent, supporting studios across the country through financial assistance, expert mentorship, and access to global platforms.
KRAFTON India’s partnership aims to support and recognize indie game studios registered and based in India. As The Mobile Premiere highlights upcoming titles from studios worldwide, this collaboration ensures promising local developers receive enhanced global visibility and industry recognition alongside well-known studios such as NetEase Games, OUTFIT7, FunPlus etc.
As part of this initiative, selected Indian studios will have the opportunity to showcase their games to a global audience. Every Indian indie title showcased at The Mobile Premiere will receive INR 1 Lakh in prize money through the KIGI Indie Excellence Honors.
The Mobile Premiere fills a long-standing industry gap by establishing a dedicated global stage tailored specifically for mobile games. While this is powered by GamingonPhone, the overall vision is guided by The Executive Foundry, an advisory board composed of global games industry veterans, including Anuj Sahani, Head of Gaming Incubator and Director of Publishing at KRAFTON India.
With KRAFTON India supporting the segment, The Mobile Premiere 2026 aims to put an even stronger spotlight on the country’s independent development talent and original IP.
“KRAFTON India’s support for the Indie segment is a great step towards giving homegrown studios more visibility. India’s indie developers have some incredible stories to tell, and with KRAFTON India joining The Mobile Premiere, they now have a bigger stage to share those stories with a wider global audience,” shared Tousif Hasan Biswas, the Founder and CEO of GamingonPhone.
More details on the selected studios, games, and what to expect from the Indian Indie segment will be revealed ahead of the event.
If you are an indie developer or publisher with a game registered and based in India, and would like to feature your game as part of the KIGI Indie Excellence Honors at The Mobile Premiere, you can register completely free of cost through our brief Studio Interest Form.
The Mobile Premiere 2026 will take place alongside the annual GamingonPhone Awards 2026 on October 28, 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand. If you are part of the games industry and want to attend the event, you can apply for a free pass here.
