Akshat Rathee of NodwinGaming and Deepak Dhar of Banijay Asia have teamed up.

Banijay Asia and Nodwin Gaming form strategic partnership for esports, games and youth entertainment in India

Banijay Asia and Nodwin Gaming, a division of Nazara Technologies, announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize esports, gaming and youth entertainment in India.

This collaboration marks a significant step in blending cutting-edge content with the booming gaming and youth culture ecosystem. As part of this alliance, Banijay Asia will take the helm in producing Playground, Nodwin Gaming’s flagship gaming reality show that has redefined the intersection of gaming, entertainment, and influencer culture in the region.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.