One of Youzu's games in China.
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China’s Youzu Interactive opens office in India as smartphone market expands

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Youzu Interactive has opened an office in Pune, India, as part of a global expansion. The move shows that India’s growing smartphone market represents an opportunity for game companies.

Shanghai-based Youzu appointed Anuj Tandon as CEO of the Indian subsidiary. India’s mobile game downloads are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 58 percent over the next five years, growing from 1.6 billion downloads in 2016 to 5.3 billion in 2020, according to India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).

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Dean Takahashi

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.