Loco streams at Comic Con in Mumbai.
Loco streams at Comic Con in Mumbai.
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Loco hits stride in game livestreaming as Indian market comes back

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Loco, an independent esports and live streaming platform, has become the largest game streaming platform in India. 

The Mumbai, India-based company did so by focusing on mobile games, which are more popular than console or PC games in India. And now it’s getting a surge in game viewership because two of the biggest games — Battlegrounds Mobile India and Free Fire — have returned to the market after a hiatus.

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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.