Good times ahead for Blizzard fans here in India.
e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt Ltd, has announced its distribution agreement with premier game developer and publisher Blizzard Entertainment. This collaboration involves the distribution of several of Blizzard’s internationally renowned games—including Overwatch®, StarCraft® II, World of Warcraft®, and Diablo® III—throughout India.
During its storied history, Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the world’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard’s rich universes are home to millions of players around the world who engage in raging battles, embark on epic adventures, and accumulate a wealth of digital treasures and wondrous experiences with each other online daily.
“We’re pleased to be working with e-xpress Interactive to bring our games to India,” said Gio Hunt, executive vice president of corporate operations at Blizzard Entertainment. “We pour a lot of ourselves into the experiences we create, so it’s important to us to be able to share them with the widest possible audience. We’re excited that this collaboration directly supports that goal and helps us welcome more Indian players into the global Blizzard community.”
Commenting on the partnership, Amit Khemani, Managing Director of e-xpress Interactive software Pvt Ltd, said, “We are thrilled to be working with Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard’s reputation for creating quality games is widely known in India, and this announcement will bring great joy amongst the Indian gaming community. We highly admire Blizzard’s talent, passion and commitment to create such award-winning games, and we are committed to driving the success of their games in India.”
Gamers throughout India can start purchasing Blizzard titles in the coming weeks at retailers such as Games The Shop, Landmark, Croma, Flipkart, and Amazon. Here’s a nifty little chart showing the prices.
About e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt Ltd:
e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt Ltd, is the leading game software distributor in India since year 2000. It represents world leading game publishers, Square Enix, Warner Bros. Games, CD Projeckt, SEGA, TAKE2 Interactive, Capcom, 505 Games, Bethesda, Namco Bandai, Konami and Ubisoft for India. The company distributes game software for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft®, Hearthstone®, Overwatch®, the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises, and the multifranchise Heroes of the Storm®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes twenty-one #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
