India’s Largest Game Art & Animation Services company, Lakshya Digital witnessed 15-20% surge in new businesses in the last few months; plans to increase hiring by close to 15% over next one year Gaming sector.
New Delhi, May 26, 2020: Lakshya Digital, India’s leading Game Art Services company has announced that it will be hiring 12-15% more employees over next one year amidst COVID 19, as compared to earlier years. This increase in hiring is due to new business in last couple of months. At present the Lakshya Digital has a team of about 500 people and plans to hire 50-70 more people over next one year.
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Founded in 2004, Lakshya Digital is a pioneer in the Game Art outsourcing business. They have been developing game art for some of the biggest game titles globally in their studios in Gurugram, Pune,Seattle (USA) and Tokyo (Japan). Lakshya’s client list includes Disney, Microsoft, Sony, Warner Brothers, Square Enix, From Software, Bandai Namcoamong others.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has jeopardized most sectors and businesses across the world. However, the video game industry is proving to be incredibly resilient. People have turned to video games during this crisis and the demand for content has been increasing like neverbefore. India was already on its way to becoming a major hub for Game Art Outsourcing and COVID 19 has proven to be a catalyst asmany major International Game Developers and Publishers are looking at working with Indian companies more and more.
Manvendra Shukul, CEO Lakshya Digital, said “Lakshya Digital has gained new businessdue to itsseamless migration to WFH [Work-From-Home] production environment, leading to an increase in client confidence in Lakshya’s ability to deliver on commitment despite difficult circumstances. This demand has created new opportunities for careers in the gaming sector and we are expecting to add about 12-15% new hires currently to meet this demand”
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Currently Lakshya Digital is hiring employees for different roles and positions across Gurgaon and Pune offices in India such as Project Managers, Animators, 3D Artists etc. Candidates must have skills and knowledge depending on the role they are hired for, for example, Modeling, Texturing, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Max or Maya. The selection process is rigorous and includes portfolio presentation and technical tests, apart from HR & Management interviews.
Online gaming, as a segment, is estimated to be $1.1billion opportunity by 2021, according to Google-KPMG.China and India have been leading the Game art creation industry for over a decade now. However, India is poised to become one of the world’s leading markets in the gaming sector. A KPMG report points out that the number of game development companies in India increased from 25 in 2010 to 275 in 2019. The global gaming industry is forecast to grow to $180 billion by 2022-23
About Lakshya Digital
Lakshya has been a pioneer in the Game Art outsourcing business since its inception in 2004. In 2014, Lakshya got acquired by Keywords, The largest Game Development Service provider in the world. With a team size of 500 + people, Lakshya has grown into India’s number one provider of game art and animation services to the global games industry, and amongst the top 5 globally. Apart from studios in Gurgaon and Pune, Lakshya also has teams in Seattle (USA) and Tokyo (Japan),and is exploring options of opening studios in other parts of India– with the aim of becoming the number one provider of the Games Art services globally. Lakshya Digital has worked with some of the biggest game developers and publishers in the world. Art &Animationfor some of the biggest game titles globally has been created right here in Lakshya’s studios in Gurgaon and Pune. Some of the recent titles that Lakshya has worked on include Shenmue III from YS Net Inc, Kingdom Hearts 3 from Square Enix, WWE 2K20 from Visual Concepts, Dauntless from Phoneix Labs, Sea of Thieves from Rare Studios, State of Decay 2 from Undead Labs, Just Cause III from Avalanche Studios.
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