Alibaba Group’s 9Apps Partners with Gameloft to Distribute Top Games in India

9Apps, part of Alibaba Group and India’s most popular third-party Android app store, today announced its partnership with Gameloft, a leading digital and social game publisher to distribute its most popular games in India. Through this partnership Gameloft users will be able to enjoy its top games like Asphalt Nitro, Real Football 2016, Dragon Mania Legends, Danger Dash and many more on the 9Apps platform.

Commenting on the partnership, Ebrahim Popat, Country Manager, 9Apps, said, “We are glad that leaders in the gaming industry like Gameloft are choosing our platform to popularize their games. We are always on the lookout for partnerships that can add value to our users and, in turn, help companies reach out to our global user base of over 250 million monthly users and a strong India footprint.”

Talking about the association, Ashish Gupta, Country Manager-India, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, Gameloft, added, “We are elated to partner with 9Apps. This collaboration between two leaders will help the eco-system of the gaming industry to reach the masses, increase accessibility and provide superior gaming experience. Through 9Apps, high-quality titles will be more accessible to consumers & will enhance their overall gaming experience.”

9Apps is one of the most popular Android app marketplaces with more than 250 million monthly active users who generate over 800 million app distributions every month and 26 million app downloads every single day.

Gameloft’s presence in Indian Territory can be traced back to 10 years. With 140 million monthly active users and 5 billion impressions available, Gameloft recently started its mobile advertising solutions aimed at delivering immersive mobile gaming experience combined with engaging advertising content.

About 9Apps

9Apps is one of the most popular Android marketplaces globally with a huge user base as well as an abundant and varied app repository. 9Apps supports incremental updates to help users save traffic and increase the speed of product upgrades. Serving over 250 million monthly active users around the globe, 9Apps is available in 7 languages and covers China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, Vietnam, Middle East and other emerging markets. 9Apps is a major product of UCWeb - a business within Alibaba Group. Download 9Apps from 9apps.cc

About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of mobile games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms and with an audience of 140 million monthly users offers via Gameloft Advertising Solutions a unique level of visibility and involvement to advertisers. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 6,000 people worldwide. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

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