For decades, Indian gamers have fought dragons in Skyrim, battled aliens in Halo, and raced through Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto, but never ventured through the landscapes of their own epics in a global, high-budget video game. That may soon change.

Tara Gaming, a studio co-founded by author Amish Tripathi and Nouredine Abboud (formerly of Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon franchise), is attempting what no Indian studio has before: creating a AAA title, the gaming world’s equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster, rooted in India’s ancient epics.

The game, titled Age of Bhaarat , promises to reimagine the era of the Ramayana for a worldwide audience. The studio also recently onboarded Amitabh Bachchan as a co-founder and investor.

The birth of a bold idea

Nicolas Granatino, who is the executi

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