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Here's why Amish Tripathi’s playing games with us
Updated On: 29 June, 2025 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Debjani Paul
The author is part of a team — that includes Amitabh Bachchan and an international gaming veteran — to bring India’s first AAA video game set in ancient India. Also now, he feels, he is finally cool
Amish Tripathi’s The Age of Bharat is the country’s first AAA video game that’s set in ancient India. Pic/Atul Kamble
Amish Tripathi’s books are read by millions, his podcast and docuseries are watched by millions more yet, but it’s only now, with his latest project — The Age of Bharat, the country’s first AAA video game that’s set in ancient India — that he feels like he’s finally “cool”.
The recent release of the game’s trailer piques our interest; we had no idea Tripathi was interested in gaming, we exclaim when we meet him at his Lower Parel office. “I’ll be honest, I’m not a gamer,” he says sheepishly, “But my 16-year-old son Neel is an avid gamer. When [London-based] Tara Gaming asked me to collaborate on a new game they were making, the first high-end game set in India, Neel was the one who said ‘Dad, you’re cool now!’ And that was one of my main motivators for taking on the project.”
The game is being developed by the UK-based studio, Tara Gaming, with three co-founders; veteran game developer Nouredine Abboud, Tripathi and another surprise entrant in the gaming sphere: actor Amitabh Bachchan.
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