Telecom operator MTS launched a video gaming platform called GameGod on Friday that promises to eliminate latency in online, multiplayer gaming in India.Currently, gamers in India have to opt for servers in Singapore or Dubai, or are automatically connected to them, and that means data has to travel through multiple hubs in between. This can produce latency that can put you at a disadvantage over your competition sitting in, say, England or Mexico — by the time you raise your gun to shoot, the other guy has already shot you.
GameGod is a local server, in MTS's data centre in Noida, that will allow data to avoid multiple hubs. Two internationally successful games that are very popular in India — Dota 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive — now come with the option to use the MTS server.
"Over 10 million people in India play games like Dota 2 and Counter Strike. So we will grow this platform, bring in more games and game publishers into it," Leonid Musatov, chief marketing officer of MTS India, said at the launch in Cebit Plugged In expo in Bengaluru. Use of GameGod will require an MTS subscription.
Gamers welcomed the move. Kapil Bajaj, a student of Asian Institute of Gaming and Animation, said in Battlefield, one of the games he plays the most, he users either the Singapore or South Korea server. "The Korean one has the least lag. It's good that a server is finally coming to India," he said.
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