Score Magazine India (First Dedicated Indian Gaming Monthly)
Score Magazine India, launched in July 2008 in New Delhi by technology publishing titan CyberMedia, was the historic first national standalone monthly print video game periodical in India. In an era when Indian gaming discourse was relegated to the back pages of general computing magazines like *Digit* and *Chip*, Score elevated PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 gaming with glossy color production, rigorous hardware benchmarking, and pioneering coverage of emergent Indian game development.
Founding by CyberMedia in New Delhi
Recognizing the explosive demographic growth of urban youth and cybercafes across India, CyberMedia launched *Score* in July 2008. Dedicated 100% to interactive digital entertainment, it delivered international review standards to Indian gamers.
Pioneering Indian Esports and Hardware Lab
*Score* was the first Indian periodical to rigorously cover competitive local LAN tournaments for *Counter-Strike* and *Dota*. It established an independent testing lab for high-end graphic cards and gaming laptops, steering consumers toward modern 3D gaming.
Cultivating Domestic Indian Studios
Significantly, the magazine reserved recurring editorial sections to spotlight domestic developers, tracking early prototypes that would eventually give rise to studios like Nodding Heads Games and nCORE. It remains a watershed chapter in Indian computing press history.