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Ludo: A Journey from Ancient Roots to Modern Digital Play

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Saudi Arabia scales back on NEOM plans to prioritise sports as costs rise

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development projects through the kingdom's PIF sovereign wealth fund

Games of skill vs Games of chance: Framework looks to clarify difference

Will be sent to Meity for feedback to be added to 2nd draft

Gaming unicorn Games24x7 looks to branch out as technology platform

The program will provide mentorship, masterclasses, networking, and funding opportunities, along with credits worth $500,000 from over 30 technology partners

Advantage India: Quality ecosystem boosts chess, identifies future talent

Success breeds popularity, which, in turn, breeds more success

Games24x7 looks to keep users engaged despite heavy GST on online gaming

The gaming unicorn is investing in product enhancements to boost user engagement, and is looking to cross-monetize its offerings

Multiplayer game Fortnite returns on iPhones in EU, globally on Android

Fortnite, created by Epic, a US-based studio, and backed by China's Tencent, the world's largest game studio, launched in 2017 & its last-player-standing, "battle royale" format became an instant hit

Paris Games reboots Olympic brand, raising bar for Los Angeles in 2028

Broadcasters and sponsors enjoyed more viewers and searches during this edition of the Games. LA 2028 CEO said France did a 'spectacular job'

YouTube Playables: How to play games on Google's video streaming platform

Google is offering over 75 games under the Playables section within the YouTube app. The game section, however, is available in selected markets for now and could expanded to more countries soon

Rajkot fire tragedy: Police arrests one more partner of TRP game zone

The Gujarat police have arrested one more partner of the Rajkot-based TRP game zone where a devastating fire last week killed 27 persons, an official said on Tuesday. Dhaval Thakkar, the proprietor of Dhaval Corporation, which ran the TRP game zone along with five partners of Raceway Enterprises, was arrested from Abu Road in neighbouring Rajasthan, Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Akshayraj Makwana said. With this, four persons have so far been arrested in connection with the fire incident at the game zone on Saturday. "Thakkar was arrested from Abu Road in a joint operation carried out by the Rajkot and Banaskantha police last night," Makwana said. The police had earlier arrested Yuvrajsinh Solanki and Rahul Rathod, partners in the Raceway Enterprises, and game zone manager Nitin Jain. They were on Monday sent to 14-day police custody by a court in Rajkot. The police have registered an FIR against six persons - Thakkar, Solanki, Rathod, and Raceway Enterprises partners Ashok

Nazara games subsidiary to acquire Ultimate Teen Patti IP from Games24x7

Gaming company Nazara Technologies will acquire intellectual property rights pertaining to Ultimate Teen Patti from Games24x7 for Rs 10 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. Launched in 2015, Ultimate Teen Patti (UTP) is a free casual card game for entertainment purposes only and does not offer any real money to the players. "Next Wave Multimedia Private Limited, a subsidiary of the company, at their meeting held today i.e. on April 04, 2024, has approved the acquisition of all the Intellectual Property rights pertaining to the 'UTP - Ultimate Teen Patti' casual freemium card game software and associated trademarks," the filing said. The acquisition will be done by by way of assignment from U Games Private Limited, the subsidiary of Play Games24x7 Private Limited for an aggregate consideration of Rs 10 crore inclusive of applicable taxes, the filing said. Out of the total aggregate consideration of Rs 10 crore inclusive of applicable taxes, if any, as per the IP assignme

Growing roses in concrete

Can people build on skills that are not immediately apparent? Wharton School professor Adam Grant weighs in on the nature vs nurture debate in his book, providing some definitive answers

Games24x7's Bhavin Pandya hopes 2024 will be a promising year for industry

Bhavin Pandya hopes this year will offer clarity around regulations on which games are allowed and which aren't

Australia unlikely to host 2026 Commonwealth Games as Gold Coast withdraws

Australia is unlikely to be able to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games and sports officials have called on the international federation to consider bids from other countries. Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips made the comments Monday after Gold Coast confirmed it had scrapped its plans to pick up the games after Victoria state withdrew as host in July. Phillips said while Australia hasn't entirely given up on hosting, the Commonwealth Games Federation should seriously consider other offers. We have indicated to (the CGF)... they would have our support in doing that, Phillips told the Australian Associated Press. It's our preference to host here and we will keep going while we think we have got options to explore. But if they have a better option, then they should seriously consider it. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate announced Sunday that the city had scrapped its bid to host the Games after failing to secure support from state or federal governments. Gold Coast,

World Cup Final: Restaurants, cinemas ready for the giant screen party

Expecting a surge in revenues and full houses when Men in Blue take on Australia in the cricket World Cup final

PM to declare open 3rd edition of Khelo India University Games on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare open the third edition of Khelo India University Games on Thursday via video conferencing, his office said. This year, the Khelo India University Games will be held from 25th May to 3rd June in Uttar Pradesh, a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. Over 4,750 athletes from more than 200 universities will be competing in 21 sports. The competitions will be organised in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Gautam Buddha Nagar. Prime Minister Modi will declare open the Khelo India University Games on May 25 at 7 PM via video conferencing, the PMO said, noting that he has laid enormous focus on developing a culture of sports in the country and encouraging youth to take up sports. Various schemes have been launched by the government to support budding sportsmen and efforts have been put in to strengthen the sports ecosystem in the country, it said and added that the organisation of Khelo India University Games is another step i

Govt notifies gaming rules to prohibit online wagering and betting

The final version of the rules has provided a three-month window for the body to complete the inquiry on whether a game should be permissible or not

Netflix to bring 40 more games this year, 70 titles in development

"That's in addition to the 16 games currently being developed by our in-house game studios," the company said in a statement

Developer creates tool that emulates old iPhone games on computer

A developer has created a tool that can emulate old iPhone games on a computer

'Call of Duty: Warzone' coming to iOS devices soon, users can pre-order

'Call of Duty: Warzone' will soon be available for iPhone and iPad users as the hit battle royale shooter game developed by Activision Blizzard is coming to iOS soon.