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iQoo Z9x Review: Budget 5G Redefined?
iQoo’s Z9x budget 5G contender seems to check all the necessary boxes for a capable 5G smartphone. It offers a capable processor, decent cameras and a large battery with fast charging support. iQoo even offers an IP64 rated design, which has proper protection against dust. But a quick glance at the competition and this image starts to fade away r...
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2K Revives Top Spin Tennis Series With TopSpin 2K25, Will Launch Soon
Top Spin, the beloved tennis video game franchise that has not seen a release in over a decade, is getting a revival. Publisher 2K revealed Tuesday that TopSpin 2K25 will arrive soon, pairing the announcement with a teaser trailer.
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US Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple, Epic Games Over App Store Antitrust Ruling
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.
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E3 Is Officially Dead After a Series of Failed Attempts at Reinvention
E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...
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Elon Musk Criticised At Video Game Competition: "Bring Back Twitter"
After taking over the company last year, Elon Musk has rolled out several changes, including Twitter Blue and rebranding as X.
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Gran Turismo Takes a Meta Turn on Hollywood’s Newfound Video Game Adaptation Craze
When director Neill Blomkamp got a call to direct a movie based on a racing simulator, he was understandably confused since it has no main characters that would lend to a Hollywood adaptation. Gran Turismo instead bases itself on a 2008 marketing stunt, where Sony and Nissan launched a competition in which top Gran Turismo video gamers could test t...
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Epic Games Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Ruling Against Apple’s App Store Payment Practices to Take Effect
Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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EU Backs Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Blizzard
The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator put the deal at risk by blocking it.
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EU Backs Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Takeover
The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator blocked the deal, putting it at risk.
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Microsoft to Defend $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal in Antitrust Lawsuit Filed by Gamers in US Court
Microsoft on Friday will defend its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,671 crore) planned acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, in a private antitrust lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by video gamers who claim the deal will harm industry competition and should be stopped.
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India's Esports Industry Gets A Boost After Government Recognition
Esports refers to competitive and organised video game events. The industry had been campaiging that esports is a competitive sport where athletes use their mental and physical abilities.
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Government Gives Official Recognition To Esports
The Industry has maintained that Esports (Electronic sports) is a competitive sport where esports athletes use their physical and mental abilities to compete in certain genres of video games in a virtual, electronic environment.
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Microsoft Sued by Video Gamers Claiming Its Activision Takeover Deal Will Stifle Competition
Microsoft on Tuesday was sued by video gamers in the US seeking to stop the company's takeover of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,71,200 crore). The lawsuit claims that the bid to acquire the Call of Duty maker would negatively impact competition, and comes two weeks after the US FTC filed a case with an administrative law judge ...
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Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
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iQoo Z9x Review: Budget 5G Redefined?
iQoo’s Z9x budget 5G contender seems to check all the necessary boxes for a capable 5G smartphone. It offers a capable processor, decent cameras and a large battery with fast charging support. iQoo even offers an IP64 rated design, which has proper protection against dust. But a quick glance at the competition and this image starts to fade away r...
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2K Revives Top Spin Tennis Series With TopSpin 2K25, Will Launch Soon
Top Spin, the beloved tennis video game franchise that has not seen a release in over a decade, is getting a revival. Publisher 2K revealed Tuesday that TopSpin 2K25 will arrive soon, pairing the announcement with a teaser trailer.
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US Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple, Epic Games Over App Store Antitrust Ruling
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.
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E3 Is Officially Dead After a Series of Failed Attempts at Reinvention
E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...
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Elon Musk Criticised At Video Game Competition: "Bring Back Twitter"
After taking over the company last year, Elon Musk has rolled out several changes, including Twitter Blue and rebranding as X.
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Gran Turismo Takes a Meta Turn on Hollywood’s Newfound Video Game Adaptation Craze
When director Neill Blomkamp got a call to direct a movie based on a racing simulator, he was understandably confused since it has no main characters that would lend to a Hollywood adaptation. Gran Turismo instead bases itself on a 2008 marketing stunt, where Sony and Nissan launched a competition in which top Gran Turismo video gamers could test t...
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Epic Games Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Ruling Against Apple’s App Store Payment Practices to Take Effect
Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," filed a request asking the nation's highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US ...
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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EU Backs Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Blizzard
The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator put the deal at risk by blocking it.
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EU Backs Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Takeover
The EU on Monday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard, just weeks after the British competition regulator blocked the deal, putting it at risk.
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Microsoft to Defend $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal in Antitrust Lawsuit Filed by Gamers in US Court
Microsoft on Friday will defend its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,671 crore) planned acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, in a private antitrust lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by video gamers who claim the deal will harm industry competition and should be stopped.
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India's Esports Industry Gets A Boost After Government Recognition
Esports refers to competitive and organised video game events. The industry had been campaiging that esports is a competitive sport where athletes use their mental and physical abilities.
-
Government Gives Official Recognition To Esports
The Industry has maintained that Esports (Electronic sports) is a competitive sport where esports athletes use their physical and mental abilities to compete in certain genres of video games in a virtual, electronic environment.
-
Microsoft Sued by Video Gamers Claiming Its Activision Takeover Deal Will Stifle Competition
Microsoft on Tuesday was sued by video gamers in the US seeking to stop the company's takeover of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,71,200 crore). The lawsuit claims that the bid to acquire the Call of Duty maker would negatively impact competition, and comes two weeks after the US FTC filed a case with an administrative law judge ...
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Microsoft Faces Full EU Antitrust Investigation Into $69 Billion Bid to Acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft will face a full EU probe into the publisher's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,62,500 crore) bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, after regulators warned about the deal's impact on competition on the markets for the distribution of console and PC video games. Meanwhile, Microsoft has stated that it would work with the EU antitrust watchdog to ...
