ByteDance agrees to sell Moonton to Savvy Games for $6 billionByteDance has agreed to sell Moonton to Savvy Games Group for about $6 billion, shifting its focus to generative AI. The Beijing company wi...
20 Mar, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
Gaming club finds a 'win-win' business model with course to curb gaming addiction in children, and the fee might surprise youChina's esports scene faces a challenge. Gaming addiction is rising among young people. An esports club in Hebei offers courses to help chi...
26 Aug, 2025, 02.22 PM IST
New law likely to fuel shift from real-money gaming to esports, casual gamesThe Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, is expected to boost esports and casual gaming in India by providing regulatory cl...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
The era of digital competitionAs a nation brimming with raw talent, India can become a dominant force in the esports arena. Conquering the video gaming and esports space...
22 Sep, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
US video game developer Riot Games to debut international esports tournament in IndiaThe 'Convergence' event will be co-sponsored by Lenovo and Intel, and it will have a prize pool of $50,000 for the winners. The event would...
12 Dec, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
Online video game 'Fortnite' now an Olympic esportThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has added the popular online video game 'Fortnite' to the Olympic Esports Finals lineup. The inau...
06 May, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
From Fortnite to Street Fighter V, five lucrative e-sports games professional gamers swear byGaming — including e-sports — is a multi-billion-dollar industry, according to several research reports.
08 Jan, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
From Fortnite to Street Fighter V, five lucrative e-sports games, professional gamers swear byGaming, including e-sports is a multi-billion-dollar industry.
08 Jan, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea firm up plans to tap into emerging gaming and e-sports segmentAll three telcos said that gaming will form a core of their business strategy going forward as they look to drive average revenue per user ...
08 Aug, 2022, 08.45 AM IST
Big league beckons: Esporting in India fast approaches a turning pointIn February, INOX Leisure, India’s second largest multiplex chain that has presence in 71 cities, and the Esports Federation of India (ESFI...
02 Jul, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Tencent closes Twitch competitor Penguin Esports months after China banned a $6 billion gaming mergerTencent owned Penguin Esports shuts down its video game streaming platform just months after China banned a massive gaming merger that woul...
07 Apr, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
Battlegrounds Mobile India records 34 million players within a week of launchThe game is currently ranked number one among ‘top free games’ on Google Play Store.
12 Jul, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
eSports athlete Ankit Panth prefers having protein bar, banana before gameThe professional gamer prefers having a full meal before he starts playing and makes sure to eat his favourite meal after he is done.
22 May, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
PUBG-owner Krafton picks up minority stake in Nodwin Gaming for Rs 164 croreA subsidiary of Nazara Technologies, Nodwin is into creating esports tournaments and events, and has brought ESL and DreamHack to India.
09 Mar, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
Jio-Mediatek to launch esport event for gaming enthusiastsAccording to a white paper released by UK-based market research firm YouGov, India ranks among the top 10 gaming countries in the world wit...
29 Dec, 2020, 08.18 PM IST
India among top 10 gaming countries: StudyDespite low popularity of esports in India compared to countries such as the US and UK, the esports industry has a bright future in India, ...
29 Oct, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
Future is now for eSportThe Olympic Council of Asia says it will introduce esports to the official programme of the Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
20 Apr, 2017, 01.42 AM IST