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Video games make people less lonely, says new UK study

Researchers found that open-world games allowed participants to experience challenges and uncertainty and gave them opportunities to develop courage, patience, and self-reliance.

Who is Xbox’s Indian-origin CEO Asha Sharma?

Given her AI and non-gaming background, many questioned if Asha Sharma was the right fit to lead Xbox. Soon after her appointment, she also faced trolling over her ethnicity.

New online gaming rules give watchdog more teeth, steer clear from guard rails on promotion

A game now only faces classification if authority targets it on its own, if the provider wants to offer it as an e-sport, or if the centre specifically flags a category. 

Skilling push for Orange Economy in Budget 2026-27, Karnataka to gain with 20% share in AVGC-XR

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed setting up AVGC Content Creator Labs in 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges across India.

Budget’s ‘Orange Economy’ push. Why govt is backing animation, gaming, VFX, comics

FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the govt would support setting up labs for animation, visual effects, gaming, and comics in schools and colleges. ‘Will shape India’s creative economy.’

Indian video games finally bring mythology into storyline. Taking it to AAA level

Indian developers are quitting their jobs at established studios like EA and Tencent, and even consulting roles at EY, to be a part of the independent gaming revolution.

In video games industry too, women paid 24% less than men, survey shows

While two-thirds of men with at least six years of experience received an annual salary of at least $125,000, just 38% of women and non-binary people did, the survey shows.

Game over for online gaming? How courts, state laws dealt with long-running ‘skill vs chance’ debate

Before the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka brought laws to regulate online gaming.

A Gamified Initiative that Deepens Fan Engagement in Premier League T20

By introducing a gamified approach to cricket fandom, The Game of Decisions reflects a broader shift in how sports organisations are enhancing audience participation.

Indian gaming is a boys’ club. Women gamers are turning to Twitch & YouTube

Women gamers like Shagufta Iqbal, Saloni Pawar, and Payal Dhare are building a strong presence on streaming platforms. But women are still shut out of competitive gaming.

On Camera

The problem with Dior’s animated ad isn’t AI. It’s the absence of transparency

Christian Dior’s ‘Night in Color’ campaign was supposedly ‘all hand-drawn using techniques that go back to the 1940s’. Viewers soon began flagging extra fingers and blurry tree stars.

Gulf oil supplies recover, as global market set to return to surplus in Q4, says IEA’s latest oil report

Global inventories rise for first time since June as Gulf exports increase, five major producers in Americas to add 1.6 million barrels per day to global supply this year.

EXCLUSIVE: First Tejas Mk1A likely to be handed over to IAF in January ahead of Aero India 2027

IAF & HAL are working towards delivery target with strengthened collaboration. Development follows new air chief calling indigenous jets & weapons the ‘highest priority’.

Naidu’s Amaravati is an audacious tutorial for modern India, example for other chief ministers

Chandrababu Naidu’s commitment is underlined by the fact that he never abandoned the idea of Amaravati. He promised to revive it and is now building it at warp speed.