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Gaming’s uneven progress toward diverse female figures

As the audience for video games has become increasingly diverse over the past two decades, developers have worked intentionally to better represent a spectrum of women who don’t conform to 20th-century sexual stereotypes. Yet not everyone is on board.

19 October 2024, 08:09 IST

Gaming’s uneven progress toward diverse female figures

Gaming’s uneven progress toward diverse female figures

Gaming’s uneven progress toward diverse female figures

19 October 2024, 08:09 IST

How I built a social life through gaming

Last year, Dev Bamb, from Nagpur, ranked 4th in the world championships, making history as the first Indian to achieve such a rank.

05 October 2024, 02:55 IST

How I built a social life through gaming

How I built a social life through gaming

How I built a social life through gaming

05 October 2024, 02:55 IST

12 video games coming this fall

Venerated franchises are granting fan wishes — Assassin’s Creed is heading to Japan, and The Legend of Zelda is focusing on the series’ namesake — and several notable developers are debuting projects.

07 September 2024, 08:26 IST

12 video games coming this fall

12 video games coming this fall

12 video games coming this fall

07 September 2024, 08:26 IST

India lacks standardised age-rating framework for video games: AIGDF report

The amended IT Rules 2021 require applying measures to safeguard children, including classifying online games through age-rating mechanisms, but the rules are yet to be executed.

27 August 2024, 17:13 IST

India lacks standardised age-rating framework for video games: AIGDF report

India lacks standardised age-rating framework for video games: AIGDF report

India lacks standardised age-rating framework for video games: AIGDF report

27 August 2024, 17:13 IST

Tencent-backed video game 'Black Myth: Wukong' hits record player numbers on debut

'Black Myth: Wukong', based on the Chinese mythological figure and classic novel Journey to the West, topped Steam's most-played games chart with 1.4 million concurrent players hours after its release.

20 August 2024, 09:16 IST

Tencent-backed video game 'Black Myth: Wukong' hits record player numbers on debut

Tencent-backed video game 'Black Myth: Wukong' hits record player numbers on debut

Tencent-backed video game 'Black Myth: Wukong' hits record player numbers on debut

20 August 2024, 09:16 IST

Hollywood actors to go on strike against video game companies

Until the latest strike is resolved, members of the 160,000-person union will no longer 'act' in video games produced by Activision Blizzard, WB Games, Electronic Arts and seven other companies covered by an interactive-media agreement.

26 July 2024, 05:04 IST

Hollywood actors to go on strike against video game companies

Hollywood actors to go on strike against video game companies

Hollywood actors to go on strike against video game companies

26 July 2024, 05:04 IST

Inspired by Rajasthan landscape, couple develops Indian village-based game, set to release on Xbox: Report

Sen's husband Mridul worked on the game design and programming. Microsoft (Xbox), Netflix, and the SERB INAE grant supported the couple and helped their concept become reality as a game. The couple launched their game last month on Steam where it is priced at Rs 440

08 July 2024, 13:13 IST

Inspired by Rajasthan landscape, couple develops Indian village-based game, set to release on Xbox: Report

Inspired by Rajasthan landscape, couple develops Indian village-based game, set to release on Xbox: Report

Inspired by Rajasthan landscape, couple develops Indian village-based game, set to release on Xbox: Report

08 July 2024, 13:13 IST

Gaming | The future is pixelated, and yet bright

The shift towards accessibility and cross-platform experiences isn't just expanding the gaming community; it's reshuffling the deck of digital play and weaving gaming into the very fabric of our digital lives.

23 March 2024, 06:50 IST

Gaming | The future is pixelated, and yet bright

Gaming | The future is pixelated, and yet bright

Gaming | The future is pixelated, and yet bright

23 March 2024, 06:50 IST

China’s video game curbs send shivers through stocks worldwide

China’s gaming regulator on Friday published draft rules aimed at clamping down on practices that encourage players to spend more money or time in online games. A sweeping set of curbs on in-game rewards for frequent log-ins and purchases stoked fears of another industry crackdown in the world’s biggest mobile gaming arena.

22 December 2023, 17:14 IST

China’s video game curbs send shivers through stocks worldwide

China’s video game curbs send shivers through stocks worldwide

China’s video game curbs send shivers through stocks worldwide

22 December 2023, 17:14 IST

ByteDance to wind down Nuverse in full retreat from gaming

The Chinese technology firm has no plan to return to the $185 billion global video games market, said the people, who declined to be identified as the information is not public.

27 November 2023, 03:19 IST

ByteDance to wind down Nuverse in full retreat from gaming

ByteDance to wind down Nuverse in full retreat from gaming

ByteDance to wind down Nuverse in full retreat from gaming

27 November 2023, 03:19 IST