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The PUBG Mobile tournament was part of Gamers8, a summer festival spotlighting Saudi Arabia's emergence as a global eSports dynamo -- one that officials hope can compete with powerhouses like China and So<br><br>The driver is understood to have been an accomplished off-road driver who knew the site 'like the back of his hand', with roll-bars fitted to the off-road vehicle said to have prevented an even greater tragedy.<br><br>Games developers, publishers and distributors were asked whether the deal would affect their bargaining power regarding the terms for selling console and PC games via Microsoft's Xbox and its cloud game streaming service Game Pass.<br><br>?<br><br>- "Saudi Arabia's reputation will always be a hindrance to the Western eSport community, despite attempts to improve it," said Jason Delestre of the University of Lille, who studies the geopolitics o<br><br>They asked if such exclusivity clauses would reinforce Microsoft's Windows operating system versus rivals, and whether the addition of Activision to its PC operating system, cloud computing services and game-related software tools gives it an advantage in the video gaming industry.<br><br>Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said earlier this month the takeover of the videogame publisher maker could hurt competition in gaming consoles, subscription services and cloud gaming if Microsoft refused to give competitors access to Activision's best-selling games.<br><br>mming. "One of the most amazing things for me is at our recent event, at Gamers8, the amount of young Saudi players who came up to me and said, 'We always loved watching these things, but we never thought we would have it here,'" he<br><br>Regulators also wanted to know if there would be sufficient alternative suppliers in the market following the deal and also in the event Microsoft decides to make Activision's games exclusively available on its Xbox, its Games Pass and its cloud game streaming services.<br><br>Korea. Much like with Formula One and professional golf, the world's biggest oil exporter has in recent years leveraged its immense wealth to assert itself on the eSports stage, hosting glitzy conferences and snapping up established tournament o<br><br>onth Wearing headphones and anti-sweat finger sleeves, gamers from eight countries guided gun-toting avatars through a battle royale in the Saudi capital, as cheering onlookers watched the action on a b<br><br>BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals' access to "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard's best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters.<br>
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In August 2019, tragedy struck her family when her father, John, fell off a ladder while trimming a neighbor's tree branches, paralyzing himself from the waist down. He was still in the hospital when he insisted that she still compete in her first senior national championships days later. 

MANILA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers, a justice ministry official said on Monday, part of a crackdown on the notoriously opaque online gaming industry.
The Pro Breeze Digital Air Fryer is not only more energy efficient and less costly to run than an oven, but it uses rapidly heated air to cook healthy low-fat versions of your favourite foods, using little to no oil, too.

On PC gaming platform Steam, Cult of the Lamb has seen hundreds of thousands of downloads, Ru-wiki.wealthofnations.uk and while Wilton can't reveal the exact figures due to Massive Monster's backing by UK-listed Devolver Digital, pre-sales numbers show the game has already recouped its investment costs.

The sector employs 201,000 Chinese and 111,000 Filipinos, according to Leechiu's data, which estimates POGOs deliver 190 billion pesos ($3.22 billion) to the economy each year, a boon to the property and retail sectors.

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it would launch an in-depth probe into Xbox maker Microsoft's $69-billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard after the tech giant failed to offer remedies to soothe competition concerns.

Real estate consultancy Leechiu Property Consultants estimates that a complete exit of the POGO industry would leave vacant 1.05 million square metres (259 acres) of office space - a third of the size of New York's Central Park - and 8.9 billion pesos ($151 million) in foregone annual rent.

The bestselling Bedsure Satin Pillow Cases provide a perfect slip to protect your skin against sleep lines as well as create less friction for your hair to glide over, reducing hair breakage and keeping it tangle-free. 

'And I'm like, "I'm just gonna be whoever I wanna be." I started realizing I love women and I'm gay, and it was big for me because I grew so much. Now I'm so open with my story and who I am as a person, my sexuality, for the purpose of hopefully helping other kids open up and be comfortable with who they are.'

'It was difficult. I came out when I came to college. I didn't really have relationships in high school at all. I wasn't really focused on that, didn't really know who I was as a person. I knew I was gay freshman year of high school, but I just didn't accept it until I could really be who I wanted to be, and that was in college, when I was out of my hometown in a much bigger place with people I didn't know,' she said. 

For years, the NCAA penalized college athletes for signing endorsement deals, selling autographs, or making paid appearances, among other violations, but the restrictions were lifted on June 30, 2021. 

Sunisa Lee, who hails from Minnesota, is the daughter of Laotian refugees who fled the country in the wake of the Vietnam War — and she became the first Hmong-American to represent the United States at the Olympics.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said earlier this month the takeover of the videogame publisher maker could hurt competition in gaming consoles, subscription services and cloud gaming if Microsoft refused to give competitors access to Activision's best-selling games.

We want to guarantee PlayStation gamers continue to have the highest quality gaming experience, and we appreciate the CMA´s focus on protecting gamers." (Reporting by Amna Karimi and Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru and Foo Yun Chee in Brussels; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi and Susan Fenton)

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With a saving of 41 per cent, this early Prime Day deal includes a full-featured 7" HD tablet, a kid-proof case in either red, blue or purple with parental controls, a two-year worry-free guarantee and one year of Amazon Kids+ including thousands of apps, games, books, videos and favourites such as CBeebies, Disney, Nick and more. 

Reuters previously reported that Microsoft would pay a $3 billion break-up fee if the deal falls through, according to a source familiar with the matter, suggesting the company was confident of winning antitrust approval.

Now on sale with a saving of 60 per cent, the voice-controlled smart speaker with Alexa can be added to any room in your home, and with a simple command, you can ask for music, news, weather updates and more.

After the NCAA's endorsement restrictions were lifted, she signed deals with Crocs, Native, and Doordash. She has a total of 3.3 million social media followers and was named Female Athlete of the Year at the inaugural NIL Summit. 

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