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Technology Advancements Impacting Esports Gaming 

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Esports has taken the gaming world by storm in recent times. With lucrative tournaments and millions of fans globally, eSports gaming has become a flourishing sector that doesn’t show any signs of slowing down soon. According to Statista market forecasts, the eSports user base is expected to reach over 856 million by 2028.

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Riot winds down Wild Rift esports outside of Asia

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This week, Riot Games announced that it has canceled esports leagues for Wild Rift outside of Asia. According to the official press release , viewership for the mobile version of MOBA juggernaut League of Legends never reached expectations except in Asia, where, moving forward, Riot will focus its attention.

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Riot Games prepares to close its last data center as it completes global migration to AWS

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Starting in 2017, Riot Games made the decision to decommission its physical data centers and move entirely to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Since then, 14 data centers have been closed, with data centers in Las Vegas and Chile shutting down in the past month. We wanted to be much more agile.”

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2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

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Recent data has shown that 2023 has been among the best years in the gaming sector. This implies that players switch between mobile, PC, and console. Data indicates that 2023 has the highest highly rated (average score: 90+) games in the last two decades. As of 2022, the eSports market was about USD 1.38 Approximately 6.92

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New report shows game investment slowdown

Game Daily

The most active sectors by value were technology (24 percent), followed by mobile and esports (19 percent each), mobile cloud gaming (18 percent) and console / PC (15 percent). Other companies that attracted investment include esports production company Nodwin Gaming ($28 million), mobile MMO developer Madngine ($22.5

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Analysis • Saudi Arabia spends big on gaming with acquisition of Scopely

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Top image: Marvel Strike Force by Scopely This week Savvy Games Group , a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investments Fund, announced that it agreed to purchase Scopely , a privately held mobile game publisher, for $4.9 billion purchase of King Digital in 2015 and last year’s acquisition of Bungie for $3.6 billion by Sony.

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The Story of Oscar Esio and Africacomicade’s Community Impact

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This venture involved work in embedded systems, IoT projects, animations, and mobile app development. During his time at MEST, Esio adopted a data-driven approach, conducting thorough market research and learning from African peers. Despite initial success, Esio also ventured into agriculture, cultivating cucumbers and maize.

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