On April 16, a Varanasi-based Dalimss Sunbeam Group of Schools in U.P. introduced e sports as part of their extra-curriculum. Shikhar Yadav started playing e-sports at six and turned a professional at 15. E-sports lacked recognition in India before the launch of Player Unknown’s Battleground (PUBG). The game was launched in India in 2017.The prize […]
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“The ban stopped revenue generation for the players. We had nothing to do except wait for the game to come back. PUBG was the key for growth of industry, but things got better after the game came back.”
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The numbers of patients taking treatment for gaming addiction are increasing in the city. By Abhinav Kumar SHUT (Service for Healthy Use of Technology) Clinic at NIMHANS Bengaluru has seen 720 patients in 2017-18 obsessed with online gaming in computers, play stations and smartphones. Aman, a patient of SHUT clinic, said, “Before getting the treatment, […]
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