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The Supreme Court’s ruling could determine how India taxes online gaming, with long-term impacts on the industry. (Image: Pixabay)

Online gaming’s future—and its past taxes—hinge on this Supreme Court battle

6 min read . 08 May 2025

Opinion trading apps such as Probo, MPL Opinio, Big Cash, and Playerzpot, among others, allow users to place bets on the outcomes of real-world events. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Young Indians are getting addicted to ‘opinion trading’, and losing huge sums

11 min read . 25 Mar 2025

Despite the limitations, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts fully AI-generated games in 5-10 years.

Now, build a 3D game on the fly, courtesy GenAI

2 min read . 25 Mar 2025

GST Crackdown: GST Intelligence officials have blocked 357 websites of illegal offshore online gaming firms and attached 2,400 bank accounts. This comes as officials gear up to curb tax evasion ahead of the IPL 2025 season. (Pixabay)

GST crackdown! DGGI blocks 357 offshore e-gaming sites ahead of IPL

2 min read . 22 Mar 2025

IPL gaming hit by phoney clones: Gaming is a sunrise industry with cricket leagues mushrooming all over the globe. The IPL will transport millions of gamers not just keep an eye on scores, team lists and analysis, but indulge in fantasy sports. (X/@RCBTweets)

IPL gaming hit by phoney clones

4 min read . 20 Mar 2025

The new Switch will be Nintendo’s first new console release in eight years.

Videogaming’s all-in bet: Can two titans lift a $58 billion industry?

4 min read . 28 Feb 2025

The latest attempt to regulate online gaming is a continuation of previous efforts starting 2022. (AFP)

Online gaming: One nation, one law may blaze a way out of the maze

5 min read . 20 Feb 2025

Richards, right, competes at the Spanish World Scrabble Championship. Spanish newspaper El Confidencial said the English speaker’s win was ‘the height of absurdity.’ Photo: Norma Garza

How good is Scrabble’s GOAT? He wins in languages he can’t speak.

5 min read . 10 Feb 2025

Bengalurean techie Mayur Wagh in his award-winning costume, Nandi

From Nandi to Naruto: How India’s cosplayers craft their grand costumes

5 min read . 24 Jan 2025

A bench of the top court granted the stay in the interest of all parties after the revenue department expressed concern that delaying action on the notices could make them time barred. (Pradeep Gaur/ Mint)

Supreme Court stays ₹1.5 trillion tax notices to online gaming companies

2 min read . 10 Jan 2025

This year the EU’s General Court ruled in Lego’s favour in a trademark dispute with a German company. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (AFP)

Can Lego remain the world’s coolest toymaker?

3 min read . 25 Dec 2024

The National Democratic Alliance in its third term at the Centre has so far not taken up online gaming as a policy agenda, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter said. (AP)

Online gaming in limbo amid lack of regulation

4 min read . 04 Dec 2024

Alarmo: Nintendo’s Latest Device Is a $100 Wake-Up Call

Alarmo: Nintendo’s Latest Device Is a $100 Wake-Up Call

5 min read . 06 Nov 2024

Microsoft sought to position itself as a disrupter, believing the streaming revolution would migrate from television and film toward a growing, interactive medium with billions of rabid fans. Image: Pixabay)

New ‘Call of Duty’ tests Microsoft’s $75 billion bet on future of videogames

5 min read . 25 Oct 2024

PokerBaazi generated approximately 87% of the group’s revenue.

PokerBaazi parent Moonshine’s revenue soars ahead of ₹982 cr Nazara investment

2 min read . 13 Sep 2024

Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $75 billion last year. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft lays off 650 videogame workers

2 min read . 12 Sep 2024

In India, 2creators who stream their gameplay on Facebook and Instagram, as well as homegrown gaming-centric streaming upstarts, have so far seen a slow pace of uptake for endorsements or payments from viewing audiences.

Indian gaming influencers seek the stars, but it's a tricky upward trek

5 min read . 23 Aug 2024

Anuraag Saxena, CEO of E-Gaming Federation, which represents online skill gaming operators in India.

‘Ketchup sachets have a quality check, but not India’s gaming sector’

4 min read . 19 Aug 2024

CH Kim, global chief executive of Krafton.

BGMI maker Krafton chooses India as its biggest bet

4 min read . 06 Aug 2024

The gaming industry welcomed the govt's FDI move, saying it will open opportunities for companies in this space. (AFP)

Game, set, match: Free pass likely for foreign investors in online gaming

5 min read . 31 Jul 2024