Chicken Dinner and loot, for many Indians mobile gaming is ruining their health
3 years, 1 month ago

Chicken Dinner and loot, for many Indians mobile gaming is ruining their health

India Today  

More Indians are playing mobile games and many of them are spending more time than ever looking for loot and chicken dinner inside the virtual world. Two brothers were heavily addicted to mobile gaming and played for over 12 hours of game on their phones, skipping meals, hydration, and even loo breaks. Mobile gaming addiction exists, but I feel pro gamers like those who are playing professionally have good self-control and know when to get off the screen," he says. 28-year-old Indranil Saha, another professional online gamer playing for a team called Sixth Sense, talks about how mobile gaming has changed his life. "Mobile gaming addiction definitely exists and I myself have seen a change in myself after starting online gaming.

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The dark side of online gaming: From people in debt to ruined families, online gaming in India needs to be regulated
2 years ago

The dark side of online gaming: From people in debt to ruined families, online gaming in India needs to be regulated

Firstpost  

There have been many instances where people have ruined themselves financially and even died by suicide because they were addicted to online gambling and online gaming. The Online gaming has become extremely popular in India and has grown into a massive industry, with millions of people, spending billions of rupees across various games, every year. What this basically means, is …

Teen kills mum over game; psychologists say gaming addiction is at an alarming high
2 years, 6 months ago

Teen kills mum over game; psychologists say gaming addiction is at an alarming high

Hindustan Times  

The shocking incident of a 16-year-old from Lucknow who killed his mother for not letting him play PUBG has brought to light the addiction of online gaming. According to psychologists, there has been a considerable rise in incidents of gaming addiction among teens, particularly during and after the lockdown, as mobile phone usage has increased. Psychologist Neelam Mishra says, “We …

Gaming disorder increases during pandemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Gaming disorder increases during pandemic

The Hindu  

Anand*, a jovial extroverted 15-year-old in Bengaluru, got a personal smartphone for the first time last year when schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and online classes began. The World Health Organization categorised gaming disorder as a mental health condition in 2018, but as the pandemic increased screen time across age groups, concerns have been growing. In India, …

Indians Prefer PCs For Gaming, 90% Respondents Consider Gaming a Viable Career Option: HP Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Indians Prefer PCs For Gaming, 90% Respondents Consider Gaming a Viable Career Option: HP Report

News 18  

Gaming and particularly online gaming is drastically becoming popular in India, thanks to the emergence of affordable internet connections and hardware such as gaming PCs and smartphones. Among the key highlights, the report notes that 89 percent of respondents believe that PCs offer “a better gaming experience than a smartphone.” It also states that four in 10 mobile gamers would …

PC gaming still has some life left in India, says new report
3 years, 7 months ago

PC gaming still has some life left in India, says new report

Live Mint  

Over the years, mobile or smartphone gaming has cemented its place among Indian gamers. The HP India Gaming Landscape Report 2021, released today, shows that 89% of respondents in a survey believe that PCs offer a better gaming experience than a smartphone. Around 91% of the respondents said gaming not only improves attention and concentration, but also acts as a …

Average Smartphone Usage in India Rose to 7 Hrs Daily in 2020, 70% Users Say Addiction May Impact Mental Health
4 years ago

Average Smartphone Usage in India Rose to 7 Hrs Daily in 2020, 70% Users Say Addiction May Impact Mental Health

News 18  

The amount of time people use on their smartphones has shot up in 2020, a study from Chinese manufacturer Vivo and Cybermedia Research has said. The study says that smartphones tightened their grip on users this year, as the average usage time shot up to almost seven hours, as against the 4.5 average time in 2019. Further, 66 percent of …

Mobile gaming to take larger slice of pie
5 years, 1 month ago

Mobile gaming to take larger slice of pie

China Daily  

Guests stay tuned to the panel discussions on "New Era of Cultural and Creative Industries: Opportunities for Game IP" at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Ever-improving computing power, coupled with cheaper data costs and an optimized Wifi environment, have led mobile games to where they're today, according to Hendrick Sin, co-founder and vice-chairman of CMGE Technology Group. In …

Video game addiction: Is India's relationship with video games turning into a problem?
5 years, 7 months ago

Video game addiction: Is India's relationship with video games turning into a problem?

The Hindu  

Subhash* still remembers the phone call he received from his son’s college one afternoon four years ago. “He had become so trapped in the game that he couldn’t survive without it,” says Subhash. In the manual, International Classification of Diseases, WHO describes gaming addiction — digital or video games — as “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour that …

Deadly Addiction
5 years, 9 months ago

Deadly Addiction

Deccan Chronicle  

Popular game PlayerUnknown Battleground or PUBG has recently hit headlines for all wrong reasons with incidents of players injuring themselves or posing danger to others. Recently, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued a statement terming these games are full of misogyny, hate, deceit, and vengeance and “at an age where a child learns from what he or she …

BAN PUBG: After demands for ban in India, PUBG promises new path
5 years, 10 months ago

BAN PUBG: After demands for ban in India, PUBG promises new path

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the most popular games that spread like wildfire amongst the youth is PUBG. In an official statement to Deccan Chronicle, PUBG Mobile team states, “We appreciate the support and trust given to us by our PUBG MOBILE players. To this end, we constantly work and shall continue to work with different stakeholders, including parents, educators and government bodies, …

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