«The European Commission’s review of the deal is progressing in line with the expected regulatory schedule and process, and we remain confident that the acquisition will close in fiscal year 2023,» a Microsoft spokesperson said.

Another 20 billion riyals will be invested in mature industry partners who bring expertise to Savvy’s portfolio and 2 billion riyals will target industry disruptors «to grow early-stage games and esports companies.»

«The truth is that when I saw the result… it was something magical, surprising, a dream I always had as a child that came true,» said 23-year-old Parra, who lives in central-Venezuela’s Aragua state, and started playing video games at the age of four.

«There are a lot of interested people, there is a lot of talent here in Venezuela, a lot of players,» said Abreu.(Reporting by Deisy Buitrago in Cagua; Writing by Steven Grattan; Editing by Christian Plumb, Alexandra Hudson)

He is one of some 3,000 young Venezuelans competing in the multi-million dollar «eSports» industry, a lucrative business with international signings, prizes and millions of viewers which has started to boom in the Andean nation, despite economic chaos, poor internet connection, power failures and local restrictions on war games.

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators will decide by Nov.8 whether to clear Microsoft Corp’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of «Call of Duty» maker Activision Blizzard, according to a European Commission filing on Friday.

The new accusations surrounding Niemann come after he was banned from Chess.com for cheating online with the help of a friend in 2015 when he was aged just 12, and then did the same thing again in 2019. 

The investments will include 70 billion riyals to take several minority stakes in companies that support Savvy’s game development agenda and 50 billion riyals to acquire «a leading game publisher to become a strategic development partner».

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«Savvy Games Group is one part of our ambitious strategy aiming to make Saudi Arabia the ultimate global hub for the games and esports sector by 2030,» Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said, according to SPA.

Professional gamers who aspire to become international superstars train an average of 40 hours a week. It’s a dream job for many teenagers, offering such advantages of recurring income, the ability to work from home and combining hobby with career.

But Magnus Carlsen is not from the glittering world of showbusiness or Hollywood – he’s a chess player who happens to be the best in the world at what he does. Above: Carlsen with US actress Liv Tyler at the G-Star spring fashion show in 2011 (left); the chess superstar is seen topless on Instagram after a swim (right)

‘Of note, we discuss how Hans became the fastest rising top player in Classical OTB chess in modern recorded history much later in life than his peers and did it after we had removed him from playing on our site in 2020.’

CAGUA, Venezuela, Sept 1(Reuters) – Gamer Gabriel Parra was ecstatic to see himself hailed as the «Venezuelan star» after scoring the fastest time in an international Formula 1 eSports racing competition in May.

The dream of earning a living as a professional gamer is particularly resonant for many young people in Venezuela given the sparse opportunities otherwise available in a country with a minimum monthly salary equivalent to about $22 a month.

Whilst saying he was ‘very impressed’ with Niemann’s play, he referred to the star’s former coach Maxim Dlugy as the teenager’s ‘mentor’, saying he ‘must be doing a great job’.Dlugy is a grandmaster who was previously banned from playing platform Chess.com for alleged cheating.

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How dreams of making it rich from £180,000 tournaments and Instagram lifestyles of unlikely ‘chess pinups’ are seeing the sedate game rocked by cheating scandals – involving anal beads, hidden mobile phones and James Bond-style pendants   By Harry Howard for DailyMail.com 

It has five independent subsidiaries, including esports arm EFG, as well as Nine66, which «is building an ecosystem for game developers and studios», and VOV company, which is building gaming and https://wiki.tomography.Inflpr.ro/index.php/Best_Card_Games_2022 competition venues. ($1 = 3.7580 riyals) (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Enas Alashray in Cairo; writing by Yousef Saba in Dubai; editing by David Evans, Alexandra Hudson)