Today: There is a piece of crazy and exciting news that Saudi Arabia is building a whole new city dedicated to esports with an impressive budget of US$500 million in the city of Riyadh, It is set to be completed in 2024.
“ABSURD VENTURES”
Dan Houser, a co-founder of Rockstar, worked on many famous and profitable game stories including San Andreas, GTA 5, and most anticipated of all RDR 2. In 2020 he announced to leave the Rockstar studio and now he listed his new studio, “ABSURD VENTURES”. According to some rumors, this platform will be different from Rockstar. The primary objective of this studio is to write captivating stories across multiple genres that could not only be adapted by games but also by series or movies.
Ubisoft's news releases
According to the CEO of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot they should aggressively expand on mobile gaming as its potential in gaming is increasing with every passing day. With this in mind, they set to launch three new mobile games in the coming months, which are:
Division Resurgence (will be released in fall 2023)
Rainbow Six Siege Mobile (will be released in 2023)
Assassin's Creed Codename Jade (Which will be set to release in early 2024)
As to the Assassin's Creed series, we know that it is a stealth-based game, as we all know the announcement of the Assassin's Creed Mirage, we can’t wait until October 12th. There is a little update on it, the map in this game will not be as much bigger as Assassin's Creed Valhallah, which can be much more favorable for a stealth game like this in which you require a compact and dense map.
Esports city in Saudi Arabia
In this era, Saudi Arabia is known for its oil reserves and exports, but now they are set to change that. There is a piece of crazy and exciting news that Saudi Arabia is building a whole new city dedicated to esports with an impressive budget of US$500 million in the city of Riyadh. It is set to be completed in 2024. They aim to make the biggest esports hub that can accommodate up to 20,000 attendees at a time. This way, many big events can be held there, which will help boost their economy.
In another news from Saudi Arabia, they are holding the world’s largest esports and gaming festival known as Gamers8 will be held in 11 days on July 6 to July 9, 2023. The event will take place at Boulevard Riyadh City with a prize pool of a combined $45 million which is said to be the largest pool prize in esports history. They have announced 12 esports tournaments, which will be played between many world-renowned teams.
The Steam Summer Sale
The Steam summer sale, which is the biggest sale of the year will start from June 29 to July 13, 10 am Pacific Time. You can save up to 62% on this sale. Many famous games will be on sale this summer, including God of War, FIFA 23, and Cyberpunk 2077. The hunter, call of the wild and Content pack of Idle Champions of Forgotten Realm Free games can be claimed this week.
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