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JetSynthesys’ Nautilus launches ‘Real Cricket™2022’, encapsulating a perfect cricketing world

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India, which is home to millions of gamers and with more than 600 million people following cricket like a religion, it is inevitable for cricket games to eventually game more prominence. Adding to this cricket frenzy, JetSynthesys’ Nautilus has launched the latest offering of their popular gaming franchise – Real Cricket™2022.  

With over 205 million lifetime downloads, the newest game in the franchise will further bolster their growth trajectory. The game offers unrivalled realism with real-life-sized stadiums, motion-captured animations, and manual fielding, making it a must-have for any cricket enthusiast. Adding more drama and excitement to the on-field action, legendary commentators Sanjay Manjrekar, Aakash Chopra, Vivek Razdan, Danny Morrisson, and Lisa Sthalekar have been brought in. Additionally, players can also map their desired shots to suit their unique batting style using the Shot Map section in the game.

Speaking on the launch, Anuj Mankar – CEO, Nautilus Mobile App, said, “Real Cricket, has the potential to be India’s esports export to the world and with Nautilus Mobile being ranked as the #1 grossing simulation-based cricket gaming franchise across the globe – it is our responsibility to provide an unmatched experience to players. Real Cricket™ 2022 is more real than ever giving the players an immersive experience with a complete engine overhaul. We are positive that the players will enjoy the more challenging and in-depth gameplay like they always do. It is impossible to replicate the physical skills required of the real sport on the mobile phone but what is possible is to replicate the mental and strategic skills required. It is with this vision that we have created multiple elements to truly push the limits of cricket simulation on the phone and throwing is further down the e-sports spectrum.” 

Talking about the launch, Rajan Navani, Founder and CEO, JetSynthesys, said, “In the esports landscape, there is a constant conversation around casual games, mid-core, and core games. Skill-based cricket gaming especially has immense headroom for development owing to the mass popularity of cricket and mobile gaming. Taking cognizance of this fact, we are indeed excited to launch Real Cricket™ 2022. The all-new avatar will elevate the gaming experience and will have players coming back for more. We believe Real Cricket™ – the game and championship – will attract more viewers and position cricket as a credible skill-based gaming option.” 

Since 2014, Real Cricket has become synonymous with mobile cricket gaming and has become the most preferred simulation-based cricket gaming franchise in the world on handheld devices. The game has also won multiple awards in the past including the Most Competitive Game of Google Play’s Best Games of 2018, India Gaming Week Sports & Debut game of the year 2015, People’s Choice Game of The Year – 2014, and People’s Choice Indie Game of The Year – 2013.  

Nautilus Mobile is currently ranked the #1 grossing simulation-based cricket gaming franchise in the world having recorded over 210 million. The combined in-app revenue share of JetSynthesys’ Real Cricket and Sachin Saga franchises commands 65% market share compared to 35% held by the nearest competitor since April 2019, according to App Annie. As recently as February, a national level esports tournament was held on its previous rendition Real Cricket 20 which garnered over 100,000 participants. The tournament lasted 4 months concluding with a National final where a prize pool of Rs 20 Lakh was distributed amongst the winners. 

In August, as part of Google Play’s 10-year anniversary, Real Cricket was featured in the “Games that Inspire on Google Play” – one of only 3 Indian made games to feature in the coveted list. Real Cricket 22 quickly climbed to No 1 in Top Free Games List on Apple App Store upon launch. 

Ismaila Sarr’s €28 million move to Watford collapses

Aston Villa and Watford had reached an agreement for the transfer of Ismaila Sarr, with a deal worth €28 million in the works. However, that seems to have fallen through with the player failing to agree personal terms over a move. 

According to TalkSPORT, the deal collapsed following a conversation between Sarr and Villa manager Steven Gerrard. There have been reports suggesting that the board was keen on signing the Senegalese while Gerrard was content with the options he had available – with Emi Buendia, Leon Bailey and Phillippe Coutinho all available for the Liverpool legend. 

Ismaila Sarr to stay at Watford after move collapses  

The 24-year-old was subject to interest from several Premier League clubs this summer. The likes of Crystal Palace, Leeds United and Villa had all inquired about his availability, with the latter potentially winning the race. But it now seems like he will be staying with the Hornets after all. 

Following the departures of Emmanuel Dennis and Joao Pedro, Watford would be in a precarious position if they sold Ismaila Sarr as well. The winger is one of their best attacking outlets at this stage, and his loss would further dampen their hopes of returning to the top flight next season. 

But despite the move collapsing, Watford have signed Kourtney Hause from Aston Villa to bolster their defense for the season. 

Real Madrid women 1-0 Man City women: Sky Blues eliminated in UWCL qualifier for second year running by Real

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Manchester City women’s European ambitions took a blow as they suffered an exit at the hands of Real Madrid women for a second consecutive year. The Spanish side won 1-0 in front of a crowd of 2,811 at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano. 

Caroline Weir scored the only goal of the game, coming back to haunt her former side and restrict them to domestic competitions only. Laia Aleixandri, Bunny Shaw and Deyna Castellanos all had chances to change the scoreline, but were unable to take them. 

Real Madrid women advance in Champions League qualification round 

Weir was able to produce a clinical finish by shielding the ball with her body and turning to finish the move to score the decisive goal. It was a very close affair between both teams, but ultimately, Madrid were able to come out on top. 

Real Madrid women will now be one of the 24 teams battling for 12 spots in the Women’s Champions League. Juventus, Rangers, Roma and Ajax are among the other teams that have made it to this stage of the tournament. 

Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich will enter the tournament at this stage. Only four teams have qualified for the competition automatically, with Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Lyon and Barcelona earning their place through their domestic success. 

Ubisoft is reportedly working on a new Blade Game

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While a lot of Marvel characters have had their video game adaptations recently, Blade, a dhampir (a half-human, half-vampire) who despises vampires and spends his life hunting them down, hasn’t.

HammerHead and Mucky Foot Productions developed the most recent Blades-focused games in 2000 and 2002 as a complement to the Wesley Snipes-starring films. Neither of them made any kind of impression.

However, the so-called Daywalker might soon get another chance to shine. According to some intriguing information discovered by YouTuber JorRaptor, Ubisoft may be working on a new Blade game.

Alongside actor Edwin Gaffney, actor Alex Martin was seen using blades during motion capture work for Ubisoft. Although it is well known that Martin was chosen to play Knox in Beyond Good and Evil 2, Gaffney’s own Instagram post makes it abundantly apparent that this was about a Marvel production with director Bassam Tariq, who has also been chosen to helm the upcoming Blade film starring Mahershala Ali (in theatres on November 3rd, 2023).

It’s also not all that shocking that Disney chose Ubisoft as the project’s game developer. Disney officials were persuaded by Ubisoft Massive’s work on the open-world game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (which was postponed to the fiscal year 2024 last month) to collaborate with the firm on creating an open-world Star Wars game.

Who would be in charge of the Blade game is still unknown. Both the Massive team and several other internal Ubisoft teams have a lot on their plates. Despite this, the French publisher has numerous locations spread out all over the world.

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Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: First win for Erik Ten Hag in thrilling derby

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Manchester United earned their first win of the season by overcoming their rivals Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw were both benched for the fixture, and the decision proved to be very effective against the Merseysiders. 

Jadon Sancho gave the home team the lead 15 minutes into the game, with a cool finish sending Alisson and James Milner flying in the wrong direction. United were able to cause a lot of problems defensively for Liverpool, especially on the counter attack. 

Manchester United defeat rivals Liverpool 

After their embarrassing display against Jurgen Klopp’s men at Old Trafford last time around, the players and coach were determined not to have a repeat of the same. Bruno Fernandes wore the armband, and commanded a spirited group on the pitch as they denied Liverpool from achieving their free-flowing best. 

Marcus Rashford scored the second, finishing off a remarkable counter attack after Martial pinched the ball off of Jordan Henderson. Liverpool’s high backline was exposed quite often in the game, with David De Gea and Tyrell Malacia playing long balls from the back. 

The reintroduction of Raphael Varane and Malacia proved to be very effective – as United looked set to keep a clean sheet. But a late goal from Mohamed Salah prevented that from happening. With only ten minutes remaining in the game, it was too late for Liverpool to snatch another. And as a result, they remain winless from their first three games while Manchester United have picked up their first three points. 

EV Charging Station In Every 3 Km Distance In Capital: Delhi Transport Minister

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday detailed the electric vehicle (EV) policy at a global summit and said the Delhi government has aimed to set up charging stations within every 3km distance in the city.

He also said the Delhi government lost two important years due to the Covid pandemic but it will be able to achieve the target of 25% electric vehicles among total vehicle registrations by 2024.

EV Charging Station In Every 3 Km Distance In Capital: Delhi Transport Minister

Delhi to have EV charging stations every 3km

The Delhi government on Friday floated a tender to set up 100 charging stations for electric vehicles across the city. The tender, which is the largest in the country for setting up charging stations, has been floated by Delhi Transco Limited (DTL), Power Minister Satyendar Jain said at a press conference. Each station will have five charging points, making it a total of 500 such points. The charging stations will be set up within a year, Jain said.

There will be a mandate for a minimum of 20% slow chargers and 10% fast chargers at these charging stations to cater to all kinds of electric vehicles. The majority of these sites will be at Metro stations and DTC bus depots, he said. Under the electric vehicle policy of the Delhi government launched in August last year,  electric vehicles are targeted to comprise 25% of the total vehicle registrations in the city. 

EV Charging Station In Every 3 Km Distance In Capital: Delhi Transport Minister

“The most important target is creating a good network of charging stations. Delhi already has more than 2,000 charging stations. Around 100 charging stations are being created. We have a target of making a charging point available in a radius of three kilometers,” the minister said during an interaction at the Delhi EV Forum organized in Delhi.

Asked what was holding back the sales of electric vehicles despite several awareness campaigns and incentives, Gahlot said a lot of people are not adopting EVs due to the range issue and the unavailability of charging stations along the highways or outside Delhi.

The Delhi government has already offered subsidies worth around Rs 100 crore on electric vehicles under its Electric Vehicle Policy launched in 2020, the highest by any state. Apart from incentives, the government has also waived road tax and registration fees for all EVs.

Asus ROG Phone 6D is coming soon with MediaTek Dimensity 9000+

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Asus has already confirmed the launch of its next-gen gaming phone dubbed as Asus ROG Phone 6. It will be official on July 5th at 5.20 pm IST in India as well as globally during the same day. The series could soon receive a new variant with this certification discovered. According to it, a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus version of the ROG Phone 6 could make its way to the market. The device gets named ROG Phone 6D, with the “D” referring to Dimensity.

The gaming smartphone maker Asus will unveil the Asus ROG Phone 6 with better specs than its predecessors. The tipster even said the rear display will have a ROG Logo, 1/1.56” sensor, and 8K Ultra HD video recording.

Asus ROG Phone 6 Expected Specifications 

The Asus ROG Phone 6 is expected to get a 6.78-inch FHD+ 165Hz OLED 10-bit HDR panel supplied by Samsung Display. The device runs on Android 12-powered ROG UI for the software.

Further in the report, it says that the Dimensity 9000+ uses Arm’s v9 CPU architecture and a 4nm fabrication process, hence, improving the CPU and GPU performance by 5% and 10%, respectively. The devices will likely have up to 18GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB UFS3.1 ROM.

Asus ROG Phone Will Come With MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ Chip

ROG Phone 6 has a triple setup of 50 Megapixels, 13 Megapixels and 5 Megapixels, alongside a 6,000mAh battery with support for 65W fast wired charging. There’s 5G SA/NSA, Wi-Fi ax, Bluetooth v5.2, NFC, GPS, and Dual 4G VoLTE among others.

The phone might ship with a charger, USB cable and a protective case at least in China. It seems that the ROG Phone 6D series will debut in China in September. At present, there is no information on the other markets that will be receiving the ROG Phone 6D lineup.

pTron launches High-Performance Soundbar ‘Musicbot Evo’ fit for every home just at ₹999 in India

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pTron, the rapidly growing and leading maker of affordable digital lifestyle and audio accessories brand in India, announced the launch of a sophisticated soundbar audio system the ‘Musicbot Evo’, that will bring the entire home cinema experience together like never before. With the rising popularity of OTT platforms and shows, the need for a sound system that turns the home audio system into a home theater is much in demand. The pTron Musicbot Evo Soundbar adds that extra punch and impact to movies, clarity to dialogue, and fidelity to music, delivering a perfectly balanced, realistic, and musical sound for a great home cinema experience.

  • Equipped with 10W speakers and BT 5.0, the Musicbot Evo is here to redefine the single-speaker home audio system experience
  • The sleek and powerful Musicbot Evo is exclusively available on Flipkart at a special launch price of INR 999/-

Talking about the milestone, Ameen Khwaja CEO & Founder said, “Delivering the best in terms of powerful sound at a more accessible price point to more and more people is our core goal. Engineered to deliver a powerful cinematic experience, the Musicbot Evo soundbar is here to make home entertainment simple yet immersive. State-of-the-art technology blended with a sleek design, the Musicbot Evo redefines the soundbar, creating a totally immersive home cinema experience that’s made for every type of user and listener, an perfectly suited with today’s HDTV’s, laptops, tablets etc.”

Specifications and Features of pTron Musicbot Evo

Engineered to create an outstanding home entertainment experience, the pTron Musicbot Evo Soundbar boasts a number of breakthrough features:

  • Modernize Your Home: Sleek, modern, and versatile, the Musicbot Evo is merely 38.7cm long, 6.5 cm deep and 6.5 cm high. It features a cylindrical design with metallic front grills and smooth rounded edges. Designed to seamlessly fit any space and blend with the interiors, this super light-weight soundbar can be placed under the television or any flat surface for a convenient and elegant setup that provides a great and rocking sound experience.
  • Sound That Fills the Room: Powered with large 10W Speakers and 52mm drivers, the Musicbot Evo truly packs a punch in a premium and elegant design. Enjoy significantly better sound for up to 10hrs with deep punchy bass that amplifies the visuals and brings them alive with vivid sound exposure. 
  • Wireless Audio Streaming – Connect your Musicbot Evo soundbar to your TV, laptop, or tablet with ease and without the clutter of wires via Bluetooth 5.0; also stream all your music wirelessly from your mobile device. You can also connect, sync, and play two Musicbot Evo’s together via the wireless stereo pairing function for an amplified music & sound experience.
  • Seamless & Portable:  The device is fully operational from the unit itself with a smooth control panel, allowing to adjust the volume, select tracks, or play and pause music. You can choose from the 3.5mm AUX input, USB drive, TF Card, or Bluetooth to connect the soundbar with literally any TV or source.
pTron ‘Musicbot Evo’ – Technical Specifications
Play-timeUp to 10 Hours
Bluetooth VersionBluetooth 5.0 with 10m range
BuildA   ABS (Body), Metal (Grill) Chassis
Battery1200mAh Built-in Rechargeable battery
Charging TimeUp to 4Hrs
Speakers10W with 52mm Drivers
ConnectionsAUX, USB Drive, and TF card

Pricing and Availability

The pTron Musicbot Evo Soundbar is available on Flipkart India at a special launch price of ₹999/- only from 23rd August 2022. 

Apple Maps may get in-app ads from next year

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As Apple allegedly works to expand its advertising business, people will reportedly start seeing search ads on Apple Maps as soon as 2023. In his newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that he believes the engineering work is already underway, reports MacRumors. Ads in the Apple Maps app would not be the traditional banner ads that you see on websites but rather paid search results, the report said.

“I believe the engineering work is already underway to launch search advertises in the Apple Maps app, and we should begin to see it be implemented sometime next year,” wrote Gurman, in the subscriber-only version of his “Power On” newsletter.

Apple Maps may get in-app ads from next year

Ads in Apple Maps

The tech giant is also planning to show advertisements in the App Store’s “Today” tab and in a new “You Might Also Like” section at the bottom of app listings, while banner ads are displayed in Apple’s News and Stocks apps. Apple already displays search ads in the App Store, allowing developers to pay to promote their apps to users who search for relevant keywords.

Apple Maps may get in-app ads from next year

Last week, Gurman said Apple plans to expand its advertising business over time significantly. In his newsletter, he said that Apple’s advertising division is generating about $4 billion in revenue annually and that Apple’s advertising chief Todd Teresi wants to increase that figure to at least $10 billion annually over time.

That’s the bad news, but maybe it won’t be that bad. The in-app advertising won’t be banner ads, which is good. Instead, companies can pay for their name to appear at the top of search results. Sponsored search ads are everywhere these days. Most search engines have sponsored results shown as part of the top results. Now those advertisements will be coming to apps like Apple Maps.

Apple Maps may get in-app ads from next year

Developers can pay the company to prioritize their software in search results, ensuring it shows up at the top of the page when users input specific terms. At the time, Gurman suggested the test was part of a plan by Apple to significantly expand its advertising revenue. He attributed the push to Todd Teresi, the vice president in charge of the company’s ads business. The division generates about $4 billion in annual revenue, a number Teresi hopes to increase to at least $10 billion per year over time.

Valencia to sign Bryan Gil on loan for 2022/23 season

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Bryan Gil is set to join Valencia on a loan deal for the 22/23 season. The player spent the latter half of the previous season with the Spanish side, and is now set to return for another spell. 

Valencia initially decided against signing the winger on a loan deal, but have now gone ahead and reached an agreement with Tottenham for another loan. The youngster will be the replacement for Goncalo Guedes, who left to join Premier League club Wolves a while ago. 

Valencia to sign Bryan Gil on loan again

There is no buy option included in the deal between the two clubs, and it is another straight loan deal. Tottenham have identified a strong front three with Dejan Kulusevski, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min all starting regularly. 

As a result, the 21-year-old will have very limited game time under Antonio Conte, who is not known to rotate very often. Under Gennaro Gattuso, it remains to be seen whether Bryan Gil will become a regular starter. 

Tottenham have already loaned out Giovanni Lo Celso to Villarreal, while Tanguy Ndombele has joined Napoli on a loan deal with the option to buy. Spurs have been clearing out their squad for the past few weeks, and are looking at deals for Harry Winks and Sergio Reguilon in the final days of the window.