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Electronic games market value to reach $200bn by 2023 end: Newzoo
Market size grows by 9.3% to about $159.3bn during 2020

IOC could name hosts of both 2024 and 2028 Games this year
The International Olympic Committee appears to have moved a step closer towards awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Games at a meeting later this year.

Olympics: Former IOC exec Hickey leaves prison, must stay in Brazil
The former head of the European Olympic Committee (EOC), Ireland’s Patrick Hickey, has left prison in Rio de Janeiro.

Rio 2016: Dressage team win Germany’s sixth gold of Games
A smooth, controlled display from the German dressage team saw them win the country’s sixth gold in Rio. Isabell Werth, Kristina Sprehe, Dorothee Schneider and Sönke Rothenberger held off a British challenge to win.

Rio 2016: Eventers win first Germany’s first medal of Games
Germany have finally broken their Rio 2016 duck with a silver in team eventing. The German team were pipped to gold by France, with Australia claiming bronze, but have got their country up and runnning.
Becoming a Macro Maniac
Gamers can now rent the games they wanted to try but could not afford.

Egypt holds its second annual Game Jam event
The 3-day event will gather gaming professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts

Blast from the past: 1970s games revived on Internet
The effort will enable a new generation to discover games that used to be on a cartridge inserted into a console, with titles including “Ninja Golf,” and “Ms. Pac-Man.”

Facebook launches new programme for mobile game developers
The programme aims to help small and medium sized companies promote their games

Much more than just games
By Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace During this break in the action between the closing of the Olympic Games and the opening of the Paralympic Games in London this Friday, we have a unique opportunity to consider how both events can improve people’s lives …

The Gaming Hackathon starts in Cairo
Participants will neither rest nor sleep as they toil for three straight days to develop, and then upload a game onto the GameTaco site, where the games will then vie for dominance and prizes.