Vijay Varma’s Matka King is inspired by real-life gambling legend Ratan Khatri, the Mumbai bookmaker who transformed matka ...

Explore the 25 longest wars that lasted for centuries, shaping civilizations and history. Discover epic conflicts like the Reconquista and Anglo-French War ...

The geography of the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping lanes are just 2 miles wide, gives Iran unique power over the global economy. But its history shows the current battle for the strait is just the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It can be hard publishing a global history that extends to the present day. “For the most part, the United ...

“At Xbox Game Studios, we are hard at work continuing the great legacy of Age of Empires, our beloved RTS franchise. We are a passionate group responsible for this amazing franchise and are expanding ...

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developers World’s Edge and Relic Entertainment will release Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition for PlayStation 5 on November 4, the companies announced. Pre-orders ...

While this doesn’t represent the lowest historical price for some of the titles, it is still a pretty good deal for someone who has never experienced the franchise. In particular, Age of Empires II ...

As team values rise — highlighted by the record $6.1 billion sale of the NBA’s Boston Celtics — sports empires are thriving. CNBC’s official sports empire valuations determined that the world’s 20 ...

Procedural generation is a big part of game design these days. Usually you generate your map, and [Fractal Philosophy] has decided to go one step further: using a procedurally-generated world from an ...

While it’s now accepted by many that video games are an art form, it still might be hard to believe that one is featured in an exhibit at the same museum that’s home to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” ...

Age of Empires 4 took me by surprise. I'm a cast-iron AoE 2 acolyte. More broadly, I think the visual design of RTS games peaked in the '90s - Command and Conquer, Jagged Alliance, and Total ...

Get a fresh look at Anvil Empires in this trailer for the upcoming massively multplayer game where thousands of players work together to build empires, wage war, and conquer in a persistent online ...