A giant snake monster ruined my apple-fueled medieval utopia in the Steam Next Fest demo for this settlement sim-

I was doing pretty well in the Next Fest demo for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. I’d achieved a happy equilibrium, with all my villagers gathering and producing the necessary supplies for my hand-built hamlet’s steady growth. Lumberers were lumbering, quarriers were hauling rocks, and my orchard farmers were churning out apples: the basic fuel of every thriving feudal society, as any medievalist will tell you. The idyllic atmosphere was so peaceful I could almost forget about the accursed fog plaguing the land. Until that accursed fog manifested a rampaging snake kaiju, at least.

Thrive, which you can check out in its Next Fest demo until February 12, has you play as one of the few people who’ve entered the deadly Waelgrim mist and survived, which was apparently all the excuse you…

Starfield’s down to mixed reviews on Steam, while the community laments ‘the magic is just missing from [the game]’-

Bethesda has a reputation for these big, deep, open-world RPG you can get lost in for years. They have a legacy of large, technically impressive worlds filled with detail and places to explore. To this day, Skyrim endures as a world people want to return to—which 12 years after launch is genuinely impressive.

Starfield, which was meant to be our ‘Skyrim in space’, was meant to carry on that tradition. All of Bethesda’s pedigree, expanded to over 1,000 planets: a near-infinite universe you could explore for years. 

And yet, less than half a year since its launch, the exhaustion’s set in. Starfield now, at the time of writing, has mixed reviews on Steam, both All Time (69% positive) and Recent (48% positive).

As I pointed out when I wrote about the game’s sing…

Share Market Highlights- Nifty settled above 20,100, Sensex over 66,900; Healthcare index gains more than 2%

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights:  The benchmark equity indices ended Thursday’s trading session in the positive territory. The NSE Nifty 50 jumped 36.55 points or 0.18% to settle at 21,133.15, while the BSE Sensex jumped 86.53 points or 0.13% to 66,988.44. The broader indices ended in positive territory, with gains led by Smallcap and Largecap stocks. Bank Nifty index falls 84.70 points or 0.19% to settle at 44,481.75. Healthcare and Pharma stocks outperformed among the other sectoral indices while Banking , Metal and IT stocks shed. Ultra Tech Cement, HDFC Life Insurance, Eicher Motors, Bharti Airtel, and Sun Pharma were the top gainers on the NSE Nifty 50, while the laggards Adani Enterprises, IndusInd Bank, Adani Ports &amp…

Share Market Highlights- Nifty settles below 19700, Sensex below 66000; Bank Nifty shades over 140 points

The benchmark domestic indices ended Tuesdays’ trading session in negative territory. The NSE Nifty 50 slipped 9.85 points to 19,664.70, while the BSE Sensex fell 0.12% to 65,945.47. The Bank Nifty index shed as many as 141.90 points to 44,624.20. Among the broader indices, midcap stocks faced corrections while small caps added gains. Among the other sectoral indices, Media, PSU Bank, IT, and financial services stocks tumbled, while FMCG, Auto Realty, and Metal stocks added gains.

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Stock Market surges 30% in FY24- New highs, fresh records and massive gains- All details from Dalal Street this fiscal

As the financial year 2024 (FY24) draws to a close, it is time to take stock .The Indian stock market had a rather belter of a year. New highs, records, blockbuster listings- you name it and the markets delivered this financial year. 

The Nifty50 spiked up an impressive 28.6%, while the Sensex jumped 24.8% in FY24, outperforming most major market indices globally. 

Nifty: Record Run

The Nifty, representing the top 50 blue-chip companies across various sectors, hit multiple record highs throughout FY24. Notably, it surpassed the 19,000-point mark in June, and further milestones were hit with the Index breaching 20,000 and 21,000 levels in September and December respectively. 

Markets fall on recession fears in US…

Stocks to Watch- Adani Green Energy, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Power Grid Corporation

Stocks in Focus: GIFT Nifty traded up 22 points or 0.10% at  21,021.5, indicating a positive opening for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex on Tuesday. Previously, on Tuesday, the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 168.50 points or 0.81% to settle at a record high of 20,855.10, while the BSE Sensex jumped 431.02 points or 0.63% to 69,296.14. 

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Upcoming IPO this week- From OLA Electric to Akums Drugs, here are key IPOs opening between July 29- August 2

A total of ten IPOs will collect funds from the public this week. The three companies will be opening their offer in the mainboard segment, while the remaining seven are SME companies. The companies in the mainboard segment will collect a sum of Rs 9255 crore.

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Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

The company will be opening its IPO on July 30 and ending it on August 01, raising Rs 1,856.74 crore. This is the second biggest IPO of the week after OLA Electric. The issue combines both fresh shares as well as an offer for sale. The company kept the IPO price band in a range of Rs 646 to 679 per equity share. ICICI Securities, Axis Bank, Citigroup Global Markets India, and Ambit Private are the book-running lead managers along with Link Intim…

Stocks To Watch- Oil India, Lupin, Apollo Pipes, RVNL, IRFC

GIFT Nifty indicated that Indian equity indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 may see a muted opening. Here’s a look at the key stocks to watch in trade.

Stocks in Focus: GIFT Nifty traded lower as the index was down 52 points or 0.23% at 22,596 indicating a negative start for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex on Tuesday. Previously, on Saturday, the NSE Nifty 50 inched up 36 points or 0.16% to settle at 22,502, while the BSE Sensex rose 89 points or 0.12% to close at 74,006.

Stocks to watch on May 21, 2024

Oil India

Oil India reported a surge of 17.8% in its consolidated net profit for the last quarter of FY24 at Rs 2,332.94 crore against Rs 1,979.74 crore in Q4FY23. On a sequential basis, …

Stocks to watch- State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Vedanta, NTPC, IOC

Stocks in Focus: GIFT Nifty traded flat at 19,435 up merely 8 points or 0.04%, indicating a lacklustre opening for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex on Monday. Previously on Friday, the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 97.35 points or 0.51% to settle at 19,230.60, while the BSE Sensex added as much as 282.88 points to 64,363.78.

“The Indian market is resurging amidst a drop in investors’ anxiety as Nifty VIX contracts generously. The optimism is buoyed by firm global clues, steady macro-economic data and strong domestic corporate earnings. Clues that FED is unlikely to hike rates in the future and modest decline in oil prices are adding to the optimism. While the ongoing Q2 results explore healthy expansion in Indian operating margin, leading to …

Stocks To Watch- Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, HPCL, ACC, RVNL

GIFT Nifty indicated that Indian equity indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 may see a gap down opening on Tuesday. Here’s a look at the key stocks to watch in trade.

Stocks in Focus: GIFT Nifty traded lower as the index was down 70 points or 0.28% at 24,882.50 indicating a negative start for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex on Tuesday. Previously, on Monday, the NSE Nifty 50 closed the session 1.25 points or 0.01% higher to settle at 24,836, while the BSE Sensex rose 23 points or 0.03% to close at 81,355.84.

Stocks to watch on July 30, 2024

Tata Steel

Tata Steel acquired over 5.57 billion equity shares in its Singapore-based arm for $875 million. In May, Tata Steel’s board gave the …