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Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower - The Intelligence from The Economist

Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower - The Intelligence from The Economist

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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is a huge video-game fan. Now his hobby is becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry for the kingdom, which is acquiring some of the world’s biggest gaming firms. How Finnish icebreakers became a focus for polar power politics. And the NBA plays its first basketball game on Chinese soil in six years.


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Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower - The Intelligence from The Economist

Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower - The Intelligence from The Economist