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Reliance Games’ ‘Real Steel: World Robot Boxing’ steps into the ring on iOS and Android
MUMBAI: Reliance Games has officially released Real Steel: World Robot Boxing (WRB) on iOS and Android, making the robot-brawler franchise free-to-play! WRB comes from the studio, which developed Real Steel; the App Store was a big hit with over 10 million players worldwide.
Real Steel: WRB offers outrageous finishing attacks, piston punching actions and high definition visuals of nuts and bolts flying all over the ring, as well as the rush of boxing with your friends/frenemies in real-time multiplayer.
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“WRB is going to set a milestone in the robot boxing brawler genre and I am very confident that gamers would feel the adrenaline rush in every moment of their gameplay experience while they are it,” stated Reliance Entertainment Digital CEO Manish Agarwal. “We at Reliance Games are thankful to the millions of fans who have played the Real Steel game and enriched our learning on their expectation from robot boxing. We hope WRB will be a fitting tribute to their love for Real Steel.”
“The mobile game series have become a key extension of the Real Steel franchise,” said DreamWorks Studios president and COO Jeff Small. “With Real Steel: World Robot Boxing, Reliance Games have delivered another exciting game to entertain game and movie enthusiasts.”
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
