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Valorant Art Director Comments On Endeavor Skin Criticism
30.3.2022
On March 23, Matthew Hagg, a professional Call of Duty player known as Nadeshot, expressed disappointment in a viral tweet that a new skin bundle for a weapon in the first-person shooter Valorant didn’t have a ton of alternate colors and special effects. He noted that the new cosmetics had “so much...
Riot Blockchain’s COO to Exit After One Year
23.3.2022
Megan Brooks-Anderson was promoted to chief operating officer in April 2021
Riot Blockchain Sees 2022 as Year of Consolidation in Bitcoin Mining Sector
17.3.2022
The Colorado-based miner beat analysts' estimates for 2021 sales due to a higher company hashrate and bitcoin price
Where Was Kotaku Last Week?
9.3.2022
So that just happened.Read more
Riot Forced To Explain A Valorant Character Is Not Into NFTs
27.1.2022
Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends and online shooter Valorant, has issued something of an apology to fans of the latter after a tweet appeared to show one of the game’s characters enjoying the works of an NFT artist.Read more
Riot Games Offers Resignation Bonuses As Company Announces New Direction
13.1.2022
Hot on the heels of announcing plans to head in a somewhat new direction over the next five years, Riot Games has expanded its Queue Dodge buyout program–normally available to new hires during the first six months of their employment–to all employees. In other words, employees who opt to leave...
Russian protest group Pussy Riot seeks to tackle gender inequality in the NFT space
12.1.2022
The Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot plans to launch a DAO that will be promoting LGBTQ+ and women artists
New Agent Neon Brings Sprinting And Sliding To Valorant
5.1.2022
In her recent (and gorgeous) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent about to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, Valorant, breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, tryhard, head-clicking tac-shooter genre—she can actually move fluidly.Read more
Vývojář Aaron Linde přechází z 343 Industries do Riot Games
4.1.2022
Riot Games Reaches $100 Million Settlement In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
28.12.2021
Back in 2018, former Riot Games employees Melanie McCracken and Melanie McCracken and Jes Negrón filed a class action suit against the League of Legends publishe over endemic gender-based discrimination and fostering a “men-first” environment. A settlement has now been reached.Read more
The Best RPGs Of 2021
22.12.2021
There was, I would argue, no genre-defining role-playing game this year, but there were still a hell of a lot of good ones. So many, in fact, that I had a hard time keeping this list from ballooning even larger than it already is. I tried my best, and even knocked off some of my personal favorites....
Tencent Buys Up Back 4 Blood Devs Turtle Rock, Its Sixth Studio Purchase In 2021
17.12.2021
Today, one of the largest companies in the world, Tencent, announced it acquired Turtle Rock Studios, the developers behind the recently released zombie shooter Back 4 Blood. The deal is just the latest in a long list of acquisitions over the last few years for the Chinese tech giant, including...
Bitcoin Mining Company Cleanspark to Kick-Start 20 MW Immersion Cooling Initiative
11.12.2021
Cleanspark, a sustainability-focused bitcoin mining company, has announced it will kick-start a 20 MW initiative in its Norcross bitcoin mining facility where miners will be cooled via immersion. The company will host more than 5,900 miners in this facility, which will be submerged into tanks of...
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Gets Long-Awaited Gameplay Reveal
10.12.2021
It may not have Margot Robbie, but Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad game made a moderately impressive showing during Geoff Keighley’s three-hour advertising gauntlet tonight.Read more
Riot Games Sues Scammers Offering Folks Fake Jobs At The Studio
9.12.2021
A nasty scam has become more popular over the last few months. People desperate for work at popular game studios like Riot and Rockstar Games get an email from a recruiter asking them to apply. They do and eventually get the job only to realize it’s all fake, usually after losing money to...
Amazon Web Services Outage Affects Several Major Games
7.12.2021
Amazon Web Services, upon which much of the internet is built, is experiencing issues with its biggest hub of data centers. Naturally, this means a lot of folks are having trouble logging into and playing some of their favorite games.Read more
The Game Awards Won't Take Sides On Activision Fallout To Focus On Reveals
3.12.2021
As Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards show enters its eighth year, the creator and host told The Washington Post today that he’s still thinking about how to “navigate” Activision Blizzard’s involvement in the ceremony following the latest reports of sexual misconduct at the publisher.Read more
Immersion Cooling Gets Attention From Miners Wanting to Squeeze More Power Out of Equipment
29.11.2021
Bitcoin mining companies are now increasingly experimenting with immersion cooling, a form of cooling that allows them to get more hashpower out of existing miners. According to industry insiders, this cooling alternative will become mainstream in the future, as leading companies are already taking...
League of Legends Netflix Show, Arcane, Renewed For A Second Season
21.11.2021
The League of Legends TV show, Arcane, premiered earlier this month on Netflix to rave reviews and high viewing numbers, so it’s not surprising the streamer has picked up the show for a second season, with the main cast returning. Read more
Here's The First Look At The League Of Legends Fighting Game
21.11.2021
Last night, Riot Games released the first gameplay video of Project L, a fighting game set in the League of Legends universe. The video included a few different League characters and an in-depth discussion about what type of fighting game the devs behind Project L are trying to create. Read more