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Mythical Games Raises $150 Million in Series C Funding Round Led by A16z
6.11.2021
Mythical Games, a blockchain-based gaming company, has raised $150 million in its series C funding round. The round was led by A16z, who is aggressively investing in these kinds of crypto initiatives. It also had the participation of other companies like D1 Capital, Redbird Capital, The Raine...
Electronic Arts CEO Thinks NFTs and Play-to-Earn Are Part of the Future of the Gaming Industry
6.11.2021
Electronic Arts (EA), an important gaming and entertainment-oriented company, has made insightful remarks about the importance of NFTs and the play-to-earn model in its last earnings call. Andrew Wilson, CEO of the company, addressed the subject in response to several questions posed by business...
Mario Party Superstars’ Online Play Really Brings Joy To The Game
5.11.2021
I have been purchasing and playing Mario Party games since the series began back in 1998 on the Nintendo 64. But as a relative loner in real life, it’s hardly ever been a party for me. Aside from the odd family gathering, most of my Mario Party career has been me against AI opponents. Mario Party...
Forza Horizon 5's Sign Language Interpreters Are A Huge Step For Gaming
5.11.2021
Accessibility options are a growing concern among developers big and small, but Forza Horizon 5 is prepared to go above and beyond industry norms (and hopefully set a new standard) with on-screen sign language interpreters, a first-of-its-kind feature in the AAA gaming world.Read more
Once, He Was At The Mercy of Snipers and Explosions IRL. Now He's A Fortnite Pro.
5.11.2021
It isn’t always easy turning tragedy into triumph, but Mounir “33 Mony” Mkhallati is no stranger to that odyssey. Once a child during a tumultuous time in Syria, 33 Mony has gone on to earn some $60,000 since competing in the pro Fortnite gaming circuit and joining esports organization Team 33.Read...
Frustrated Ubisoft Workers Are Asking For Your Help So The Company Doesn't Ignore Them
5.11.2021
Game developers associated with the ABetterUbisoft group are petitioning the Assassin’s Creed publisher for a seat at the table, and a “meaningful say in how Ubisoft as a company moves forward.” The move to enlist the support of fans and other developers in its push for change comes just months...
bZx Loses Over USD 55M, USD 100M Gaming Plan For Solana + More News
5.11.2021
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Solana Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and FTX launch $100M gaming fund
5.11.2021
The intersection between blockchain technology, cryptocurrency and gaming is creating a new reality for gamers
Konami's New Soccer Game Continues To Be An Utter Fiasco
5.11.2021
Things aren’t going well for eFootball and keep getting worse. Konami’s Friday news dump cannot bury how bad things are. Right now, this is a complete fiasco. But it seems like it’s been a complete disaster from the get-go when Konami dropped the PES name in favor of eFootball. The rebranding...
FTX-backed studio explains why Solana is better for game developers
4.11.2021
Lightspeed Venture Partners and FTX led blockchain game developer Faraway’s $21-million funding round
NFTs and play-to-earn are future of gaming industry, says EA boss
4.11.2021
Major video game publisher Electronic Arts sees NFTs and blockchain-based games as the future of the industry
Oh Man, Look At These Death Stranding Dropkicks
4.11.2021
Death Stranding is an objectively beautiful game, though sometimes that beauty isn’t found in its lush environments or character interactions but how players use the tools at their disposal to pull off amazing feats.Read more
Hideki Kamiya Hosts 'Very Sorry Stream' With Uncomfortable Letter From Alleged Fan
3.11.2021
Yesterday, developer Hideki Kamiya hosted an “apology stream” announcing, and subsequently apologizing for, a delay on the company’s upcoming shoot-em-up, Sol Cresta. The stream was, all things considered, kind of a weird vibe.Read more
Blizzard Games Aren’t Doing So Great Lately
3.11.2021
Blizzard is in the eye of a storm. In the wake of a departing studio head and two major delays of anticipated games, the Diablo and Overwatch developer is bleeding players across the board, as it revealed during an Activision Blizzard earnings call last night. Across its portfolio, the studio’s...
A Squid Game Clone Is Taking Over Twitch
3.11.2021
All over Twitch right now, Crab Game—much like the cephalopodic Netflix show it so gleefully emulates—is a multiplayer battle royale game where players compete in a series of events based on childhood games. One by one, they are eliminated, until the last surviving player is crowned the winner....
Japanese Indie Game Gets Themed Rooms At Kyoto Hotel
3.11.2021
In the past, Kotaku has introduced themed rooms at Japanese hotels. Typically, these rooms are for established franchises like Kingdom Hearts. But now, one Kyoto hotel is offering a room plastered in Japanese indie game Unreal Life. Read more
Unique Ertha Land NFTs Are Flying off the Shelves
3.11.2021
The cryptocurrency market is at an all-time high and the NFT world is booming. ERTHA is one of the hottest P2E (play to earn) gaming Metaverse projects and has already achieved incredible product-market fit, while still being in the private NFT sale round. Erthaverse is a 3D virtual representation...
Microsoft muscles into the Metaverse with Teams updates and Xbox upgrades
3.11.2021
“The metaverse enables us to embed computing into the real world, and to embed the real world into computing. Bringing real presence to any digital space,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Spellfire Creates 100 Rare NFT Cards to Sell on OpenSea
2.11.2021
The first limited edition of Spellfire NFT cards has already reached the shelves of OpenSea. Spellfire NFTs have a unique mix of capabilities and cannot be compared to anything else on the market. A new conception has combined time-tested gaming and modern twists to have a unique collecting...
100 Person Mega-Battles: Former Midway, Disney, Activision Game Devs Announce Mechanized-Combat NFT Game
2.11.2021
At the non-fungible token (NFT)-focused conference, NFT.NYC, developers from the Metalcore Foundation and Studio 369 revealed an NFT-powered mechanized combat video game. The game’s creators have worked on projects for Activision, Disney, Lucas Films, Midway, and the Mechwarrior, Mortal...