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Video Game Giant Ubisoft Launches NFT Platform, Software Firm’s Blockchain-Tech Runs on Tezos
8.12.2021
The French video game manufacturer based in Montreuil, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, has announced the company has launched a blockchain-based platform called Ubisoft Quartz. According to the company, the platform will enhance specific games with playable and energy-efficient non-fungible token (NFT)...
Ubisoft Testing In-Game NFTs on a New Platform
8.12.2021
Ubisoft launched Ubisoft Quartz, a digital framework for gamers to obtain Digits, the very first NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) played in an AAA title and powered by power-efficient technology. Digits would be published as part of special Releases, each consisting of a specific amount of cosmetic...
Ubisoft First Major Pub To Befoul Own Game With NFTs
8.12.2021
Ubisoft just announced Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT initiative which allows people to buy artificially scarce digital items using cryptocurrency. This announcement represents the AAA-industry’s first real foray into NFTs, which a lot of people absolutely hate because they are a massive scam. Other major...
Ubisoft launches Ubisoft Quartz platform for playable and energy-efficient NFTs
7.12.2021
Starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft will drop NFTs to PC players on Thursday on the Tezos blockchain
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
The Nintendo Switch Has Crazy Sales On Right Now
25.11.2021
Black Friday is awful, and we should all refuse to take part. But in other news, goodness gracious, there are a lot of amazing prices on Nintendo Switch just now. Publishers like Capcom, Ubisoft and EA have joined Nintendo’s own first-party titles in luring you toward the evils of capitalist...
Ubisoft Threatens Splinter Cell Fans With Bans If They Ask About Multiplayer Servers
25.11.2021
Splinter Cell: Blacklist was the last proper Splinter Cell game to be released and, I’m sorry to remind everyone, that was eight years ago. Nevertheless it still has some fans, who have banded together enough to really piss Ubisoft’s customer support off.Read more
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Addresses Rise of NFT Gaming; Feels Some of It Is “Exploitive”
19.11.2021
Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft and the individual responsible for the Xbox program, has addressed the NFT gaming phenomenon trending recently. To Spencer, some of the platforms that leverage the use of NFTs feel more exploitive than entertaining. Some of the biggest...
Someone Right-Clicked Every NFT In The Heist Of The Century
18.11.2021
Hours ago, a website appeared online with the express purpose of hosting a nearly 20TB torrent (that’s terabytes, folks, the big boys of digital data measurement) containing every NFT available through the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.Read more
Far Cry 6’s First DLC Is A Weird Little Roguelike Starring Vaas
18.11.2021
Vaas, Far Cry 3’s famous villain, has an equally well-known speech about the definition of insanity. As he tells it, “Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing, over and over again, expecting shit to change. That is crazy.” So it seems perfect that Far Cry 6’s first DLC starring...
Skvělý špionážní thriller Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory je dočasně zdarma
18.11.2021
Francouzský vývojář a vydavatel Ubisoft slaví 35. narozeniny a při té příležitosti rozdává hráčům dárky. Tento týden je to nejlepší díl série Splinter Cell, který je i po 16 letech od vydání etalonem žánru plíživých her
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Is Free Right Now On PC
17.11.2021
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, a video game from the year of our lord 2005, is currently free to download on the Ubisoft Store. It is also on sale for 75% off on Steam as part of the company’s 35th anniversary celebration. Enjoy your scraps peons, one of the industry’s biggest publishers...
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Talks About 'Exploitive' NFTs
17.11.2021
NFTs, otherwise known as An Enormous Fucking Scam, are taking root everywhere that someone smells a fast buck and someone else is dumb enough to join them. Which in 2021 is, sadly, a lot of places! So it’s a slight relief, even if it’s only temporary, to see Xbox boss Phil Spencer speak publicly...
Skyrim's New Fishing Mini-Game: The Kotaku Review
13.11.2021
Fishing in video games is tricky to nail. Many games offer such a mechanic, but few actually pull it off. Personally, I can’t even recall a single fishing mini-game I’ve wrung enjoyment out of in the last few years. Pokémon? Tedious, annoying. Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Zzzzz. Hades? The only thing...
These Game Developers Are Choosing To Turn Down NFT Money
10.11.2021
In the wake of Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix, Sega, and Zynga announcing their interest in or direct support of blockchain tech and NFTs, things are looking pretty bleak for anyone who enjoys living on a hospitable planet. But for most of us, even if we find the notion distasteful, the possibility...
Why Everyone Is Talking About Twitch Star Hasan Piker's New Merch Line
10.11.2021
Popular socialist streamer Hasan Piker did a cool thing earlier this week: he launched a new line of merch aimed at supporting workers. In addition to the clothes being made by union shops, some of the profits are also going to strike funds to help pro-labor causes across the country. The store...
Ubisoft rozdává tři PC hry ze série Assassin's Creed Chronicles
10.11.2021
Francouzský vývojář a vydavatel Ubisoft slaví 35. narozeniny a při té příležitosti rozdává in-game odměny do různých her, včetně celé kolekce Assassin's Creed Chronicles
Square Enix Contemplates ‘Robust Entry’ Into Blockchain Games as Part of Business Strategy
8.11.2021
Square Enix, one of the biggest developers and publishers in the gaming world, has acknowledged the importance that NFTs and blockchain gaming could have for the future of the company. In its latest briefing session, Square Enix contemplated a “robust entry” into the blockchain games...
Ubisoft Announces Pay Raises To Stop Developers From Leaving
7.11.2021
Ubisoft’s Canadian studios announced pay raises for staff at the Asssassin’s Creed and Far Cry publisher to combat an exodus by many of its most senior developers, Kotaku has learned. While the raises are across the bored, sources tell Kotaku that those who currently earn the most will see...