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The Most Broken Games Of 2021
14.12.2021
Let’s be honest: 2021 saw a number of games get released in a pretty shameful state. None were nearly as busted as the catastrophe that was—still is?—CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, but this year’s crop of broken games was atrocious all the same. And though some eventually got patches that fixed...
Final Fantasy VII Remake Is $70 On PC And People Are Freaking Out
13.12.2021
The launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S provided companies with an opportunity to charge more for their console games and many jumped at the chance. With Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Forespoken, that new $70 price tag is making a controversial appearance on PC, a platform that’s...
Blockasset Pushes the Limits of NFTs and Fan Tokens, Empowers Sports
10.12.2021
On the 4th of November, one of Times Square’s Countdown screens lit up with artworks depicting five iconic sports heroes, Alexander Ovechkin and Muhammad Ali among them. The ‘LeGENds’ NFT drop was held by Blockasset: a Solana-based sports platform aimed at providing better...
‘Jenshin Impact’ Fans Are Having Fun With Last Night’s Game Awards Mispronunciation
10.12.2021
Genshin Impact was recognized as the Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards last night, which was good and correct. But what most viewers probably remember is the way that the announcer pronounced the game’s title. Instead of using the hard “g” sound, she pronounced it using the soft “g.” Rather than...
Here's Everything Big That Was Announced & Shown At The 2021 Game Awards
10.12.2021
Well, that’s a wrap! After a seemingly endless parade of ads, Geoff Keighley and more ads, peppered with celebrity appearances, musical performances and major game reveals, the 2021 Game Awards are done and in the bag. Here’s everything you missed, or caught and just want to catch up on all over...
It Takes Two Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 Game Awards
10.12.2021
It Takes Two won Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards, beating out games like Deathloop and Metroid Dread for the top spot.Read more
Good News, The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Coming To PC
10.12.2021
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, the re-imagining of a Square Enix JRPG that’s better than it has any right to be, will head to PC at long last on December 16 so non-console players can experience one of 2020's best games.Read more
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 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...
Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in Crypto Transaction Monitoring and Forensics Platform
7.12.2021
American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block (formerly Square Inc.), and Paypal Ventures are among investors in the latest funding round of crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM. Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal...
Jack Dorsey's Spiral Unveils Bitcoin Lightning Development Kit
7.12.2021
Payments company Spiral, previously called Square Crypto, has unveiled the Lightning Development Kit (LDK), a tool that allows developers to integrate instant bitcoin (BTC) payments into their applications.
The crypto arm of Block (previously Square) published a video on Monday, introducing...
Jack Dorsey’s Decision to Quit Twitter Is Not a Vote of Confidence in Future of Social Media
5.12.2021
Theo Tzanidis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, the University of the West of Scotland.
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Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter, MicroStrategy snaps up 7K BTC and Square rebrands to Block: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 28-Dec. 4
5.12.2021
After Long Server Queues, Square Enix Will Give Final Fantasy XIV Players Free Game Time
4.12.2021
Popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV launched its latest expansion on Friday. Since then, folks have struggled to play due to a huge influx of players, frequent disconnects, and long server queues. To compensate players for all this, Square Enix and FFXIV’s devs have announced a plan to give...
Payments Company Square Rebrands to ‘Block Inc.,’ Crypto Service Will Be Called ‘Spiral’
2.12.2021
Following Jack Dorsey’s resignation announcement on Monday, two days later Dorsey’s payments company, Square Inc., disclosed that it was rebranding and changing its name to Block Inc. The company said the name Block has “many associated meanings” including the term...
Post-Twitter Dorsey Moves Deeper into Bitcoin 'Spiral' as Square Goes 'Block'
2.12.2021
The Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Square has taken on an extra dimension – likely a crypto-themed one – as the company has changed its name to Block.
In a press release, the firm announced that “as a result of the name change,” its Square Crypto unit, a “separate initiative of...
BREAKING: Square rebrands to Block as focus shifts to blockchain
1.12.2021
“Block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same. No matter how we grow or change, we will continue to build tools to help increase access to the economy," said Jack Dorsey
Final Fantasy XIV Maid Outfit Going Gender-Neutral Just In Time For Sexy Bunny Boy Onslaught
1.12.2021
This morning, Square Enix released a huge list of the changes coming to Final Fantasy XIV with the MMORPG’s impending expansion, Endwalker (no relation). The breakdown is a dizzying doozy of details, but the one thing you should take away from it is that the new Viera bunny boys will thankfully...
Final Fantasy XIV's Endwalker Launch Will Prioritize Game Owners Over Trial Players
30.11.2021
The most popular MMORPG in the world launches its next big expansion at the end of this week, which means Final Fantasy XIV’s servers are about to get hammered. While the ongoing global semiconductor shortage has kept Square Enix from adding new servers for Endwalker’s launch, the developer...
Jack Dorsey Resigning as CEO of Twitter Is Bullish for Crypto, Says Fundstrat
30.11.2021
Twitter now has a new chief executive officer after Jack Dorsey resigned Monday. Dorsey, who is still the CEO of Square Inc., previously said that he wants to focus on bitcoin. Fundstrat Global Advisors’ managing director and head of research explained why Dorsey’s departure from...