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Activision Blizzard Hires Former Trump Administration Member Once Decried As ‘Bully’
30.3.2021
Today, Activision Blizzard announced the promotion of Blizzard chief commercial officer and the chief operating officer Armin Zerza to CFO of the whole company. What it did not announce to the public is that it has also hired a new chief administrative officer: former Donald Trump administration...
South African Companies Convert Cash Holdings Into BTC— Crypto Asset Is Hedge Against Devaluation
30.3.2021
New reports emerging from South Africa suggest privately held firms are converting a portion of their cash holdings into bitcoin as they seek to hedge against currency devaluation. According to one report, an open-source software specialist firm, LSD Open, could well be the first South African...
The Razer Kraken X Ultralight Wired Gaming Headset Is Only $40
29.3.2021
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Oh Yeah? Well EA Is Making Its Own Damn Golf Game Again
29.3.2021
Two weeks ago 2K announced it signed Tiger Woods, the long-time face of EA’s defunct PGA Tour series, to an exclusive long-term contract for its PGA Tour 2K series. Now EA announces it’s bringing back EA Sports PGA Tour for its first new installment since 2015. We got us a good old-fashioned video...
Editor At Japan's Biggest Game Publication Famitsu Arrested For Alleged Fraud
29.3.2021
Famitsu editor Eiichi Sato was arrested for alleged fraud. According to Asahi News, Sato is accused of pulling off an impersonation ruse to collect freelance fees for articles.Read more
Indian Government Now Requires Companies to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
29.3.2021
The Indian government has introduced new cryptocurrency disclosure rules. Companies dealing in cryptocurrencies will have to disclose their crypto holdings, among other disclosures, as part of their financial statements beginning April 1. New Crypto Disclosure Requirements The Indian Ministry...
Russian Companies, Government Losing Interest in Blockchain
25.3.2021
Interest in blockchain technology is falling among Russian companies, a new survey has found.
Per a report from Kommersant, the survey was conducted by Dell Technologies and involved speaking to 200 companies from Russia last year, including firms working in the technology, oil &...
The 10 Best Deals of March 25, 2021
25.3.2021
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Former Nintendo Of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé Leaving GameStop Board Of Directors
25.3.2021
Serving on GameStop’s board of directors was just one of long time video game executive Reggie Fils-Aimé’s post-Nintendo of America pastimes, but less than a year into his tenure the company announced it expects him to step down in June.Read more
India's government orders companies to disclose crypto holdings
25.3.2021
Recent amendments to India’s Companies Act will see firms in the country include their crypto involvement in all public financial reporting
Alchemy Chooses Flow Blockchain to Accelerate Game-Changing Developer Ecosystem
25.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The leading blockchain developer platform, Alchemy, will bring its best-in-class suite of APIs and tools to Flow blockchain, empowering Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of independent developers building on Flow. Alchemy is the leading API platform for blockchain...
JMP Securities Expects $1.5 Trillion to Flow Into Bitcoin as Retail Wealth Management Industry Follows Morgan Stanley to Offer BTC to Clients
24.3.2021
JMP Securities has predicted that “$1.5 trillion of incremental capital” could flow into bitcoin, an amount greater than the cryptocurrency’s current market cap. The firm sees more wealth management companies following Morgan Stanley’s example to offer bitcoin to their...
Konami Closes 16 Of Its Sports Clubs In Japan Due To Covid-19
24.3.2021
In Japan, Konami doesn’t only make video games. It also has a major chain of sports clubs. Gyms have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and Konami has to shutter a number of its locations.Read more
Final Fantasy XI Reboot Cancelled After Six Years Of Nothingness
24.3.2021
You will probably not remember this, but back in 2015, Nexon and Square Enix announced a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI that was due for release in 2016. It did not come out in 2016, or 2017, or 2018, or 2019, or 2020, and now will never be coming out, since it’s finally been put out of...
Video Game Companies Keep Coming Up With New Ways To Take Our Money
19.3.2021
Video games are expensive. They have been expensive for a very long time, and they keep getting more expensive. To an extent, it makes sense: Game developers need to eat! But after a certain point, it gets excessive. Loot boxes, gacha, and now NFTs are signs of that excess. On this week’s...
Report: More Layoffs Loom As Activision Blizzard Moves To Close European Publishing Offices
19.3.2021
Activision Blizzard is planning to close its publishing offices in Europe and lay off even more employees in the process, according to a new report by GamesIndustry.biz.Read more
Anime-Themed Gaming Chair Has A Katana Holder
19.3.2021
Forget a place to hold your drink or snacks! This Demon Slayer-themed gaming chair from Lenovo has a place to store a katana.Read more
Chinese Public Company Meitu Buys More Bitcoin — Treasury Now Holds $90 Million in Cryptocurrencies
19.3.2021
One of China’s top internet app makers, Meitu Inc., has purchased more bitcoin for its treasury. The company now holds about $90 million in cryptocurrencies. Meitu is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange and its flagship app has more than 1 billion users worldwide. Chinese Publicly Traded...
US Court Sentences Bitcoin Scammer to 3 Years in Prison After Massive Twitter Hack to Promote BTC Scam
18.3.2021
The mastermind behind a large-scale Twitter hack to promote a bitcoin giveaway scam has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to three years in prison. During the hack, a number of high-profile companies, politicians, and celebrities saw their accounts taken over to promote the cryptocurrency scam....
Square Enix's Project Athia Is Now Called Forspoken, Coming In 2022
18.3.2021
As part of today’s Square Enix showcase, the publisher showed another snippet of its “narrative-driven adventure set in a beautiful yet cruel world,” Project Athia. Only it’s not called Project Athia anymore. Now it’s, uh, Forspoken, a name that, if nothing else, was not previously spoken for.Read...