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Nintendo's Big Piracy Case Is A Very Sad Story
7.6.2022
Back in February, Gary Bowser—who in most media reports has been described as a ‘hacker’—was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in selling cheat and modification devices for Nintendo hardware. Being a court case, most of the reporting dealt only with names on a page and cold facts, but...
What To Expect From Summer Game Fest’s Big Not-E3 Event
6.6.2022
With E3 2022 canceled, there’s a vacuum at the center of the video game marketing season. Many eyes are on Summer Game Fest for being both the lengthiest and the widest-ranging presser on the horizon. But the host, Geoff Keighley, recently saw fit to temper expectations ahead of the show, saying...
Bank of America CEO: Regulation Won’t Let Us Engage in Crypto; Kiyosaki Talks Depression, Civil Unrest, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
5.6.2022
The new LUNA records gains amidst controversy, “Big Short” investor Michael Burry and author Robert Kiyosaki weigh in on recession, depression, and looming civil unrest. To top it all off, Bank of America’s CEO said “we have hundreds of patents on blockchain”...
Big Wallets Exited Anchor/UST While Smaller Fish Continued to Invest - Jump Crypto
3.6.2022
A number of bigger Terra (LUNA) ecosystem investors abandoned their positions as the terraUSD (UST) peg began to slip away last month – with smaller-scale investors continuing to buy as the coin’s price plummeted, according to the trading firm Jump Trading Group’s crypto arm Jump...
Everything Sony Showed At PlayStation's Big State Of Play Event
3.6.2022
We may not have an E3 this year, but does that matter? Sony has been running these State of Play events for a while now, and tonight’s instalment had everything from Final Fantasy to Resident Evil to Street Fighter to Spider-Man.Read more
Kimbal Musk and His Big Green DAO
2.6.2022
Elon's brother on his DAO nonprofit: "It has never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been done."
5 Big Things You May Have Missed In The Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Trailer
1.6.2022
Whenever a new Pokémon trailer goes live, the internet’s sleuths get busy. Info about these games tends to release in carefully curated bursts, sparking the sort of breathless speculation that leads to fans, um, mistakenly identifying a wheelbarrow as a previously undiscovered Pokémon. Today...
Aussie banks ANZ and NAB won’t 'endorse' retail speculation on crypto
1.6.2022
Executives from two of Australia’s “big four” banks have said they won’t allow their retail customers to trade crypto with ANZ adding its happy it didn’t “go head long” into a cryptocurrency offering
What To Expect From Sony’s Big Not-E3 Press Conference
31.5.2022
This year’s not-E3-but-basically-E3 kicks off on Thursday with Sony’s big summer State of Play showcase. PlayStation has already had a pretty banner year, thanks to a number of exclusives (Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, Ghostwire: Tokyo) and a forthcoming revamp of its subscription...
LUNA 2 price jumps 90% ahead of big Binance airdrop
31.5.2022
Overall, however, the price has tanked 56% since launching on the weekend at an opening price of $18.87
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns of Looming Consumer Recession, More Earnings Trouble
30.5.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, has warned of a looming consumer recession and more earnings trouble. He cited falling U.S. personal savings and record-setting revolving credit card debt despite trillions of dollars in stimulus money. Michael...
Crypto Biz: Smart Money is betting big on Web3, layer 2, May 19-25
27.5.2022
Despite the apparent bear market in digital assets, venture capital continues to allocate billions to crypto and blockchain startups
Cyberpunk 2077 Leak May Offer Big Clues About Long-Awaited DLC
27.5.2022
Players have been hungry for details about Cyberpunk 2077’s first DLC since the game came out, yet nearly 18 months later, the only official news has been about additional delays. But now the dam of secrecy around the upcoming story expansion finally appears to have broken. A dataminer reportedly...
Game Pirates Trolled With Controller Errors And Endless Rain
26.5.2022
One of my favourite things to write about on this website are the creative ways developers have learned to fuck with people pirating their video games, so it’s with great pleasure I get to share another example today.Read more
Plus newsletter example: April 2022's big new winners (& losers?) on Steam
23.5.2022
Just showing what the Plus newsletter does for you!
Metaverse Real Estate – Next Big Thing or Next Big Boondoggle?
23.5.2022
Highly-prized pots of land are fetching fortunes on metaverse platforms. How do the economics of metaverse real estate stack up?
Billionaire Investor and Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Addresses the Terra LUNA and UST Fallout
18.5.2022
On May 18, the billionaire investor and crypto proponent Mike Novogratz published a post about the recent Terra blockchain fallout. Novogratz and his firm Galaxy Digital were big believers in the Terra project, and the investor even got a LUNA-centric tattoo on his arm. Despite the recent events...
Podcast: Mod.io's Scott Reismanis on the impact of UGC in games
18.5.2022
Listen now (41 min) | How user-generated content is a big thing - and may get way larger
Web3 Gaming Company Metatheory Raises $24 Million With Backing From A16z, Pantera, and FTX
18.5.2022
Metatheory, a Web3 gaming company founded in 2021, has announced it has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round. The investment round, which was led by big VC names in the crypto space like a16z, also had the participation of Pantera Capital and FTX Ventures. Kevin Lin, CEO of the company...
Algoracle Announces $1․5 Million Seed Round
18.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Algoracle has recently announced the close of its seed round for $1.5 million (USD) to help accelerate the development and launch of Algorand’s native decentralized oracle network. Algoracle’s seed round was led by Borderless Capital, with major contributions from...