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Maniac Takes The Best Part Of GTA And Makes It A Roguelike
28.3.2024
When I was younger, my friends and I would play Grand Theft Auto III differently than how the developers intended. Instead of completing missions and side activities, we would use cheat codes to give ourselves all the guns, a good car, and then save the game in that state. We would then each take...
Revisiting Konami’s Messy, Misguided Saw Games On The Eve Of Saw X
28.9.2023
I’m seeing Saw X tonight. The ever-wearier death game horror movie franchise has been toying with soft reboots since 2017’s Jigsaw and 2021’s Chris Rock-led Spiral, but neither really got the series back off the ground. Saw X is a prequel injected between the 2004 original and its 2005 sequel,...
Chinese Platforms to Test Metaverse Tech During Qatar World Cup 2022 Broadcasts
21.11.2022
Several Chinese platforms are introducing metaverse tech in their coverage of Qatar’s 2022 soccer World Cup. The experiences, which will use virtual reality (VR) headsets and 5G as base tech, will allow the users to enjoy a metaverse-like view of the event, and will also give Chinese...
An Unknown Miner Commands More Than 51% of BSV’s Hashpower, Consecutive Strings of Empty Blocks Makes Chain Unreliable
23.10.2022
A single miner has managed to overtake a large portion of the Bitcoinsv (Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision) blockchain capturing more than 80% of the hashrate on October 17. Today, the unknown miner’s hashpower commands around 54% of the Bitcoinsv’s computational power and during...
Ubisoft Just Shut Down Online Services For 91 Games
26.4.2022
To all the folks still playing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 on Xbox 360, I’ve got some bad news: Ubisoft has turned off online services for that game and 90 other titles, including Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell, Just Dance, and more across multiple console and PC platforms. Read more
Tony Hawk’s Latest NFTs to Come With Signed Physical Skateboards
17.4.2022
Last December, the renowned professional skateboarder Tony Hawk released his “Last Trick” non-fungible token (NFT) collection via the NFT marketplace Autograph. Next week, Hawk will be auctioning the skateboards he used during his last tricks, and each of the NFTs will come with...
Chrono Trigger Is Now Officially Playable In 21:9
11.3.2022
The PC version of Chrono Trigger, which was released on Steam back in 2018, has just received its first update in four years, and it’s a surprisingly substantial one, with the highlight being that the pixel-based, 1995 JRPG is now properly playable on ultra-wide displays.Read more
Data Shows Ruble-Denominated Crypto Trading Has Spiked, RUB Represents Over 2% of USDT Trades
2.3.2022
According to reports and data stemming from ruble-denominated crypto trading pairs, Russian citizens are flocking toward cryptocurrencies amid the conflict in Ukraine. Analytical data indicates that the ruble is the sixth most traded pair with tether and tether’s fourth most traded...
It's Ok To Start Dying Light 2 On Easy
4.2.2022
Video games can be hard at times. They require accuracy, attentiveness, dexterity, and above all, patience. So playing on Normal isn’t always an option, especially if you’re rusty in a particular genre or have a disability that impedes your gameplay. Dying Light 2, the sequel to Techland’s 2015...
BTS Just Performed 'Butter' And 'Permission to Dance' In Minecraft
17.12.2021
In a first for the super group, BTS performed two of its biggest hits in Minecraft. If you’ve ever wondered what the square-headed, blocky version of your favorite member looked like, now you know. Read more
Tony Hawk Launches ‘Last Trick’ NFT Collection to Commemorate Career and Signature Moves
17.12.2021
Following the American professional skateboarder Tony Hawk’s first non-fungible token (NFT) sale on the NFT marketplace Autograph, Hawk is commemorating his career with a new series of NFTs called the “Last Trick” collection. The popular skateboarder’s latest digital...
Final Fantasy XIV Player Literally Dabs On Boss With Kinect
28.9.2021
Final Fantasy XIV, like most video games, is far from physically taxing despite the often-incredible feats performed by your character on-screen. But what if you, say, actually had to dance to get the Dancer job moving? Absolute madman Super Louis 64 answered this question earlier today, and...
Zedd Just Showed How Unfair Japan's Travel Ban Is
17.9.2021
Right now, nineteen prefectures in Japan are under a state of emergency until September 30. But one of them, Chiba Prefecture, will host the Supersonic music festival at a baseball stadium this weekend. Zedd, along with Alan Walker and Steve Aoki, are among the international DJs flown in for...
After 15 Years, Bemani Composer TAG Says He's Leaving Konami
6.9.2021
For the past fifteen years, one constant for Konami’s Bemani music game series has been the musical stylings of composter Yasuhiro “TAG” Taguchi. Today, he announced his is leaving the Tokyo-based game company.“I’ve now decided to go freelance as a composer after being employed at my company...
Bitcoinsv Chain Suffers 51% Attack: Analyst Claims BSV Network Experienced a 100-Block Reorg
4.8.2021
Reports show that the Bitcoinsv blockchain suffered from a 51% attack on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as the founder of Blockchair, Nikita Zhavoronkov explained the network endured a 100 block reorg “wiping out 570k transactions.” Onchain Observers Witness a Deep Bitcoinsv Reorg...
Optional Boss Fights? Hell Yes
11.6.2021
There’s a big feature on the upcoming Axion Verge 2 over on the PlayStation Blog, and while the whole thing will be of interest to fans of the first game, there’s one passage in particular that really stood out to me.Read more
Stripper Arrested In Japan For Stripping
16.4.2021
The Japanese media is reporting that a professional stripper has been arrested for stripping at a strip club in Tokyo.Read more
Dance Team Perfectly Recreates Apex Legends Character Intros
13.2.2021
Monster Hunter Dancers, a dance group in Japan, has recreated some of the character intros featured in Apex Legends during the selection process before a match. It’s fantastic.Read more
Hash Watch: The Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Cash Fork Is Now Complete
15.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash community has been patiently waiting for weeks for the November 15, 2020 upgrade and the day is finally here. Every six months the Bitcoin Cash network upgrades, but this time around, a conflict sparked over Bitcoin ABC’s Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP). During the course...
Hash Watch: Kraken Announces BCH Fork Plans, Bitcoin ABC Reveals Two-Pronged Effort
8.11.2020
A number of third party infrastructure providers have announced contingency plans for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash upgrade on November 15, 2020. Hitbtc has revealed the exchange’s plans to halt bitcoin cash transactions on that day, and it plans to credit all users with an additional token if...