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Hades’ Developer's Earlier Games, Including Bastion, Are On Sale
30.9.2024
Before Hades became what many consider to be 2020’s Game of the Year, its developer, Supergiant Games, made a trio of critically acclaimed titles that displayed the team’s impressive range. Everything from each title’s setting to its respective gameplay was wildly different from the others, which...
YouTuber iShowSpeed Challenged By Olympic Runner After Saying He's Never Lost A Race
7.8.2024
People are waiting to see if former Valorant streamer and online personality Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. will take Olympic medalist Ewa Swoboda up on her offer to race the next time he’s in Poland. The runner recently suggested iShowSpeed could prove he’s unbeatable by joining an RMF FM radio...
Popular YouTube Rapper And Famous TikTok Wizard Get Into Viral Barking Match
2.7.2024
YouTuber and rapper Darren Jason Watkins Jr, better known online as IShowSpeed or simply “Speed,” encountered Crawley, a viral TikTok wizard, and promptly fell to the ground and got into an extended barking match with him in a clip that is going viral online.Read more
10 Years Ago, The Hades 2 Devs Made An Amazing Cyber-Noir RPG (And My Favorite T-Shirt)
20.5.2024
On May 20, 2014 developer Supergiant Games (the team behind 2020’s hit roguelike Hades and its recently-released-in-early-access sequel) released its second game, Transistor. The sci-fi action RPG was widely considered a wonderful sophomore outing for the developer, receiving a 9/10 from the likes...
Hades 2 Hotties, Starfield Updates, And More Of This Week's Takes
20.4.2024
We got our first good look at the highly anticipated Hades 2 this week, and we have a lot to say about Supergiant Games’ first-ever direct sequel. But there’s also some Starfield news to get into and unpack, and some fan-casting to do. Read on for our spiciest opinions of the week. Read more
Unsurprisingly, Hades 2 Whoops So Much Ass
18.4.2024
The Hades 2 technical test is currently live for those lucky enough to have gotten access, and I can confirm that Supergiant Games’ highly anticipated (and first ever) sequel is exactly what it should be, and then some. I had a feeling Hades 2 would be good from the moment I booted up the game...
The Gran Turismo Movie Is Part Cringey Playstation Commercial, Part Endearing Underdog Story
28.8.2023
Gran Turismo has to be one of the unlikeliest games yet to get the big-screen treatment. Sony’s long-running racing sim series features no cinematic story, no characters, no heated raceway rivalries. It’s all about racing and tinkering with gorgeous cars at some of the world’s most famous...
Gran Turismo Movie Review Roundup: The Critics Are Split
8.8.2023
The Gran Turismo film comes out this month, but critics don’t seem sold on the video game-inspired biopic as the Neill Blomkamp-directed film holds a 57 percent on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this writing.Read more
A House Bill Would Make It Harder for the SEC to Argue Crypto Tokens Are Securities
31.5.2023
The five-page, bipartisan Securities Clarity Act by Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto would significantly reduce uncertainty for both crypto investors and issuers, write Bain Capital Crypto’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara
Twitch, YouTube Streamers Raise Big Funds For Syria-Turkey Earthquake Relief
7.2.2023
Twitch isn’t just a place where artificial intelligence festers and drama proliferates. It’s also a useful organizational platform for raising awareness around and funds for various global causes, which is exactly what a handful of big-name streamers, like Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell and Hasan...
Darren Glover, VP of Gaming at VaynerSports, on Web3 Gaming and Content Creation | Ep. 190
2.1.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Darren Glover, VP of Gaming at VaynerSports, talks about the intersection of sports & crypto, finding new ways to reach consumers, and how the current e-sports model is broken.
Darren Glover is the VP of Gaming at VaynerSports (Gary and...
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Alameda Were Accused of Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Market Manipulation 3 Years Before FTX Collapsed
17.11.2022
Amid the latest bankruptcy case filed by FTX Trading Ltd., U.S. regulators want to crack down on crypto exchanges, and a class action lawsuit has been issued against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and 12 celebrities. However, this is not FTX’s and Alameda Research’s first...
8 US Lawmakers Urge SEC to Stop Crippling Crypto, Stifling Innovation
17.3.2022
Eight U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding how the agency collects information from crypto companies. According to the crypto community, the SEC’s “requests” for information “are overburdensome...
Henry Cavill Visited Warhammer HQ And Had Just A Swell Time
20.2.2022
Witcher star, PC builder, and Warhammer nerd Henry Cavill got the chance to visit Games Workshop’s “Warhammer World” aka the company’s UK headquarters. And apparently, everyone there and Cavill himself just had a great time. Read more
MTI Mastermind Arrest: Lawyer Points to Agreement Relating to Johann Steynberg’s Extradition to South Africa
16.1.2022
With Johann Steynberg now in custody in Brazil, a lawyer has suggested that South Africa may have to resort to an existing legal assistance agreement with Brazil if it wishes to have the CEO extradited. However, the success of any such extradition will depend on the next steps taken by authorities...
10 Congress Members Ask Nancy Pelosi to Help Revise Crypto Provision in Infrastructure Bill
20.11.2021
Ten members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address the problem with the crypto provision in the infrastructure bill. They explained that the current definition of a broker in the bill “would increase uncertainty in the cryptocurrency...
Unnamed South African Investor Proposes Buying 51% Stake in Collapsed Crypto Firm for $5 Million
12.11.2021
An unknown investor has proposed to acquire a 51% stake in Africrypt — the collapsed cryptocurrency investment company — for a purchase price of $5 million. However, in exchange for the offer, the investor wants all criminal proceedings against Africrypt directors dropped. Offer Must...
US Lawmakers Urge SEC to Permit Trading of Bitcoin Spot ETFs
5.11.2021
U.S. lawmakers have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Since the SEC has approved the trading of bitcoin futures ETFs, the lawmakers said it “should no longer have concerns with bitcoin spot ETFs and should show...
Get This: 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand Started Out As A Tom Clancy Game
11.9.2021
In an interview with NME, a developer who worked on 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand revealed that originally the game was going to be a Tom Clancy title. But because the publisher didn’t actually own the rights to Clancy’s name, this plan was scrapped. Read more
Researchers Name Newly Discovered Insects After Legendary Pokémon
19.3.2021
Two entomologists decided to name their recently discovered new species of Australian beetles Binburrum articuno, Binburrum moltres, and Binburrum zapdos, bringing Pokémon full circle back to what originally inspired the hit video game series.Read more