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Japanese Opposition Leader Urges Crypto Tax Reform to Provide Nation with Web3 Boost
23.5.2022
Japan could be set to overhaul its crypto tax system – with opposition leaders joining a chorus of MPs and business leaders calling for a change in tax law to stop an “outflow” of crypto-related talent and convince Japanese crypto firms not to relocate overseas....
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The PS5's Worst Game Is Taking A Long, Hard Look At Itself
23.5.2022
Babylon’s Fall fell indeed, and now the live-service loot slasher’s next season is going to last twice as long as Square Enix had originally planned. After promising players everything was just fine a couple months ago, Platinum Games is now planning to “re-evaluate” its future content plans.Read...
Poorer Americans Are More Likely to Use Crypto, GameStop's Ethereum Wallet, eBay's NFTs + More News
23.5.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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‘Ugly Sonic’ Is Slinging Merch In The New Chip ‘n Dale Film
20.5.2022
Do you remember “Ugly Sonic,” the internet’s colloquial name for Paramount Pictures’ “realistic” take on Sega’s Blue Blur that featured weird human teeth? It was the original design for 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog live-action adaptation, a design that was quickly scrapped because fans dragged...
Death Stranding Sequel Seemingly Acknowledged By Norman Reedus
20.5.2022
Speaking with men’s lifestyle site Leo, actor Norman Reedus seems to suggest that not only will there be a sequel to 2019’s Death Stranding, but that production has “just started.” This piece of information comes in the middle of a wide-ranging interview where the actor discusses his time on...
Looks Like Nintendo Is Ramping Up Its Fight Against Cheaters
20.5.2022
Nintendo is patenting new tech to help catch cheaters in games like the eternally best-selling Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 2. As video game companies across the industry try to clamp down on cheat software and other hacks that give players an unfair advantage using off-the-shelf solutions, Nintendo...
G7 Keeps Pushing for Crypto Regulation, Here's What's Already Happening
20.5.2022
The finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven (G7), which comprises the world’s most advanced economies, have once again called for the rapid introduction of comprehensive regulations of cryptoassets in the aftermath of the recent UST stablecoin crash....
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Superstar Final Fantasy XIV Producer’s First Square Enix Game Was Canceled
19.5.2022
Naoki Yoshida, the man often credited with turning Final Fantasy XIV around after the MMO’s miserable launch and who is now in charge of bringing the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI to life, wasn’t always the superstar we know him as today. In fact, the higher-ups at Square Enix canceled Yoshida’s very...
Silent Hill Rumors Have Everyone Wondering If Horror Dev Is Worthy
19.5.2022
The internet is once again awash in rumors, reports, screenshots, and vague Instagram posts pointing to a new upcoming Silent Hill game. Maybe even multiple games, including a remake of Silent Hill 2. So you can bet that fans are losing it, especially after horror devs Bloober Team were suggested...
It’s Stardew Valley Plus Spirited Away (Who Are We Kidding, You Already Clicked)
18.5.2022
You can never have too many cozy games between all the big AAA launches, in my opinion, and that’s exactly what makes upcoming slice-of-life sim Spirittea look so inviting.Read more
The Zelda-Inspired Indie Game That's Causing A Commotion
18.5.2022
A recent entry in IGN’s peculiar indie developer-funding competition, Rogue Jam, has raised eyebrows for its obvious visual similarity with Nintendo’s 2019 Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. In response, many are attempting to whip up some sort of controversy, as if this isn’t...
Turns Out A Short Yakuza Is A Very Good Yakuza
18.5.2022
If the Yakuza (and its spin-off Judgment) games are famous for one thing, it’s that you can smash a dude’s face in with a bike and that it looks very funny. If they’re famous for two things, it’s that they are really long, and that their stories and cutscenes go forever.Read more
Japanese City to Launch Metaverse Project with Entertainment Industry Behemoth
18.5.2022
Local Japanese government bodies are set to begin metaverse projects – and may make use of NFTs and avatars in a new virtual space.
The ball is beginning to roll in Yabu, a city in the nation’s Hyogo Prefecture, where local authorities have teamed up with Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Japan’s biggest...
Love Elden Ring But Miss Sekiro’s Grappling Hook? This May Be The Souls-Like For You
18.5.2022
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Japan’s largest investment bank Nomura readies new crypto subsidiary
17.5.2022
The leading Japanese bank plans on establishing a crypto subsidiary outside of Japan and will acquire about 100 personnel to work in the digital asset space
Japan’s Nomura Said to Launch Crypto Unit With DeFi and NFTs on Menu: Report
16.5.2022
Somehow, The N64 Can Do Portal
16.5.2022
Valve’s Portal, released in 2007 (!), is one of the last games you’d expect to see the humble little N64 being able to manage, and yet here we are in 2022, seeing it manage it quite nicely.Read more
New Cloud Technology Warns You When Not To Play Kingdom Hearts
14.5.2022
Once, long ago, buying and playing a video game was pretty easy. You bought the disc or cart, stuck it in the console, and hit play. Not so much anymore. Case in point: The not-so-great cloud-streaming-only versions of Kingdom Hearts released on Switch earlier this year recently got an update,...
Securities Giant SBI Snaps up Controlling Stake in One of its Crypto Rivals, BITPoint
14.5.2022
The Japanese securities and banking giant SBI Holdings has made another key M&A move – and will snap up a controlling interest in BITPoint, one of the domestic rivals to its SBI VC Trade crypto trading platform.
Per Nikkei, BITPoint’s operator, the loyalty point provider Remixpoint, has stated...
Skyrocketing Retro Game Price 'Manipulation' Controversy Goes To Court
13.5.2022
The market frenzy leading to record-breaking prices for retro games appears to have slowed since last year, but frustration over the collectible grading firm at the center of the spike hasn’t. Earlier this week a number of Wata Games customers filed a class action lawsuit attempting to put an...