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Tencent Buys Sumo Group For $1.3 Billion

19.7.2021
British company Sumo Group, whose various studios have worked on everything from Hitman to Forza to Disney Infinity, has been bought by Chinese giant Tencent for a whopping $1.3 billion, Reuters report.Read more

Discord Buys AI Company To Combat A Big Problem: Harassment

14.7.2021
It wasn’t all that long ago that Discord housed some of the internet’s most noxious groups, including white supremacist communities like The Daily Stormer. Since the Charlottesville rally in 2017, however, the chat platform has worked toward slowly but surely cleaning up the mess. But as Discord...

Riot Blockchain Bitcoin Production Jumps More Than 400% Year-on-Year Amidst Mining Exodus

10.7.2021
Riot Blockchain, a Nasdaq-listed mining company, reported Thursday on its Bitcoin production last month. The company’s numbers jumped a little more than 400% year-on-year, as a result of the increase in mining power. The recent mining crackdown in China is also helping companies like Riot...

Tencent Now Owns Majority Of Spec Ops: The Line Studio

22.6.2021
Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Yager, a German-based game studio best known for the third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line. Yager announced the news in a press release this morning.Read more

It's Like Left 4 Dead, But With Better AI --- And More Style, Too

10.6.2021
The Anacrusis was revealed today during Summer Game Fest 2021’s E3 2021 kickoff stream. Stray Bombay, the developer behind the co-op shooter, is an indie studio created by former Valve writer Chet Falizek.Read more

One Year And 14 Million Active Players Later, Valorant Is Going Mobile

2.6.2021
Officially launched on June 2 of last year, Riot Games’ hero shooter Valorant has enjoyed massive success on PC, with more than a half-billion matches played and over 14 million active players. Today Riot announced plans to expand the franchise, starting with Valorant Mobile. Read more

Riot Blockchain, the Leading BTC Mining Co. in North America

27.5.2021
Riot Blockchain announced the completion of Whinstone US’s acquisition, making them the leading Bitcoin mining company in North America. The total amount paid for the transaction is 80 million dollars in cash and 11.8 million worth of shares. Riot had XMS Capital Partners as their financial advisor...

Valorant Pro Jay “Sinatraa” Won Suspended For Six Months Following Sexual Assault Investigation

17.5.2021
Jay “Sinatraa” Won has been suspended from competing in professional Valorant matches for six months following Riot’s investigation of claims he sexually assaulted his girlfriend Cleo Hernandez. Announced today, the six month suspension will last until September 10 and require Won to participate...

Big Time Studios Aims to Bring NFTs to the Masses, Set to Raise $21 Million in Funding

14.5.2021
The Los Angeles-based company Big Time Studios has announced the company is set to raise $21 million in two funding rounds backed by a number of investors. The company’s founder Ari Meilich was the CEO and co-creator of the Ethereum metaverse Decentraland. Big Time Studios aims to bring...

Vývojáři League of Legends ukázali, jak nekomunikovat se svými fanoušky

6.5.2021
O společnosti Riot Games je v poslední době hodně slyšet, málokdy ale v pozitivním smyslu. Fanouškům populární online hry League of Legends vadí nevhodná komunikace ze strany společnosti, ale i nevhodný přístup k vlastním zaměstnancům

Riot Will Record Valorant Voice Comms To Catch Racists

30.4.2021
Riot announced updates to its privacy policy today that will allow the company to record and evaluate reported player voice communications in its team-based shooter Valorant. Read more

GoG do neděle rozdává socialistický retro brawler Tonight We Riot

30.4.2021

Riot Shuts Down League Of Legends Fan Game After Creators Say Riot Tried To 'Extort' Them

28.4.2021
For nearly five years, a group of League of Legends fans have been working on Chronoshift, a “legacy server” that would let players travel back to a decade-old version of the ever-evolving MOBA, not unlike the unofficial servers that preceded (and continued in the wake of) WoW Classic. Now, though...

Riot Co-Founder Courageously Tweets, Deletes ‘Critical Race Theory’ Dog Whistle

23.4.2021
“Critical race theory” is the right’s latest buzz phrase in service of silencing discussion of America’s racist past and how it informs the country’s still very racist present. Last night, Riot co-founder and chairman Marc Merrill tweeted and quoted an article about how critical race theory is...

Blockcap Mined $33M in BTC in First Quarter, Q1 Bitcoin Revenue Outshines US Competitors

17.4.2021
The Texas-based Blockcap Incorporated revealed the blockchain and mining firm has mined approximately 544 bitcoins during the first quarter of 2021. Blockcap says the $33 million worth of bitcoin stems from the firm’s fleet of 12,176 mining rigs. Blockcap Rakes in 544 Bitcoins During the last...

Riot Blockchain Bitcoin production jumps 80% over pre-halving levels

12.4.2021
The company said it held more than $94 million in crypto as of March 31, all from Bitcoin it has mined

Texas Bitcoin Mining Swells- Riot Purchases Mining Site for $650M, Blockcap Establishes HQ in Austin

10.4.2021
The Lone Star State of Texas is solidifying its role as a bitcoin mining and blockchain hub. This week two major bitcoin mining companies established operations in Texas. The company Riot Blockchain purchased a mining site in Rockdale and the bitcoin mining firm Blockcap announced establishing...