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Pudgy Penguins NFT Launches Toys in 2,000 Walmart Stores, Trading Volume Surges by 530%
27.9.2023
Popular NFT collection Pudgy Penguins has launched its Pudgy Toys collection in 2,000 Walmart stores across the United States.
The toys, which have been available online since May, are expected to see a significant boost in exposure with their presence in Walmart.
Each Pudgy Toy will come with...
Walmart's Entry into Roblox Metaverse Guides Kids to 'Discover the Top Toys'
21.9.2023
US retailer Walmart has joined the ranks of corporates seeking to capitalize on the popularity of metaverse platforms like Roblox, but the strategy is being criticized for being aimed at children.
According to crypto news outlet The Block, the two Walmart divisions Walmart Land and Walmart’s...
Tears Of The Kingdom Fans Are Fighting With Beyblades Now
16.6.2023
This wont come as a huge surprise, not after learning that you can build a working computer in Nintendo’s open-world adventure, but it’s still neat: turns out the new Zelda’s construction abilities let you build your own Beyblade match.Read more
New Rubik's Cube World Record Gets Set At An Absurd Three Seconds
13.6.2023
Rubik’s Cubes are perplexing puzzles, especially if you don’t know the rotations required to solve them. Doing so has become a speedrun of sorts, as folks the world over compete to finish one as fast as possible. Well, someone recently set a brand-new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube...
Stop shoving crypto ‘down people’s throats’ — Pudgy Penguins CEO on NFTs
1.6.2023
Luca Netz suggested that Pudgy Penguins is pushing for Web3/blockchain as a “back end not front end” approach, as it makes its IP as accessible as possible
Pudgy Penguins ventures into the world of physical toys
22.5.2023
The NFT market dipped earlier this year, but only one brand managed to raise a whopping $9 million. That was Pudgy Penguins, and the fundraising round was led by 1kx. Meaning Pudgy Penguins has been pretty ambitious about its aim since then. One such instance is the brand venturing out of the world...
Cryptoys Unveils Star Wars Digital Toys in New Line of Collectibles
5.5.2023
The crypto platform Cryptoys, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, has announced the launch of Star Wars collectible digital toys featuring iconic characters Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia. Cryptoys stated on Thursday that 15 digital action figures will be available to collect in total...
The Hardest Resident Evil 4 Remake Puzzles Have Easy Solutions
5.4.2023
When you’re not getting lost in Resident Evil 4 remake protagonist Leon’s dreamy abs, you might find yourself trapped in an uncomfortable reality filled with puzzles—some difficult, and some simply annoying. I don’t know why RE4’s imposing castle and outskirts are packed with elaborate, burdensome...
NFT Steez and Cryptoys CEO discuss the future of toys and entertainment within Web3
20.1.2023
NFT Steez chats with Cryptoys CEO Will Weinraub about the future of toys, entertainment and play in blockchain-based games
Controversial Marvel Snap Card Getting Nerfed, With More Tweaks Coming Later
5.1.2023
Marvel Snap’s latest round of balance changes hasn’t officially been released yet, but following a last-minute delay and leak, the info is out there. And players have begun debating one nerf in particular involving the controversial Leader card. For many, the leaked nerf details aren’t enough....
Star Wars Has Been Used To Sell Some Weird-Ass Products
4.1.2023
Before the prequel trilogy released in the late ‘90s/early noughties and Disney bought LucasFilm for an exorbitant amount of money in 2015, Star Wars licensing was a bizarre no man’s land. While I was, admittedly, a bit too young to recall anything other than plastic lightsabers and scratchy Padme...
18 Cozy Games That Feel Like A Warm Blanket
23.12.2022
For some of us, games have always been a source of comfort in challenging times, offering a respite from harsh realities in our own lives that we couldn’t escape, or providing a place where we can focus on manageable challenges while the real world feels unmanageable. But in recent years, more...
Ashley Bardhan's Top 5 Games Of 2022
19.12.2022
I only consider myself a “gamer” in a literal sense—I play video games every year, but only a modest handful of those already familiar to me, like my darling Bloodborne or Super Smash Bros. I started working at Kotaku this year, though, and by demand, 2022 became my most “gamer” year ever, with...
I Played The 2022 Bratz Game, And It's As Bad As You Think
15.12.2022
When I got an email that Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion, the first official Bratz dolls video game since 2012, was coming out in November across most platforms, including, remarkably, the PS5, I was intrigued and a little amused. When I booted it up, I got that familiar hit of nostalgia, as each of...
Toys R Us declares an NFT collection via their Geoffrey the Giraffe NFTs
8.12.2022
Toys R Us, which happens to be a very popular toy retailer based out of the US, is extremely pleased and takes an immense amount of pleasure in making their formal announcement of having delivered their Geoffrey the Giraffe NFTs. They are distinctly aware that this timing has been very accurately...
New Transformers Series Introduces Its First Nonbinary Robot
14.11.2022
The Transformers franchise, which has always been more than meets the eye, just introduced its first officially nonbinary character, Nightshade. They make their debut toward the end of the first season of the franchise’s latest TV series, Transformers: EarthSpark, which premiered on the Paramount...
GameStop Workers Reveal The Junk They Can’t Sell That’s Piling Up
27.10.2022
As Kotaku reported last week, retail giant GameStop has been increasingly stocking its retail stores with weird, random junk instead of, well, video games. Dissatisfied GameStop employees have been grousing online about the massive amounts of toys the warehouses are sending. And as it turns...
Clean A Demon's Sex Toys In This Punk Slice-Of-Life Game
20.10.2022
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GameStop Employees Say They Have To Sell All Sorts Of Random Weird Junk Now
17.10.2022
Not everyone was happy with GameStop’s transition into a toy store, but there was at least some crossover between toys and gaming. Until now. New inventory just came in for GameStop employees, and some of the stock they’re getting aren’t even toys. Read more
NFT Steez and Cryptoys CEO discuss the future of toys within Web3 environments
14.10.2022
NFT Steez chats with Cryptoys CEO Will Weinraub about the future of toys, entertainment and play in blockchain-based games