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Square Enix to Deepen Its Blockchain Efforts in 2023
4.1.2023
Square Enix, the Japanese gaming giant, is preparing to announce more blockchain-based titles in 2023. As part of a now traditional new year’s letter issued by Yosuke Matsuda, CEO of the company, the executive announced some of the moves Square Enix will make regarding blockchain tech,...
Final Fantasy Parent Square Enix Is Bullish on Blockchain Gaming in 2023
4.1.2023
The Tokyo-based video game giant is already developing multiple blockchain games, highlighting an area of growth amid a brutal crypto winter
After A Bad Year For NFTs, Square Enix Boss Says Company's Still All In For Them
3.1.2023
A year ago, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda said NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and blockchain gaming were the future. Then 2022 happened and it became clear to all but the most diehard NFT investors and crytobros that all of this digital JPEG ownership was a scam that the public continues...
Major Game Publisher Square Enix Continues to Invest in Blockchain Games Despite Bear Market
3.1.2023
Prominent Japanese video game developer and publisher Square Enix has revealed that it will continue to invest in blockchain games despite the recent turbulence in the crypto market.
In a Sunday letter, Yosuke Matsuda, the president of the company, said the game publisher will double down on Web3...
Český čip Tropic Square se blíží sériové výrobě. Z Tchaj-wanu dorazily testovací vzorky
2.1.2023
Česko v dohledné době začne dodávat na trh vlastní čipy. Pražskému startupu Tropic Square před pár dny dorazily z Tchaj-wanu první vzorky bezpečnostního čipu Tropic01, který se uplatní třeba v hardwarových kryptopeněženkách. Firma zahájila testy, a pokud dopadnou podle očekávání, spustí sériovou
Today in Crypto: $62M in Crypto Stolen in December, Gaming Giant Square Enix 'Most Focused' on Blockchain Entertainment
2.1.2023
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Sonic Co-Creator Charged With Illegally Trading Over $1 Million In Final Fantasy Stock
28.12.2022
Last month, the legendary co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog was arrested for allegedly purchasing shares in a Dragon Quest development studio before their announcement. A month later, he was arrested a second time for reportedly buying stock in a Final Fantasy company in a similar fashion....
Japanese Gaming Company Gumi Partners With Square Enix and SBI Holdings to Strengthen Metaverse Pivot
28.12.2022
Gumi, a Japanese mobile gaming company, has partnered with Square Enix and SBI Holdings to build new business opportunities around the metaverse. The deal, which also includes the issuance of new stock valued at $52.7 million dollars, will allow the company to acquire financial and content creation...
Nifty News: Square Enix invests into NFT gaming firm, Beeple speaks on NFT art future and more…
26.12.2022
Pokémon Company International has taken an Australian company to court over advertising an unlicensed NFT-based Pokémon game and HSBC has filed for a host of NFT and Metaverse trademarks
Japanese Securities Giant SBI, Gaming Firm Square Enix Seal Crypto Gaming Deal
23.12.2022
The Japanese securities, banking, and crypto heavyweight SBI and the Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed gaming firm Square Enix have announced a crypto gaming M&A deal. The companies have signed a share purchase deal for Gumi, an up-and-coming crypto and blockchain gaming company.
The deal is worth...
Square Enix Abandons Its Chocobo Racing Game Just 9 Months After Launch
22.12.2022
A game not included on our list of major 2022 games that died this year was Square Enix’s kart racer, Chocobo GP. There’s a reason for that, as it will remain playable for the foreseeable future. However, as Square Enix announced on December 21, the game is effectively dead now since “no further...
Český čip Tropic Square získal miliony od EU, do Prahy dorazily testovací vzorky
13.12.2022
Český čipový startup Tropic Square se stal součástí sedmi evropských firem a organizací, které pracují na sjednocení pravidel bezpečného návrhu v rámci elektroniky. Jde o evropský program ORSHIN, jenž je součástí širšího rámce Horizon Europe. Na ORSHIN je k dispozici 3,8 milionu eur. Tropic Square...
Deus Ex Go a další mobilní hry od Square Enix Montreal končí
23.11.2022
One Of The Best Deus Ex Games Is Disappearing
23.11.2022
For a while there, Square Enix Montreal (later rebranded to Onoma) were making some of the best mobile puzzle games of all time. Hitman Go, Lara Croft Go and Deus Ex Go were three of the slickest, most challenging games you could play on your phone, and all have gone down as classics of the genre....
Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
23.11.2022
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results of their “game industry net zero 2022 snapshot”, a report that takes a detailed look at how most of the world’s biggest video game companies are responding to...
Billionaire Bill Ackman: Crypto Enables Creation of Useful Businesses and ‘Is Here to Stay’
22.11.2022
According to Bill Ackman, billionaire and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, while crypto tokens are used by unethical promoters to perpetuate fraud, they “can enable the formation of useful businesses.” A previous critic of digital assets, Ackman insists that “crypto...
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says 'crypto is here to stay'
21.11.2022
Bill Ackman’s conviction on crypto comes as much of the community attempts to regain confidence in the industry following the FTX fallout
Effective Altruism: Former FTX CEO’s Alleged $40M Penthouse Listed for Sale, Report Says Firm Spent $74M on Real Estate
14.11.2022
In light of a recently published real estate listing, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is reportedly selling a 12,000-square-foot penthouse in the Bahamas for $39.9 million. Moreover, reports further detail that FTX Property Holdings spent roughly $74 million on real estate purchases in...
Gamefi Project Oasys Aims to Grow Blockchain Gaming in Japan Through YGG Partnership
8.11.2022
Oasys, a gaming-oriented, Japan-based Web3 project, is partnering with YGG, a blockchain gaming guild, to grow blockchain gaming in Japan. The partnership encompasses the use of YGG resources to promote gaming projects built on top of the Oasys ecosystem, giving developers from all over the world...
Final Fantasy XVI PS5 Exclusivity Only Runs Six Months
7.11.2022
Following the latest series of info dumps and interviews, Sony may have just let slip the biggest news of all: Final Fantasy XVI will only be a PlayStation 5 exclusive for six months. PC owners rejoice.Read more