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Polygon Hermez to Scale Ethereum, FTX Supports Bitcoin Devs + More News
13.8.2021
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Polygon (MATIC), an Ethereum (ETH) layer 2 scaling solution, and Hermez Network (HEZ), an open-source...
Ex-Far Cry Dev's New Game Studio Is 4.7 Percent Women, Ready For More
12.8.2021
Assassin’s Creed III director and former Stadia developer Alex Hutchinson is back with a new studio called Raccoon Logic, as well as some old excuses about its lack of diversity. A picture included in a press release showed the new studio’s staff standing on an outdoor staircase. Of the 20 people...
Poly Network Hacker Returns $4.7M in Funds — Attacker Asks Devs to Unlock Frozen Tether Stash
11.8.2021
On Tuesday, the decentralized finance (defi) project Poly Network was hacked for over $600 million in digital assets. The attack was the largest defi hack to date eclipsing all of 2021’s defi hacks combined. The very next day, however, the hacker started to send funds back to the Poly Network...
The Best Zombie Safe Room Notes In The Back 4 Blood Beta
9.8.2021
Back 4 Blood is a lot like Left 4 Dead. Both games feature first-person shootin’, online co-op action, and tons of zombies. Even the names are very similar! These similarities are completely by design as Turtle Rock Studios, the devs behind Back 4 Blood, are the same folks who developed...
Two Hours With Back 4 Blood, The Next Big Game By Left 4 Dead Devs
6.8.2021
I don’t need to sell you on the brilliance of Left 4 Dead, especially when half the industry seems to be drawing inspiration from it right now. But after two hours with Back 4 Blood‘s verses and campaign modes, does it have the same genre-defining charm? That’s hard to say.Read more
There’s 30 Doge-Like Tokens Today — New Daddy Doge Jumps 57% This Week, Promises To Be First in Space
4.8.2021
Following the hype surrounding dogecoin, shiba inu, and then baby doge, another token called daddy doge (DADDYDOGE) has been gathering steam. The coin saw some interest after Elon Musk said the words “daddy doge” in a video of Tesla’s CEO being escorted to a car. Furthermore,...
ETH Compatible BCH Sidechain Smartbch Successfully Launches Three Nodes
31.7.2021
The day before the fourth Bitcoin Cash anniversary, the Smart Bitcoin Cash team (Smartbch), announced the project has launched three nodes as genesis validators. Smartbch disclosed that Btc.com, Viabtc, and Matrixport are participating and the project has officially started its voting period....
Genshin Impact's Official Discord Hit Its Max User Capacity Forcing Devs To Create A Second Server
31.7.2021
I knew Genshin Impact was a popular game. I also knew it had a ton of active and ravenous players who can’t get enough of the free-to-play online RPG. But I had no idea it was so popular that it was pushing Discord to its limits and forcing the devs to start a second server for everyone.Read more
Twitch Streamers and Devs Help Activision Blizzard Walkout With Boycotts, Money
28.7.2021
As employees at Activision Blizzard prepare for today’s Walkout for Equality, streamers, developers, and gamers from around the world are showing their support through charitable donations, game boycotts, and by signal-boosting the event.Read more
Blizzard Devs Say Some Men Were Sexually Harassed, Too
26.7.2021
Since allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard first surfaced last week, former Blizzard developers and women across the field have spoken up once again about abuse in the games industry. While many of those affected are women, not all are, and some men...
Superhot Game Gets Review-Bombed After Removing 'Depictions Of Self-Harm'
23.7.2021
Earlier this week, Superhot VR received an update that removed all scenes that involved the player-character hurting or killing themselves. The devs explained that these scenes had “no place” in the game and apologized for taking so long to remove them. In response, hundreds of gamers yelled...
Reddit Chooses to Leverage Arbitrum’s Layer-2 Tech With Community Point ETH-Based Tokens
23.7.2021
On July 22, developers working on the platform Reddit, the social news discussion aggregation forum, revealed that the team was scaling Reddit’s community points program with the Ethereum Layer-2 solution Arbitrum. Currently, Reddit developers are testing the community point tokens on top...
Veteran Borderlands 3 Devs Leave Gearbox
22.7.2021
Several senior Borderlands 3 developers are leaving Gearbox to work on a new, unannounced project together, Axios reported today.Read more
PowerWash Sim Devs On Making Cleaning Fun, Advanced Crouching
19.7.2021
What makes FuturLab’s early-access Steam hit PowerWash Simulator so appealing, aside from the ability to draw dicks everywhere? Just look at it. The moment you turn on your sprayer, you’re treated to instant, obvious results. Kotaku recently spoke to PowerWash Simulator design director Dan Chequer...
Warframe's Next Big Update Will Release Simultaneously On All Platforms Later This Year
18.7.2021
Digital Extremes revealed the first real look at Warframe’s next major expansion, The New War during TennoCon 2021. This new free expansion will force Tenno (aka space ninjas) across the Origin System to unite to defeat an evil force known as the Sentients. And for the first time, this update will...
Nickelodeon Fighting Game Devs Have High Hopes, Competitive Dreams
17.7.2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is an upcoming Smash-like that, despite its licensed nature, already sounds like an absolutely legit fighting game. Not only do the lead developers have experience making their own popular platform fighter, but they’re also looking into implementing rollback netcode...
Shoot 'Em Up Development Goes Haywire
7.7.2021
Making games, from one-person text adventures to multi-studio AAA blockbusters, is hard, but a lot of that difficulty is hidden away from fans. One independent developer, however, is putting their mistakes front and center.Read more
What do devs really want from a game platform?
6.7.2021
And why is Sony (apparently) coming up short?
PlayStation Is Hard To Work With, Devs Say
1.7.2021
After yesterday’s industry-wide discussion of the cost of being visible on Sony’s PlayStation Store, Kotaku has heard from multiple independent developers and publishers expressing similar frustrations and fury.Read more
Sony Charging Devs At Least $25,000 For PlayStation Store Visibility
30.6.2021
In a furious tirade on Twitter, independent games publisher Iain Garner of Neon Doctrine has unleashed his frustrations with trying to publish games on a major games console—one he says that isn’t made by Microsoft. During the spleen-venting, he suggests that getting prominent promotion for a game...