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Overwatch 2's Boss Is Quitting Blizzard For "Some Time Off"
22.9.2021
With Overwatch 2 still in development, the series’ executive producer has quit Blizzard for what the company says is “some time off”.Read more
Blizzard's Chief Legal Officer Quits Amid Lawsuit
21.9.2021
Blizzard Entertainment’s chief legal officer, Claire Hart, has resigned from the embattled company. She announced the news in a LinkedIn post yesterday, saying that last Friday, September 17, was her final day.Read more
U.S. Government Now Investigating Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick Subpoenaed
20.9.2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly launched a wide-reaching investigation into Activision Blizzard, with the government agency looking into how the embattled publisher handled the multiple allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and toxic behavior that became public...
RIP Mick McGinty
20.9.2021
Mick McGinty, an artist responsible for many of the most memorable pieces of video game artwork from the 1990s, has died.Read more
Shanghai Man: China’s version of McJob meme, eCNY airdrops, Canaan’s record revenue
17.9.2021
Morgan Stanley launches cryptocurrency research team
15.9.2021
After launching a Bitcoin investment tool for millionaires earlier this year, Morgan Stanley dives deeper into crypto
CBDCs could lead to 'deeply negative interest rates': Wall Street Journal
10.9.2021
Issuing CBDCs may give a central bank more power over interest rate adjustments according to a new report
AI Gives Dark Souls Characters More Realistic Faces
9.9.2021
While last week we saw a bunch of Street Fighter characters given realistic human faces, this week the same AI is being turned on a game that’s seemingly even less likely to give us functional results: Dark Souls.Read more
Zangief Is Now 65 Years Old
6.9.2021
You, me, everyone, we’re all getting older by the day. And so are the cast of Street Fighter II, who we’d like to imagine are still battling away in their early 90s prime, but who are in reality old enough now to be most people’s grandparents.Read more
Podívejte se, jak by vypadali bojovníci ze Street Fightera ve skutečnosti
4.9.2021
Fanoušek nechal vygenerovat umělou inteligencí „skutečnou“ podobu bojovníků z komiksově vypadající mlátičky Street Fighter. Výsledek rozhodně stojí za zhlédnutí, byť nejspíš nebudete vědět, jestli se smát, nebo křičet hrůzou. Pravděpodobně obojí
AI Gives Street Fighter Characters Human Faces
1.9.2021
While Street Fighter V’s character roster is (mostly) supposed to look human, everyone obviously has a cartoonish slant since the game has never tried to be photorealistic. Let’s imagine just for a moment, though, that Capcom was trying to make everyone look real.Read more
Marvel to Drop Captain America NFT Statues, Fully-Readable Amazing Spider-Man #1 NFTs
31.8.2021
81 years ago on August 31, 1939, the company Marvel Comics was introduced to the world for the first time and people were presented with a whole universe of superheroes. In celebration of Marvel’s birthday and the firm’s collaboration with Veve Digital Collectibles, “Marvel...
Still too early to know if Bitcoin will remain top dog, Wall Street vet says
27.8.2021
Will other crypto assets ever overtake Bitcoin in market cap? Daniel Strachman weighs in
Wells Fargo files for Bitcoin fund
20.8.2021
Wells Fargo is offering its wealthy clients indirect exposure to Bitcoin through a new fund issued in partnership with NYDIG and FS Investments
Street Fighter Pros Apologize For Trolling Streamers
19.8.2021
Kawano is one of Japan’s top Street Fighter V players. He recently took first place in Evo 2021 Online East Asia and won the Topanga Championship 3. But his actions online earlier this summer have recently come under greater scrutiny.Read more
Bitcoin slides with S&P500 as Fed signals tapering $120B monthly bond purchases
19.8.2021
The benchmark cryptocurrency retreated alongside risk-on markets as investors shifted their exposure to the U.S. dollar
Street Fighter Player Daigo Umehara Found The Arcade Where He Got Beat Up
18.8.2021
When Daigo Umehara was 13, the then-future Street Fighter champion got beat up by a rival player for being too good. Now, decades later, Umehara has tracked down the arcade where it went down, thanks to the magic of Google Maps.Read more
Japan Reaches Impressive Pokémon Manhole Milestone
11.8.2021
In August 2020, Kotaku reported that there were 100 Pokémon manhole covers in Japan. At the time, that seemed like a lot. But in the last year, the number has doubled.Read more
Olympic Athletes Sure Love Anime
9.8.2021
With the closing ceremony wrapping up this evening in Japan, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have drawn to a close. Like at previous Olympics, there were winners, losers, and upsets. But unlike other ones, the Tokyo Games had more anime references than ever.Read more
Aave price hits two-month high on Wall Street’s DeFi adoption hopes
5.8.2021
Bids for the lending platform token surged dramatically after Bitwise Investments announced an Aave-focused fund for institutional investors