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SBF to Remain in a Bahamian Jail for 2 Months, Report Claims FTX Execs Had a Covert Chat Channel Called ‘Wirefraud’
14.12.2022
On Tuesday, the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), appeared in court with his newly appointed lawyer Mark Cohen, and his legal team asked the Bahamian judge Joyann Ferguson-Pratt to release SBF on bail with an ankle bracelet. Amid the lengthy court hearing reports detail that SBF’s parents...
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion: The Kotaku Review
13.12.2022
As a prequel to one of the most beloved video game stories of all time, It’s important that Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion tell its own prequel story without disrupting the thematic cohesion of the story that spawned it. Does it succeed? Mostly. Reunion excels at being a great RPG and...
High On Life: The Kotaku Review
13.12.2022
I’m about four hours into High On Life and I have a migraine. It’s unfair to say that the game has given me one—I am, after all, notoriously prone to them—but it certainly isn’t helping. The brightly colored, gloopy, blobby alien worlds and incessant chatter from NPCs, enemies, and my weapons...
SEC looks to intercept Grayscale Bitcoin ETF review bid
13.12.2022
The SEC is looking to block an appeal from Grayscale Investments after denying its proposed Bitcoin exchange traded fund
FTX Insider Reveals New Document, Musk Catches Flak for SBF Comments, Nobel Prize Laureate Krugman Warns of Eternal Winter for Blockchain — Week in Review
11.12.2022
It’s been another wild week in crypto, with a claimed FTX insider revealing a controversial document related to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s account at FTX. In related news, Elon Musk has been criticized for suggesting that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)...
AI-Related Tokens Surge as Maple, Ren Fall: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review
9.12.2022
AI platform Fetch.ai’s native token FET surged 80% in the past five days, according to data from CoinDesk Market Index
That Viral Killer Train Game Is An Admirable, Original Mess
9.12.2022
Last year, the new horror game Choo-Choo Charles went viral online thanks to a very good trailer that teased a cat-and-mouse game with an evil train with spider legs. The train itself was pure nightmare fuel to behold, and the gameplay looked intense and fun and unlike any other game out there....
Binance CEO, Coinbase exec feature in Masterclass crypto crash-course
8.12.2022
Industry experts and one skeptical economist tackle the world of crypto, blockchain and Web3 in a new series from online learning platform Masterclass
2022 – Crypto Markets: A Year in Review
8.12.2022
2022 has been a difficult year for cryptocurrency. Coming off euphoric highs from the year before, the crypto market has endured an environment of tightening monetary policy, which led to sell-offs, implosions of new projects like TerraLuna, bankruptcies of CeFi companies like Celsius and Voyager...
2022 Was The Year Big Video Games Stopped Coming Out
8.12.2022
In some ways it feels like more video games are coming out than ever before. Yet in another way, one that so many of the loudest and most expensive sides of the video game industry are built around, 2022 was a drought like no other. Read more
Days Gone Director Blames 'Woke Reviewers' For Game’s Middling Reception
8.12.2022
We’re talking about Days Gone again, three years after the open-world zombie survival game came out. You may recall the one-time PlayStation-exclusive game received a middling reception and saw apparently disappointing sales. The reason? Well, according to writer and game director John Garvin’s...
Latest Simpsons Episode Has Bart Running An Illegal Roblox Scam
6.12.2022
This past weekend on Fox the newest episode of the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons aired, and it was all about a fake game called Boblox, a not-subtle-at-all reference to the real-life Roblox. And it ended up being one of the season’s better episodes so far.Read more
Failed FTX Rescue Attempt Revealed, Putin Calls for Digital Currency Settlements — Week in Review
4.12.2022
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary has revealed his and Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed attempt to raise $8 billion to rescue the now collapsed crypto exchange FTX. In other news, Russian president Vladimir Putin has called for international settlements based on digital currencies. All this...
The Callisto Protocol, The Kotaku Review
2.12.2022
Bizarrely, after a biophage mutant, limbs falling off it as easily as scooping into a pudding, puts its hands into my mouth and rips my jaw from my face for the fifth time, it comes to me: Oh, this is a transportation game.Read more
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet: The Kotaku Review
1.12.2022
While I motorbiked off three consecutive cliffs in Pokémon Scarlet, I was forced to confront a hard reality about myself: I struggle with change like anyone else. I talk big about wanting innovative gameplay but, in a Pokémon title at least, I wanted the familiar comforts of knowing exactly what...
Oh Hey, That New Anime Need For Speed Game Is Very Good
1.12.2022
After it leaked earlier this year, many were curious about the next Need for Speed game’s apparent new direction. It seemed to be going full anime, complete with cel-shaded characters. And while that isn’t entirely the case, NFS Unbound is still a fresh and exciting shift for the franchise, which...
Front Mission 1st: Remake Isn’t The Reimaged Mech Shootout I Hoped For
30.11.2022
Front Mission is an excellent strategy RPG series that deserves to make a comeback. It’s Final Fantasy Tactics’ grittier, grimier, futuristic cousin that swaps out swords and magic wands for submachine guns and giant, half-obliterated mechs slugging it out in a jungle ditch. Some of that charm...
Argentina to Revamp Anti Money Laundering Law, Proposes Creation of VASP Registry
28.11.2022
Argentina is preparing to revamp its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing law. It has proposed to include the creation of a registry for virtual asset services providers (VASPs) in the country as part of the new modifications. The changes would prepare the country for the review that...
Vitalik on Suspect Centralization, FTX’s ‘Absolute Fraud,’ Coinbase Confirms Bitcoin Holdings — Week in Review
27.11.2022
As the smoke starts to clear around the massive crater left by the FTX disaster, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared his thoughts on the ether community’s view of centralization. In related news, CME Group CEO Terry Duffy recalls in March when he called former FTX boss...
Battlefield 2042's Season 3 Makes A Good Game Slightly Better
25.11.2022
The last time we took a look at Battlefield 2042, the belagured online shooter had just released its second major update and was, finally, starting to feel like something approaching a finished video game. With Season 3 out this week, it’s now even closer.Read more