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Luke Barwikowski, CEO of web3 Game Pixels, on The Current State of Web3 Gaming, Growing to 500K Daily Active Users, and Building on Ronin Blockchain | Ep. 322
2.4.2024
Luke Barwikowski, the founder and CEO of Ronin-based social Web3 game Pixels, discusses Pixels’ development and successes, its move from Polygon to Ronin, the token going live on Binance, what it takes to launch a Web3 game, and why projects should wait before launching a token.
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Helldivers 2’s Robots Back With A Vengeance, Now Have Gunships And Walking Tanks
2.4.2024
War…war never changes…or at least that’s what some people say. They’d be wrong though, because in the case of the satirical co-op shooter Helldivers 2, war is frequently changing—often at the behest of the players—into a neverending nightmare. The war that players signed up for when Helldivers...
Hollow Knight Silksong’s April Fools’ Day Update Is Real
2.4.2024
This year, like every year, the gaming industry celebrated April Fools’ Day with a myriad of fake news to entertain fans. That included classic celebrations in Overwatch and the continuation of a tired trend by Palworld’s devs. But one of the most unexpected April Fools’ Day developments came from...
Open Roads: The Kotaku Review
2.4.2024
Playing Open Roads constantly drags up old memories from my mind. A road trip with my mother along the Pacific Coast Highway, packing boxes and trash bags while clearing out my grandfather’s house after his death–it’s a game that feels primed to make you reminisce. Like the disparate memories...
Thanks To Hits Like Wordle, The New York Times Is Now A Gaming Company
1.4.2024
The New York Times might be best known for its long-running newspaper. But new data shows that thanks to popular games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and more, the Times has quietly become a video game company that just so happens to have a newspaper subscription, too. Read more
Helldivers 2 Players Finally Liberate Malevelon Creek, AKA 'Robot Vietnam'
1.4.2024
The narrative of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has taken unpredictable twists and turns that have kept its community on its toes since it launched, but no surprise has been greater than the reverence for Malevelon Creek. The embattled planet, often referred to as “Robot Vietnam” due to...
This Year’s Best Video Game April Fools’ Jokes
1.4.2024
April Fools’ Day 2024 is upon us. Fans and brands use the annual holiday for goofs and giggles and to share the shitposts they’ve been cooking up all year. Though the shitposts sometimes just kinda end up being shit, some of them are genuinely good jokes. This year, we decided to round up some...
Popular Streamer xQc Gets Banned From DayZ Server
1.4.2024
Controversial Kick streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel has found himself not welcomed in the DayZ community. An admin in one of the multiplayer zombie survival game’s popular servers recently banned him, with his status as a streamer seeming the likely reason.Read more
Palworld Is The Latest Game To Fall Into A Tiresome April Fools’ Trend
1.4.2024
April Fools’ Day is a nightmare for news writers. This morning, I woke up to an Overwatch Cavalry post about an Overwatch 2 x Valorant crossover, and it took my brain at least eight seconds to catch up to the date posted underneath the graphic. April Fools’ Day is the annual “make fun of dating...
Today’s NYT Connections Puzzle Is A Cruel April Fools' Joke
1.4.2024
Just a few months ago, I was incapable of completing the New York Times’ Connections puzzles. Now, I can usually do the daily word-based puzzle without too much of a hassle—which is why today’s version has got me (and others) so irrationally angry. You see, today, April 1, 2024, I opened up the...
Tekken 8 Players Beg For A Waffle House Stage
1.4.2024
Over the weekend, a Twitter user made a simple plea to Katsuhiro Harada, the no-nonsense director best known for his work on the fighting game series Tekken: make Waffle House a Tekken stage. This sparked a tremendous outpouring of support for the idea that saw Harada’s mentions flooded with...
Even Tekken 8 Has A Battle Pass Now, And Players Aren’t Happy
1.4.2024
Tekken 8 is an excellent fighting game that finally makes the somewhat convoluted franchise more digestible with accessible design and approachable mechanics. Unfortunately, whenever you reach the top, the only way to go is down, and it seems the highs of Bandai Namco’s recently released brawler...
Final Fantasy XIV Players Claim Xbox Is Banning Them For Recruiting Teammates
1.4.2024
Final Fantasy XIV is on Xbox now, and the MMORPG’s transition to the system has been rough, to say the least. On top of adding a new currency and requiring users to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass to play, the community is reporting bans on an Xbox system level for using the game’s long-used vernacular...
Everybody (Rightfully) Hates This Dragon’s Dogma 2 NPC
1.4.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a game that’s all about holding players accountable for their actions. Capcom’s recently released RPG includes a lack of fast travel that requires methodical planning, a mysterious plague infecting pawns that you have to be mindful of, and an interconnected web of quests that...
Game-changing Raffle Coin (RAFF)’s unique platform wins over Ripple (XRP) & Tether (USDT) traders, expecting 20x uplift
31.3.2024
Raffle Coin (RAFF) is a new point of reference in the world of cryptocurrencies that traders and investors have been attracted to, thanks to an innovative method of conducting online raffling. RAFF is the new form of the most recognized cryptocurrency, including XRP and Tether (USDT), alluding...
Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Great, The New South Park Game Isn't, And More Of The Week's Gaming Opinions
30.3.2024
Capcom’s new action-RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 is sparking a fascinating range of reactions from players, and we’ve got a few of our own. We’ve also got thoughts on why the new South Park game, Snow Day, is such a disappointment, more commentary on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s hotly contested ending,...
Elder Scrolls VI Playable, Shakeups At Nintendo, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
30.3.2024
This week’s gaming news was far-ranging in its nature and its implications. We got reports that Pedro Pascal has already wrapped up shooting on season two of HBO’s The Last of Us, heard rumblings that some publishers are unsure if supporting Xbox continues to make sense for them, and got our first...
Diablo IV už je součástí Game Passu. Pro hraní na PC potřebujete propojit účet na Battle.netu
30.3.2024
Stellar Blade's Demo Is A Delicious Amuse-Bouche Of Stylish Action
29.3.2024
Y’all, the Stellar Blade demo is finally live on PS5. It’s a short little vertical slice of developer Shift Up’s character action game, so while we still need to see a lot more before we come to any conclusions, I can at least say that the demo has me stoked for the full release. Why? Well, like...
Decentralization Dilemma: Blockchain Games Require Data For User Acquisition
29.3.2024
Web3 games continue to dominate on-chain activity. According to DappRadar’s recent Game Report, blockchain games accounted for 34% of decentralized application (Dapp) activity last year. The report also notes that Web3 games attracted 1.1 million active daily users in 2023. Source: DappRadar...