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Report: Investment Management Giant Invesco Launches Metaverse Fund
23.8.2022
The investment management giant Invesco has launched a metaverse fund that will invest in a myriad of startups focused on metaverse technology, a Citywire report detailed on Monday. “We will seek to capitalise on these opportunities through a highly selective, valuation-conscious...
Tony Hawk Makes Surprise Appearance For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Cover Band
1.8.2022
I had no idea there was a cover band specialising in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks. I’m happy enough today knowing such a thing exists, but even happier knowing that they had a show on the weekend blow up because the man himself was there and joined them on stage for a couple of tracks.Read...
Activision's Former Tony Hawk Studio Is Unionizing
19.7.2022
Blizzard Albany, previously known as Vicarious Visions, is the latest Activision studio to launch a unionization effort. Roughly 20 quality assurance staff at the office which remastered Diablo II last year have called on the publisher to voluntarily recognize the union, calling it “a seat at...
Tony Hawk Partners With the Sandbox to Open a Skate Park in the Metaverse
18.7.2022
Tony Hawk, one of the most popular skateboarders in the world, is planning to build a skateboard park in the metaverse. The initiative, which will be completed in partnership with The Sandbox and Autograph, will also create voxel representations of the skateboarder as NFTs, that will be able to...
Nifty News: GameStop NFT's first day, Limewire trends and game dev attacks!
14.7.2022
Video game developer Mark Venturelli launched a surprise attack on NFTs at a Brazilian gaming event, and Limewire is trending again following its NFT marketplace launch
Tony Hawk llega al metaverso con el “skatepark virtual más grande jamás creado”
13.7.2022
La incursión del skater en el universo virtual tendrá lugar en The Sandbox, un juego de terrenos basado en Ethereum
Tony Hawk Skates Into the Metaverse With ‘Largest Virtual Skatepark Ever Made’
13.7.2022
The skateboarder's foray into the metaverse will take place in The Sandbox, an Ethereum-based virtual land game
Let’s Remember How Amazing 2002 Was For Video Games
1.7.2022
When people talk about the “best” year in gaming, they typically trot out the usual suspects: 2007 (Assassin’s Creed! Mass Effect! Halo 3!), 2013 (The Last of Us! GTA V!), 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn! That other open-world game!). Allow us to posit that one of the best years in gaming happened exactly...
Fantasy Battle Royale Spellbreak Shutting Down, Studio Absorbed By Blizzard
29.6.2022
Spellbreak, the magic-based battle royale, is spellbroken, shutting down early next year, developer Proletariat announced in a blog post. Also, the whole studio is getting absorbed by Blizzard, the result of a recent acquisition intended to beef up development on World of Warcraft.Read more
Canceled Scarface 2 Game Footage Leaks On YouTube
24.6.2022
Remember in 2006 when we got a Scarface game set after the ending of the classic ‘80s gangster flick? It was a weird setup, but the end result was a slightly clunky, yet kind of fun GTA-like open-world game. Apparently it did well enough that a sequel began development, but it was never finished....
Tony Hawk Says A Pro Skater 3+4 Remake Was Killed By Activision's Moves
21.6.2022
From 1991 until 2021, Vicarious Visions was the name of a studio that made a ton of pretty cool licensed games, but which had also contributed to the beloved Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. Then Activision stepped in and made some changes.Read more
Organizer of Binance-Sponsored Crypto Tour Says Campaign Was Successful, Denies Reports of Arrest
17.6.2022
A crypto enthusiast and organizer of the Binance-sponsored Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Awareness Tour (BCAT) recently held in Nigeria, has rejected reports he was arrested by security agents reportedly spooked by large crowds that were following the campaign. The enthusiast said the high number...
8 Wholesome Indie Games To Keep An Eye On
11.6.2022
The Wholesome Games Direct presentation just wrapped, and after about an hour of trailers, the livestream underscored one thing for me: There sure are a lotta farming sims out in the wild. Hey, I don’t mind the abundance of these games. Farming in games can be a cozy escape, but it was strange...
Rollerdrome Is Like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater But With Guns
3.6.2022
Last night’s State of Play presentation from Sony was actually pretty good. We got a July 19 release date for the adorable cat game Stray, Resident Evil 4 Remake turned out to be a real thing that’s coming next year, and Final Fantasy XVI showed off some sumptuous gameplay. There was some really...
Sony Bringing Horizon Show To Netflix And, Uh, A Gran Turismo Show To...Someone
26.5.2022
During a business briefing earlier today, Sony confirmed that it was working with Netflix and Amazon Prime to create TV shows based on God of War and Horizon. The company also confirmed a Gran Turismo show was in development. These shows join the growing list of video game TV shows that have been...
After Years Of Hype, The Xbox Game Pass Burnout Is Here
23.5.2022
Typically, when Game Pass starts trending, it’s either because it scored a killer game or some influencers concocted a viral “joke” that ultimately does nothing other than hand a $2 trillion corporation two days of free marketing. Over the past few days, however, Microsoft’s games-on-demand program...
Let's All Retire To The Happiest Village In Video Games
11.5.2022
Nara is an artist from Korea who, as a fun side project, has imagined a game with the visuals of Link to the Past or an early Pokémon title, but with none of that combat or danger messing up the vibes.Read more
World Bank Predicts 3% Gold Price Growth, Expert Says a $3K per Ounce ‘Is More Likely Than Not’
30.4.2022
The World Bank has said it expects the price of gold to rise by 3% in 2022 but warned the price might fall sharply if the Russian central bank decides to offload large quantities of the commodity. The Russian Factor After the price of gold surged past the $2,000 mark in early March, a new […]
All Elite Wrestling's New Game Is Named After A Crowd Chant And That's 2 Sweet
21.4.2022
After AEW Dynamite and Rampage went off the air, President Tony Khan came out to the live crowd and announced the official name of its upcoming video game. Its name: AEW: Fight Forever.Read more
8 Kick-Ass Skateboarding Games You Should Totally Play
21.4.2022
Skateboarding games have changed a lot since the 1980s. With new hardware comes new engines, which leads to better physics, fancier graphics, and new innovations like the genre-changing dual-stick controls seen in games such as Skate. But while the genre is seeing a resurgence thanks to SkateBird...