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Skyrim Player Recreates Themselves Perfectly In-Game
13.5.2022
The very first time I played Skyrim back in 2011 I rushed through the character creation and made a guy that ended up looking like Matt Pike, which ruled. The second time, though, I spent an age trying to put myself in the game and couldn’t get anywhere near it.Read more
Top Shot creator unveils $725M fund to support Flow ecosystem
11.5.2022
The new ecosystem fund will be used to support the 7,500 developers on Flow to build new gaming, infrastructure, DeFi, and content creator products on the NFT blockchain
NBA Playoff Teams As Anime Characters
9.5.2022
What started out as a casual ironic viewing of the NBA playoffs has quickly shifted into an unironic obsession, with the games becoming a must-watch priority in my life. Why the sudden change, you ask? I realized that the NBA is eerily like the many anime series I’ve watched. Read more
By The Way, Take-Two’s CEO Profits From All Your GTA Online, NBA 2K Microtransactions
7.5.2022
Microtransactions in games like Grand Theft Auto Online have become big business for video game publishers. And it’s likely this won’t be changing anytime soon. New details spotted in a recent contract extension for Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick explain that the CEO will earn a big bonus if more...
NBA Star Jeremy Lin Dropping NFTs with Reel8 & Project Galaxy
4.5.2022
Jeremy Lin, the former NBA superstar, recently announced releasing the first film NFTs for Linsanity. The documentary-based NFTs will be used to assist the Asian American community. Project Galaxy is supporting the initiative by sharing allowlist spots across multiple campaigns. The Jeremy...
NBA Top Shot Whale Launches NFT Lending Platform With $4.5M in Funding
22.4.2022
Flowty is a peer-to-peer NFT lending platform built on the Flow blockchain
Aussie media company goes all in on NBA fan engagement with NFTs
22.4.2022
Australian basketball media company, Basketball Forever is using NFTs to massively increase fan engagement
NBA Launches Initiative Dedicated to Web3, Metaverse, and NFT Collectibles
16.4.2022
This week, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the launch of its own non-fungible token (NFT) initiative called “NBAxNFT.” According to the professional basketball league, the goal is to showcase “all things intersecting basketball and Web3, including NFTs...
Nifty News: Meta wants 50% of NFT sales, Coke’s Metaverse flavor... and more
14.4.2022
Meta's latest steps into the Metaverse saw the launch of a new marketplace for apps and possibly NFTs which will take a nearly 50% commission on each sale
Golden State Warriors Commemorate 2022 NBA Playoff Run With a Responsive NFT Collection
12.4.2022
On Tuesday, the NBA team the Golden State Warriors announced the organization’s second non-fungible token (NFT) collection to commemorate the team’s 2022 NBA Playoff run. The Warriors NFT compilation is being called “a responsive NFT collection” as the NFTs will change...
NBA’s Crypto Chief Registers Second .Eth Domain as League Files for 4 NFT Trademarks
11.4.2022
The basketball league’s launch into crypto could come sooner than later
YouTube Streamer With 6.9M Followers Banned After Valorant Tirade Clip Surfaces
7.4.2022
In maybe the swiftest escalation of 2022, gaming YouTuber and experimental rapper IShowSpeed was banned from Valorant (and other Riot Games titles) and potentially YouTube for demeaning a female player in Riot’s tactical hero shooter. IShowSpeed has since apologized for his behavior, saying he...
A Very Good Story About Joel Embiid Crushing Kids At Video Games
5.4.2022
Joel Embiid is a gift to the game of basketball, a guy who is one of the best players in the NBA and a real chance to be named the league’s MVP this year. He is an unstoppable force on the court, so it may not surprise you too much to know he’s just as relentless off it as well. Even when he’s...
The NBA’s Web 3 Innovation Dilemma
9.3.2022
The league led the way with NBA Top Shot. But is it ready for the bigger implications of Web 3 for fan engagement and ownership?
CSGO Pro Loses Tournament, Gives $33K To The Ukrainian Army Like A Champ Anyway
28.2.2022
Prominent CSGO streamer and pro esports player Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has donated one million Ukrainian hryvnias (or a little over $33,000 USD) to the Ukrainian army, according to a post on his Instagram Stories. This comes just after s1mple gave an emotional plea for unity during the Intel...
The Steam Deck Compatibility Test vs 810 Steam Games
24.2.2022
Valve just released a new feature that lets you sign into Steam and check to see how many of the games in your library will run on the new Steam Deck handheld. I’ve ended up with a lot of games over my time in this job, from all kinds of genres and eras, so figured running the test on them might...
NBA Player's Pokémon Game Interrupted By All-Star Announcement
17.2.2022
For a young up-and-coming NBA player, the phone call telling them they’ve been selected for their first ever All-Star game can rank as one of the most defining experiences of their entire career. Provided, that is, they’re able to pause the Pokémon game they’re playing to take the call.Read more
NBA merch designer turned to blockchain to help end world hunger
14.2.2022
“We need to relate and provide products to future generations to continue to tackle the global hunger crisis but at the same time make the products engaging and interactive,” says Shawn Kurz
NBA Star Accused Of Lying About His Wordle Score
14.2.2022
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns is, like the rest of you, playing Wordle on a daily basis, then tweeting about it straight after. But when he shared his results last week, more experienced players noticed something was very off.Read more
All The Video Game Franchises GTA V Has Outsold (It's A Long List)
12.2.2022
Grand Theft Auto V is one of the best-selling games of all time. It has sold over 160 million copies since it was first released back in 2013 for PS3 and Xbox 360. But to really put that number into perspective, it helps to look at all the video game franchises that GTA V, by itself, has completely...