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Game Developers Open Up About The ‘Worst’ Games They Worked On
30.5.2023
Last week, Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the stealth adventure J.R.R. Tolkien video game The Lord of The Rings: Gollum, posted an apology for the game failing to “meet the expectations” of players and devs alike. Although Gollum being one of the worst-rated games of 2023 on Metacritic...
That Is An Excellent Portable Computer Design
30.5.2023
Timur Kvasov is a veteran concept artist based in Serbia who has done work for companies like Tencent and 5518 Studios.Read more
‘Apple and Google Are Systemic Risks to Crypto,’ Says Ex-Coinbase CTO
21.5.2023
Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere may try to compel tech firms like Apple and Google to exfiltrate private keys from devices and apps under their control, crypto entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan warned on social media. The former executive of Coinbase believes this would be done to remit funds...
Bank of Russia Expects Significant Growth in Digital Assets Market
20.5.2023
The Central Bank of Russia predicts an increase in the issuance of digital assets, citing some of their advantages. The monetary authority has published a report presenting the progress made by the growing industry and assessing the prospects for its further development. Russia’s Central Bank...
Bitpay Ceases Prepaid Mastercard Program, Promises Enhanced Card Service in the Future
19.5.2023
Cryptocurrency proponents in the United States are facing increasing challenges when it comes to utilizing digital assets for expenditures. Several crypto companies have encountered difficulties in securing banking partners. This week, Bitpay, a prominent player in the crypto payments sector, made...
Disney War Continues As CEO Punches Back At Florida Gov. DeSantis
11.5.2023
Disney CEO Bob Iger verbally pushed back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his ongoing war against Disney World and the company, pointing out all the taxes his corporation pays the state and rhetorically asking if Florida still wants its business and all the money that entails. Read more
Nearly 400 Crypto Firms Lose Their Estonian Licenses Under New Rules
11.5.2023
The majority of crypto companies attracted by the once favorable Estonian regulations have either abandoned or lost their licenses. According to the latest numbers released by the Baltic nation’s anti-money laundering bureau, only 100 businesses are currently authorized to provide digital-asset...
I Played That Racing Game Where Cars Have Legs And Jetpacks
5.5.2023
When I had an Apple Arcade subscription, I played endless amounts of What the Golf? on my phone. It was such a chaotic, joyful puzzle game that it actually annoyed me that Nathan Grayson robbed me of the opportunity to write about it. So I was excited to demo studio Triband’s next game: A racing...
China Ramped Up Gold Production During Q1 Amidst Steady Demand From Central Banks
2.5.2023
Gold companies operating in China ramped up their production levels during the first quarter of 2023. According to industry reports, the Chinese gold industry managed to recover its extraction levels, reaching numbers it saw before the Covid pandemic, with the country engaging in a record streak...
Disney Lawyers Are Done Playing, Sue Florida Gov. DeSantis
26.4.2023
The ongoing war between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney is heading to court. Today, Disney and its army of lawyers filed a lawsuit against DeSantis and others over what it calls a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.” It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing war between the two. Read...
Twitch Streamer Immediately Denied From Bank After After Accidentally Applying As An ‘Adult Entertainer’
25.4.2023
United Kingdom-based variety streamer Poopernoodle, or Lou, wasn’t exactly sure whether or not being a human adult with a Twitch channel qualified her as an “online adult entertainer” until she described herself as such on a bank application and was swiftly denied. Read more
Toy Manufacturer Mattel to Launch P2P Marketplace for Virtual Collectibles on NFT Platform
22.4.2023
On April 20, the American toy manufacturing company Mattel announced an update to its virtual collectibles platform, which will go live on April 27. The peer-to-peer platform, called Mattel Creations Virtual Collectibles, will coincide with the Hot Wheels NFT Garage Series 5, featuring some of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Has Now Pissed Everyone Off With His Disney Feud
18.4.2023
After several months of feuding with the Walt Disney Company’s lawyers, Florida governor Ron DeSantis doesn’t seem to recognize when he’s being outgunned. He’s proved that he’s willing to use everything within his arsenal to punish a corporation that opposes the “Don’t Say Gay” law—including theme...
Steam Deck Competitor Promises Better Visuals, Windows 11
4.4.2023
Let’s be clear, hardware manufacturers have been trying to make handheld gaming PCs forever. The Steam Deck isn’t the first, and won’t be the last, it was just the first to be truly successful. A result of that success is that rivals now have a benchmark to aim for, though, and one of the first...
Report: Only 37% Of Viewers Finished Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings TV Show, The Most Expensive In History
4.4.2023
Last year’s massively expensive Lord of the Rings show on Amazon, Rings of Power, had a lot of hype going into it. Yet after Amazon spent over $450 million on the lavish production, a report claims that fewer than half of the viewers who watched the first episode finished the entire series. Read...
PS VR2 Headset Sales Sound Like They’re Off To A Really Rough Start
30.3.2023
A month after launch, some analysts are already raising a panic about PlayStation VR2 headset sales. Bloomberg reports that the PS5 accessories are projected to have sold less than 300,000 units in the first month, renewing calls to slash the high-end $550 price tag.Read more
EA Lays Off Almost 800 People Weeks After Posting Huge Profits
30.3.2023
Publishing giant Electronic Arts announced today that approximately 6% of its global workforce, or between 700-800 people, will be laid off as the company drives “greater focus across our portfolio”.Read more
GameStop Profitable For First Time In Years Even As Everything Seems On Fire
22.3.2023
GameStop shocked investors, and anyone else who’s been paying attention to the meme stock video game retailer, when earlier this week it reported its first profitable quarter in over two years. It’s all the more surprising considering that everything else about the business, from botched pre-orders...
Microsoft Says 10 Years Is Plenty Of Time For Sony To Make Its Own Call Of Duty
21.3.2023
As regulators approach their deadline to approve or reject Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, those for and against the mega merger are filing every last argument they can think of to try and sway the outcome. My favorite one yet involves Microsoft telling Sony to quit...
Persona 5, Does Goro Akechi Mean Nothing To You?
18.3.2023
The internet’s been buzzy of late for the freshly announced Persona 5 spin-off game, Phantom of the Night (P5X). Fans were intrigued by the new characters, but they were also excited to meet their old favorites again. But when I looked at the screenshots, I noticed one person missing: Goro Akechi....