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Cryptocurrency is making inroads into video games, including a surging wave of blockchain-based games that range from free-to-play mobile titles to big-budget AAA games for PCs and consoles. NFTs are creeping in, too. Not everyone’s thrilled.  The fear is that crypto and NFTs will contort gaming into a side hustle, focused more on money making

The Xbox Series X is tad easier to find, or at least easier to get without jumping through hoops. For example, Microsoft and Best Buy have them at the moment and you can simply sign up for an invitation on Amazon (no commitment necessary). And there’s stock available from third-party sellers if you’re willing to

Advertisement I think that’s the name of a Vermeer painting. Anyway, in the video, Paul said that it took him months to acquire the card, which the PSA website says is the only known mint condition Pikachu Illustrator card. Prior to his WrestleMania stunt, Paul says there was no publicly available information on the mint

The ending starts around 36:29 if the timestamp doesn’t work. Nama Takahashi / itch.ioPretty melancholy stuff. Elechead the robot puts its electric head in some sort of machine, the space station upon which the entire game apparently takes place goes supernova, and the light of the resulting explosion illuminates a nearby Earth. After a smash

ANT1 TVA viewer who contacted Kotaku about the news broadcast helped translate what is being said during the part where Kojima is shown on screen. Tetsuya has confessed to his actions to the police, admitting that he wanted Abe dead because he was disappointed and upset with him. The police have learned that he [the

On Friday, Apple Arcade added Samorost 3, an adventure puzzle game, to its extensive catalog of games. The game tells the story of a curious space gnome who finds a special horn, which fell out of the sky, in its yard. The gnome uses magical music powers to travel the universe on a quest.  Amanita

Jul 8 2022 Gaming Speaker 1: Sony used to have two different subscription services for the PlayStation. Now it just has one, but that one has three different tiers or three different prizes. So yes, still kind of confusing. That’s okay. We’re gonna go over PlayStation plus the new PlayStation plus and see which one

It has all the hallmarks of a Pokemon game. You collect cartoonish creatures and use them to battle against other players. Some are rarer than others, inspiring envy in fellow trainers. But this game doesn’t run on a Nintendo console. It’s built on a blockchain.  In Axie Infinity, players put their team of Axies against

Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have a small foothold in the video game industry, but that’s already too much for some gamers. Backlash over the possibility of any prominent game company indulging in digital tokens has been quick and fierce, leading to some developers backtracking on grand plans almost immediately. Gamers have traditionally pushed back on

Development for Grand Theft Auto 6 might receive more resources thanks to the issues from last year’s Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, according to a report Tuesday from Kotaku. Rockstar Games reportedly planned to remaster Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption, two of its best-selling and critically acclaimed titles. However, things changed sometime after

Square EnixBut let’s be honest: While it was nice to see Zack’s backstory fleshed out, the biggest moment of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII came when we learned how the villainous Sephiroth keeps his long hair so luxurious. Over the course of the original game, Zack can join a Sephiroth fan club known as the

Kazuki Takahashi, who created the manga and trading-card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, died Wednesday while snorkeling in Japan, The New York Times reported on Thursday. He had been traveling alone in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and the exact cause of death is unknown, a Coast Guard spokesman told the Times. Takahashi was 60. “We are shocked and saddened

Like most next-generation consoles, the Xbox Series X has been hard to find. While not as difficult to get as the PlayStation 5, the Series X has been tough enough to snag that it’s still noticeable when it comes in stock. However, Microsoft seems to have a few in stock at this very minute, though

GameStop said Wednesday it has approved a 4-for-1 stock split that will take place later in July. The company first announced plans for the split in March.  A stock split doesn’t directly impact the value of a company but divides existing shares into smaller pieces. At the close of business on July 18, stockholders will receive three

GTA 5 VR * Steering wheel * Oculus Rift S * Virtual Reality * GTA VRRoss is frustrated and confused that Take-Two is coming after him, explaining that he gets countless messages from fans of his mods who say that his VR conversions have convinced them to buy other games from Take-Two so they can

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Advertisement According to the report, an hour after the tweet went live last week, it landed in EA’s internal Slack chat room, where employees and social media staff began sharing all the roasts and angry responses (some from current EA execs) that were popping up all over. As negative reactions spiraled out of control and

Amazon’s cloud-based video game streaming service Luna first launched in 2020, after the tech giant bought Twitch in 2014. Since then, it’s gained popularity amongst gamers for its selection of games at a $5 monthly subscription. Amazon dropped prices for its Luna Gaming controller two weeks ago, and now it’s offering gaming bundles with the same

Chris used to spend hours a day playing video games, but stopped after deciding they were eating up too much of his time. But when he saw Axie Infinity last May, he was hooked. Inspired by Pokemon, Axie Infinity is a video game about training and battling monsters. That sounds like a million other games,

The Indie Bundle for Abortion Funds includes better-known releases like Beglitched and Hypnospace Outlaw as well as a ton of fantastic game jam creations and other indie games you might be less familiar with. The fan project inspired by Untitled Goose Gamed is also present. And while you can pay as little as $10 for

VIZ MediaOn Saturday, VIZ Media revealed a new trailer for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Bleach follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student-turned-shinigami who hunts down demonic creatures named Hollows alongside a platoon of fellow shinigami from the Soul Society. Advertisement The trailer features the Sternritter, a group of long-forgotten Quincy, as they battle against series’

GoldFire StudiosDeveloper: GoldFire Studios Out: 2023 Wishlist I never knew how much I wanted a cross between Firewatch and The Long Dark until I watched the trailer for Arctic Awakening. A first-person narrative adventure, it’s set following a plane crash in the Arctic, where you’re accompanied only by a seemingly useless hovering AI drone thing.

NetflixProduced by CD Projekt Red, they who eventually brought us a vaguely working version of Cyberpunk 2077, and animated by Japanese anime studio, Studio Trigger, this really looks to be a full-on Polish/Japanese collaboration. Trigger—formed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka, formerly of legendary studio Gainax—are providing the scripting, but the stories are based on

Alejandro ZielinskyDeveloper: Alejandro Zielinsky Out: Now Wishlist Well, here’s lovely. Existing on the midpoint of Tomb Raider GO and Monument Valley is Poly Vita, a puzzle game where you rearrange the level’s tiles to build your character’s path. Advertisement It’s by Alejandro Zielinsky, and is out on iOS and Android already, and in the process

Advertisement My favorite question in the FAQ is “What will be the specs?” And not just for that tortuous effort not to split the infinitive. Here’s the answer, in full: “We aim to build a high-performance console. The specs you see on the site are not confirmed until we have a functional prototype.” Advertisement A

Netflix AnimeRead More: Your Summer 2022 Anime Guide You see, Dark Schneider used to be the baddie of the series. In fact, he was the head honcho of the series’ antagonists, the Four Lords of Havoc, prior to the events of the anime. While Schneider touts that he is the hero of this shonen anime—a

However, many employees were disappointed at how the statement was phrased. “Lifestyle” is a word that many queer people find delegitimizing, as it suggests that a person’s gender identity or sexuality is merely a matter of choice. Multiple queer employees ZeniMax studios expressed their frustration that their employer had framed their struggles as a personal

Apple Arcade released My Bowling 3D from iWare Games on Friday. The developers have made an impressive selection of classic recreation games like My Golf 3D, Pro Snooker & Pool 2022 and Pro Darts 2022. The latter two are already available on Apple Arcade. Choose your alley style, bowling pin color, level of difficulty and

“We, the family of Technoblade, wanted all of you to know just how much he adored and respected his fans and colleagues,” the family wrote in the message. “This past year had a lot of rough spots of our son as he battled stage four cancer. But he didn’t complain, and kept using his famous

Advertisement This isn’t the first time that the studio has faced criticism over representation. The last major instance occurred in April last year, when fans discovered a video of Genshin developers referencing indigenous dances for the animalistic Hilichurl enemies. Fans were also upset that the playable knight character Kaeya was described as “exotic,” a term