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Hong Kong Tech Legend Believes Blockchain ‘Will Be the Next Big Thing’, Especially in Gaming
In an exclusive interview with local news outlet EJ Insight, Yat Siu, one of the most famous technology entrepreneurs in Hong Kong highlighted his support for blockchain. He noted that blockchain technology, which underpins cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin would be the next big thing in the tech industry. äàëüøå »
2019-1-31 18:29
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How to hide everything from everyone on your PlayStation 4
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. The PlayStation Network is a perfectly serviceable gaming network, and you can meet some lovely people though it. äàëüøå »
2019-1-31 03:25
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I can’t wait for the Netflix of mobile games
Iit’s almost certainly going to be for iOS rather than macOS (the former has way more games, and a significantly larger user base). And I can’t wait. Apple is believed to be interested in this model because it offers developers of premium games arguably a better way to… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Netflix äàëüøå »
2019-1-29 11:10
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Mobile Devs Can Now Monetize Games With the KIN Cryptocurrency
A new software development kit (SDK) released by Unity will allow indie developers to monetize their mobile games with the digital currency KIN. KIN was created last year by the “messaging app Kik and its Kin Ecosystem Foundation. äàëüøå »
2019-1-28 16:14
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Farming Simulator is the bizarre, off-the-wall new esport gaming needs
We’re getting a new kind of esport to challenge the dominance of Overwatch, League of Legends, and Dota 2, and it’s none other than… Farming Simulator? Yes, developer GIANTS Software is setting up a full esports league, complete with a prize pool of ˆ250,000 (around $282,000), for competitive farming. äàëüøå »
2019-1-25 00:11
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Mythical Games Join Forces with EOS to Create a Digital Goods Standard for Blockchain Developers
Mythical Games, a next-generation game technology studio, EOS Lynx, Scatter and several highly-reputed distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects are set to launch an industry-wide initiative aimed at formalizing the fast-growing digital assets marketplace via the Distributed/Digital Goods standard (dGoods standard). äàëüøå »
2019-1-25 00:00
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Mythical Games, EOS Lynx & Scatter launch ‘dGoods standard’ to set a benchmark for virtual items on the EOS Blockchain
Mythical Games has teamed up with EOS Lynx and Scatter on the dGoods standard to set a virtual items benchmark on the EOS Blockchain. Mythical Games announced today that it is leading an industry-wide collaboration with key blockchain firms such as EOS Lynx and Scatter to develop a robust standard for the “fast-growing global marketplace of digital […] Mythical Games, EOS Lynx & Scatter launch ‘dGoods standard’ to set a benchmark for virtual items on the EOS Blockchain was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Blockchain News | Bitcoin News | blokt.com. äàëüøå »
2019-1-24 13:59
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Massive Twitch livestream showcases the future of online fundraising
Twitch streamer H. Bomberguy raked in more than $340,000 in donations for a beleaguered children’s charity during a marathon weekend stream. He did so by combining two of Twitch‘s most reliable forces: star power and charity. äàëüøå »
2019-1-24 22:58
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5 Sectors Disrupted by Blockchain that Are Not Cryptocurrency
CoinSpeaker 5 Sectors Disrupted by Blockchain that Are Not Cryptocurrency Discover what cryptocurrency is, how the blockchain affects industries and learn a few things about cryptocurrency trading in this guest post by Chris Brett, crypto enthusiast and experienced web developer. äàëüøå »
2019-1-23 14:33
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Resident Evil 2 raises the bar for video game remakes
Want to feel old? Consider the fact that Resident Evil 2 is now officially old enough to legally drink and vote in the US. With nearly 5 million copies sold on the original PlayStation, RE2 is the series’ best-selling installment on a single platform, yet somehow it never got a proper remake. äàëüøå »
2019-1-22 18:59
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Alexa gets a Sims 4 integration, while Sims get an off-brand in-game Alexa
Approximately one in five Sims under my care will die in a kitchen fire. Those who survive will face an even bigger threat: smart speakers. EA and Maxis recently announced The Sims 4 would arrive on Amazon‘s Alexa smart speakers in the form of a new Alexa skill. äàëüøå »
2019-1-18 21:10
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Mortal Kombat 11 might include time travel and just finish me, please
WB Interactive Entertainment today revealed the first gameplay footage of Mortal Kombat 11, the latest installment in the venerated fighting game franchise in a splashy reveal event, and I’m already dreading the continuation of the story. äàëüøå »
2019-1-18 00:35
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Fortnite vulnerability could have left millions of credit cards exposed
Just as triumphant reports come in about Fortnite‘s success, the world’s most popular game is forced to contend with stories about security vulnerabilities that could have exposed its millions of players to hackers. äàëüøå »
2019-1-18 22:33
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Assassin’s Creed’s forced straight romance sucks even harder than you think
Players are mad at Ubisoft this week in the wake of the latest DLC episode for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The problem? Thanks to a fixed story point in the episode, the game‘s developers have apparently abandoned the player freedom that comprised the backbone of its marketing. äàëüøå »
2019-1-17 18:42
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EA cancels major Star Wars game, destroying hope for a single-player revival
Reports circulated last night reveal that one of Electronic Arts‘s upcoming Star Wars games, revealed almost three years ago, has now been quietly canceled by the publisher. The game in question was being developed by EA‘s Vancouver studio. äàëüøå »
2019-1-16 20:44
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Forza axes emotes after Fortnite controversy
The publisher of Forza Horizon 4, our pick for the best racing game of 2018, recently updated the game. In addition to adding several new cars, it also removed two emotes. While this wouldn’t seem like a big deal in and of itself, you begin to see what a bullet it’s trying to dodge when you look across at the legal tangle that is Fortnite, Epic Games, and the dance emote lawsuits. äàëüøå »
2019-1-16 02:21
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Hollywood’s making ‘Just Dance’ and DDR movies, but why?
Somewhere deep in the bowels of Skull Mountain, where Hollywood‘s evil studio bosses come up with all of the movies and TV shows Tinsel-town will produce, things are amiss. The well, as they say, has run dry. äàëüøå »
2019-1-16 00:14
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The real-life Pinkertons take issue with their inclusion in Red Dead Redemption 2
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Red Dead creator Rockstar Games, is duking it out in court with the Pinkerton Detective Agency — yes, they still exist, apparently. The Pinkerton Detective Agency, who appear in fictional form in Red Dead Redemption 2, issued a cease-and-desist letter to Take-Two, asking for royalties for the use of its name. äàëüøå »
2019-1-15 21:42
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Rocket League now lets you play with friends on any platform
If you’ve never played Rocket League before, there’s now a good reason to give it a go: the massively popular soccer-with-RC-cars game has just introduced full cross-platform play across every modern OS and console – including the Nintendo Switch – so you can team up with players regardless of what system they own. äàëüøå »
2019-1-15 11:09
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Roller Coaster Tycoon enthusiast created a coaster that takes 12 years (and real bladder control) to ride
Imagine walking into a theme park with a 6-year-old, and leaving just in time to drop them off at college, 12 years later. For fans of the game Roller Coaster Tycoon, these are obviously minor details. äàëüøå »
2019-1-15 03:34
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The adorable story of Animal Crossing Grandma is the perfect start to 2019
There’s something charming whenever you hear stories about gamers who don’t fit the preconceived notion of what a “gamer” is. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky to hear the story of “Animal Crossing Grandma,” a lovely octogenarian who’s logged more hours in one game than most of us have in all our games combined. äàëüøå »
2019-1-15 01:35
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Rumor: Nintendo to bring classic SNES games to Switch Online
Over the weekend, an intrepid dataminer found evidence in the recent Nintendo Switch update to suggest games from the company’s Super Nintendo era might soon be available to Switch Online subscribers. äàëüøå »
2019-1-14 21:51
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Verizon is testing a game streaming service targeting Android devices
The Verge reports that Verizon is the latest company to throw its hat into the game streaming ring, with a trial of its upcoming service that it’s quietly running with some customers on Nvidia Shield set-top boxes. äàëüøå »
2019-1-14 08:50
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Unity creators have an online spat, Epic slides in with $25M in ‘fuck you’ money
It’s not often in the video game industry that we get to see a public face-off between two companies, but we got one this week between Unity and Epic, creators of two of the most popular game engines among developers. äàëüøå »
2019-1-12 02:12
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Alien Blackout backlash shows fans and creators see mobile very differently
Fans and game makers are clashing over a newly revealed mobile game, Alien Blackout. A continuation of the Alien series, revived so spectacularly with 2014’s Alien Isolation, the game has fans crying foul and developers raising a confused eyebrow. äàëüøå »
2019-1-11 21:27
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Destiny developer Bungie is ditching Activision after 8 years
Bellevue, Washington-based game studio Bungie – which created the massively popular Halo and Destiny franchises – is parting ways with its publisher, Activision, after eight years together. It’s keeping the rights to Destiny, though. äàëüøå »
2019-1-11 09:12
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Amazon is reportedly building a game streaming service to rival Google and Microsoft
The Information reports that Amazon is putting together a game streaming service that will beam titles from the cloud right to your devices, so you can play without installing them, or even owning a powerful machine to run them. äàëüøå »
2019-1-11 08:09
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Ubisoft moves to the Epic Store – here’s what that means
With the release of The Division 2, Ubisoft is officially jumping ship. After having a relatively cozy relationship with Valve’s industry standard, Steam, the Canadian company is now moving to Epic’s newly-launched storefront. äàëüøå »
2019-1-11 23:11
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This crowdfunded Pong table might be the coolest thing at CES
There’s lots to love at CES each year, but there’s always that one product that’s just to cool to ignore. This year, it’s a $3,000 table that plays Pong. No, really. While it may seem an underwhelming addition to a trade show known to showcase the latest and greatest, this digital representation of the 1972 classic, Pong, has been a hit with anyone who’s taken the time to try it out. äàëüøå »
2019-1-10 05:18
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No, positive reviews didn’t ‘trick’ Steam into thinking a game was fake
A small indie game on Steam was on probation for several months after its release, only yesterday being granted access to the platform’s full features. While the exact reason for the problem appears to be a small bug, the developers seemed to think, at least for a bit, that the game’s huge amount of positive reviews had fooled Steam into thinking the game was a phony. äàëüøå »
2019-1-10 01:52
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Interview: Desmond Lee Discusses iCandy’s Immersive Crypto Game, CryptantCrab
The blockchain virtual crab game, CryptantCrab, recently closed its presale and has much in store for 2019. iCandy Interactive is the game producer responsible for creating this innovative game, that is based on its popular non-crypto predecessor, Crab War. äàëüøå »
2019-1-9 15:02
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CEO of MyEtherPony Collectibles DApp Believes Gaming Can Trigger Massive Crypto Adoption (Interview)
We have seen a plethora of different applications built on a blockchain until now, and gaming is no exception. The tamperproof nature of blockchain technology has allowed developers to create trustless, decentralized games, which eliminates the need for third-party intermediaries. äàëüøå »
2019-1-5 15:02
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TNW’s 10 best video games of 2018
It’s that time again. The year is drawing to a close, so it’s time to look back and see which digital worlds we lost ourselves in the most this year. As usual, everything’s divided up into genre categories, and we’ve included our runners up, as well. äàëüøå »
2018-12-27 10:00
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The best and worst gaming stories of 2018
2018 has been a year with some awesome games, and some not-so-awesome things happening in the gaming industry. Here are the biggest stories we saw in gaming this year. The Jacksonville shooting We can’t bring up this year’s events in the gaming industry without bringing up the tragedy in Jacksonville, Florida. äàëüøå »
2018-12-22 12:00
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I killed a man for 49 cents . . . in Red Dead Online
My first NPC kill in the Red Dead Online beta was an impulse. I rode past the NPC on my horse, whom I’d named Vanessa, and this guy felt the need to insult her. So I grabbed my revolver and put two rounds in his head, then got off to frisk his body. äàëüøå »
2018-12-21 22:55
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In-game Virtual Item Ownership Rights Could Be Settled Through Blockchain With the Help of Ubisoft and ConsenSys
Worldwide Asset Exchange (WAX. io), a blockchain based marketplace to buy, sell and trade virtual items, published last week its “Inside the Virtual Item Economy” report. The report casts light on the issue of ownership of in-game digital items, often taken away from the gamers who buy it. äàëüøå »
2018-12-19 19:59
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Nintendo Switch’s US sales surpass the PS4 and Xbox at the same age
Nintendo today revealed the Switch has now sold over 8. 7 million units at the 21-month mark in the US, more than both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One did when they were the same “age. ” Given how little we know about the sales of at least one of the consoles past that mark, this might be the last time we get to compare the three reliably. äàëüøå »
2018-12-19 02:24
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Alfonso Ribeiro and Backpack Kid latest to sue Epic over Fortnite dances
Two more voices have joined the case against Epic Games, bringing more allegations of intellectual property theft. In this case, the people in question are Alfonso Ribeiro, best known for his role as Carlton Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and the infamous Backpack Kid. äàëüøå »
2018-12-18 21:53
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AlterVerse Will Adopt Enjin Blockchain for All of Its 17 Gaming Worlds
Gaming and world-building universe AlterVerse announced yesterday that they had joined the Early Adopter Program of the Enjin blockchain platform. AlterVerse will make blockchain-powered assets on its 17 gaming worlds, working together with Enjin. äàëüøå »
2018-12-18 19:29
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Redditors work out player counts to over 100 PS4 games
Leave it to Reddit to parse the tiniest details of a minor feature for PS4 players and turn it into a wealth of data about games. In this case, the feature is the “My PS4 Life” videos Sony recently began offering to players. äàëüøå »
2018-12-18 02:08
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EOS Goes Fourth: Gaming dApps Prove Smart Contracts On A Roll
With its peak throughput hovering at nearly 4,000 transactions per second, EOS is on a roll. The smart contract platform is up more than 21% as the cryptocurrency market turns green again. Coinbase has recently announced exploration of EOS assets, and the token has had a pretty good week ever since. äàëüøå »
2018-12-18 02:00
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Discord’s new plan could pose a serious challenge to Steam and Epic
Discord announced a few days ago it would be offering a new revenue split for indie developers who want to debut their games on the Discord store — and it’s hard not to take the numbers as a thumb in the eye of both Steam and Epic Games. äàëüøå »
2018-12-17 21:24
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GoT’s Charles Dance on fighting zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s latest DLC
The latest DLC addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, a Zombies mode called “Dead of the Night,” is a campy, extraordinary map filled with undead mayhem — notable as well for starring four very well-known actors. äàëüøå »
2018-12-15 01:57
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Get 2 excellent PC adventure games for free today
The weekend’s almost here, and if you don’t have plans, you might want to check out these two offers I just spotted. For the great low price of free – okay, well, you do have to sign up for new accounts and a newsletter – you can snag Lego – The Hobbit, and Full Throttle Remastered within the next 36 hours or so. äàëüøå »
2018-12-14 07:19
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These are the games we’re most looking forward to in 2019
2018 is coming to an end, and we’ve had some amazing games come out this year. Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, Smash Bros … this was a good year to be a gamer. But now that it’s over, what’s a gamer to do? Find a whole new batch of amazing games for which to get hyped. äàëüøå »
2018-12-13 03:09
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Video game theme music played on steel drums is our newest obsession
There’s a short list of YouTube videos I can’t get enough of: Tay Zonday singing “Chocolate Rain,” Dramatic Chipmunk, Sneezing Panda, Otters holding hands, or this skateboarding dog named Tillman. äàëüøå »
2018-12-12 03:59
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Assassin’s Creed Rebellion is better than Odyssey — fight me
Hey hey hey, don’t hit that keyboard just yet. Yes, I’m aware Rebellion is neither the biggest nor most-ballyhooed release in the Assassin’s Creed series this year. But I think, in terms of enjoyment per hour of time spent in the game, I just liked this one so much more. äàëüøå »
2018-12-12 02:24
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We watched about 60 billion hours of gaming footage in 2018
A YouTube exec revealed over the weekend just how much time we spent watching gaming vids on YouTube. When you combine that number with the amount of time we know people watch videos on livestreaming sites like Twitch, and you can determine we’ve watched around 60 billion hours watching games — and that’s just this year. äàëüøå »
2018-12-12 22:19
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5 Ways Blockchain Will Transform the Gaming Industry
In the last decade, we have seen the gaming industry being rapidly transformed by the introduction of new technologies which allow for immersive experiences, such as AI, VR, and AR. However, one of the latest of these emerging technologies — blockchain — is set to redefine the future of gaming by turning what has been […] The post 5 Ways Blockchain Will Transform the Gaming Industry appeared first on Coinjournal. äàëüøå »
2018-12-11 20:42
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Epic is already poaching indie games from Steam
Last week, Fortnite creator Epic Games announced it was creating its own store, in direct competition with Valve’s Steam store. As part of its incentive, it was using a new revenue sharing model, in which it would keep only 12 percent of revenue, as opposed to the industry standard of 30. äàëüøå »
2018-12-11 01:35
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