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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. дальше »
2019-1-16 20:44 | |
Netflix gets an interactive Minecraft choose-your-own-adventure show
The latest addition to Netflix’ roster of shows comes from the popular Minecraft gaming franchise, along with an interesting twist: you can actually choose your own ending. Minecraft: Story Mode – which was developed by the last remaining employees at troubled studio Telltale Games before it tragically closed down – lets you make choices to determine how the story progresses across its five episodes. дальше »
2018-11-28 09:33 | |
Girls who play video games are three times more likely to study STEM than non-gamers
I played a lot of video games when I was a teenager. I have fond memories of hours dedicated to the pixelated missions of the likes of Zelda and Mario Bros on my family’s Nintendo Entertainment System. дальше »
2018-11-20 15:42 | |
Prima Games to cease publishing its strategy guides after 28 years
Reports today revealed that Prima Games, the company behind those strategy guides you see at every game store, was shutting down after almost three decades. It’s the end of an era, truly. Prima game guides have been around since 1990. дальше »
2018-11-10 02:27 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 has biggest opening weekend in entertainment history
Rockstar’s Wild West adventure game, Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history. Yes, in entertainment history. Movies, music, books – everything. дальше »
2018-10-30 19:21 | |
Three Years Later, Ethereum’s Hottest DApps Are (Still) ICOs and Cats
With Ethereum’s launch in 2015 came a flurry of excitement over the future potential of smart contracts. Utilizing a more flexible scripting language than Bitcoin, the platform’s decentralized applications (DApps) were touted by proponents as unlocking a plethora of formerly untapped use cases for the blockchain. дальше »
2018-10-30 21:45 | |
Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell's X2 Games Acquired by Global Blockchain
The man who created Atari has moved on to blockchain-based gaming. Neil Bushnell’s X2 Games has been acquired by Canadian-based Global Blockchain (BLOC), a crypto investment firm, in hopes that Bushnell’s expertise will lead to another gaming industry revolution — this time with the help of blockchain technology. дальше »
2018-10-16 00:06 | |
Librarian blew $89k in city money on free mobile game
I’m consistently amazed by the lengths people will go to for their free-to-play mobile games. In this case, a librarian in Utah managed to blow thousands of dollars on Game of War. According to the Herald Journal, the former librarian, Adam Winger, used city credit cards to fund his digital addiction. дальше »
2018-8-17 19:49 | |
Meca Casino Wants to Reinvent Digital Casino Ownership and Provide a Unique Gaming Experience
MECA Casino, a blockchain-based 3D social casino game project, aims to change the paradigm of online casino games by tackling three factors – trust, ownership, and entertainment. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article One of the pain points of online casino games is credibility. дальше »
2018-8-14 16:30 | |
A team of former Dota 2 pros just got owned by AI bots
A bot team created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research firm funded by Elon Musk, obliterated semi-professional players of the online multiplayer video game Dota 2. The firm’s Dota 2 team of bots – OpenAI Five – took on semi-professional players ranked in the 99. дальше »
2018-8-6 11:35 | |
Notes on Blockchain Governance
In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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