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After 12 years of unsuccessful attempts, the man who has disposed of a hard disk with 770 million dollars in Bitcoin has to give up
The court has issued a final ruling, ending the search for James Howells' extremely valuable laptop hard drive.
hardware & software
Olga Fiszer
January 17, 2025
Legendary Sci-Fi Game Is Getting a Survival Spin-Off. One Detail Led Many Gamers to Give Up on EVE Frontier
EVE Online will soon receive a survival spin-off EVE Frontier. The announcement of the new game has infuriated gamers because of the business model.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 16, 2024
That Was Fast: Meta Drops NFTs on Facebook and Instagram
NFT has been removed from Meta's list of interests and current work. It will not further develop the technology, and will close support for it on Facebook and Instagram.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
March 14, 2023
Troubles in Crypto Paradise. How Bitcoin Miners Blacked Out Entire Country
Ever since cryptocurrency mining led to the largest-ever power grid failure in Central Asian countries, the once-enthusiastic governments there have looked at crypto miners with an increasingly less favorable attitude.
Opinions
Jakub Mirowski
January 27, 2023
Rockstar Sets Rules for RP Servers in GTA 5; Ban on NFTs and Lootboxes
Rockstar Games has banned role-play servers in Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 that use paid lootboxes, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 20, 2022
Another Cryptocurrency Game Fails; Players Lose Money
Untamed Isles has not yet been canceled, but the discontinuation of work and the failure to accept refunds of Kickstarter pledges bode poorly for a game intended to combine Pokemon with MMORPG.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2022
Console Made for NFTs; Company Promises Pie in the Sky
Polium One is a console to be based on NFT. This whizz project, based on Web3 technology, will reportedly be released in 2024.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
July 5, 2022
Fortnite Token is a Scam, Warns Tim Sweeney
A new cryptocurrency has appeared on the market, under the name Fortnite Token. The coincidence with the name of Epic Games' hit is not accidental, which did not escape the attention of the company's CEO. He engaged in a verbal tussle with cryptocurrency's creators on Twitter and announced taking legal action.
video games
destroytheardor
June 7, 2022
Nvidia Pays Multimillion-dollar Fine Over Cryptocurrencies
Nvidia has been fined a sizeable amount of money. The reason is cryptocurrencies, or more precisely, the lack of disclosure of reliable information about their impact on the company's revenues.
hardware & software
Patryk Michas
May 7, 2022
Metaverse Games Don't Interest Gamers, but Industry Doesn't Care
Giant interest and huge investments don't help. Metaverse games have so far failed to attract casual gamers. However, the industry doesn't seem to need them.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
April 8, 2022
F1 Delta Time Shut Down; Players Who Invested in NFTs Left With Nothing
The closure of the game has sparked a discussion on the internet, about combining gaming and virtual tokens.
video games
Sonia Selerska
April 6, 2022
Review Bombing on Steam; Storybook Brawl Takes Flak for NFT
Storybook Brawl has been review bombed on Steam. All because the developers of this title were bought by a cryptocurrency company.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 31, 2022
Over 50% of Bitcoin Transactions on Steam Were Suspicious
Gabe Newell explained why Valve abandoned bitcoin payments. It turns out that more than half of such transactions on Steam were linked to some kind of fraud.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 27, 2022
NFT Finds New Advocates; PUBG Devs Invest in Metaverse
There was Worms, there was Ghost Recon, now it's time for PUBG. The creators of the popular battle royale from Krafton are another developer preparing their own NFTs (and metaverse).
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 9, 2022
EA Won't Focus on NFTs; At Least for Now
EA has no intention of releasing games using the NFT technology for the time being. However, the company will reconsider the issue in the future.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
February 2, 2022
More NFTs! Team17 Announces Worms NFTs and Promises Environmental Friendliness
Another company has noticed the potential benefits of NFTs. This time we are talking about the creators of the Worms series, Team17.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
January 31, 2022
Blockverse - Minecraft's NFT Project Turned Out to be Scam
Blockverse, Minecraft's NFT-powered PvP server turned out to be a huge scam. The creators first sold tokens for $1.2 million and then vanished along with the money.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 30, 2022
In Five Years, 90% of Games Will be Play-to-earn, Says Reddit Co-founder
If the vision of making money while playing games sounds like a dream to you, you'll have to wait another five years for it to come true. At least that's what one of Reddit's founders, Alexis Ohanian, thinks.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
January 21, 2022
1 in 3 Gamedevs Sees Potential of NFT in Video Games
The organizers of the Game Developers Conference have released the State of the Game Industry 2022 report, which addresses a number of important issues affecting the video game industry.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
January 21, 2022
It Takes Two Dev Would Rather Get Shot in the Knee Than Bring NFTs to His Games
NFTs in video games sparks considerable controversy, which can be seen from the reactions of players and community in general. Josef Fares, the creator of It Takes Two, is also against the introduction of tokens to video games.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
December 27, 2021