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Adrian Werner, 16 September 2024, 01:32

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.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 14 March 2023, 14:10

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.

Jakub Mirowski, 27 January 2023, 15:41

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.

Adrian Werner, 20 November 2022, 15:08

Rockstar Games has banned role-play servers in Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 that use paid lootboxes, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 August 2022, 14:58

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.

Kamil Kleszyk, 05 July 2022, 12:56

Polium One is a console to be based on NFT. This whizz project, based on Web3 technology, will reportedly be released in 2024.

destroytheardor, 07 June 2022, 14:18

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.

Patryk Michas, 07 May 2022, 16:02

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.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 08 April 2022, 16:57

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.

Sonia Selerska, 06 April 2022, 15:53

The closure of the game has sparked a discussion on the internet, about combining gaming and virtual tokens.

Milosz Szubert, 31 March 2022, 15:43

Storybook Brawl has been review bombed on Steam. All because the developers of this title were bought by a cryptocurrency company.

Adrian Werner, 27 February 2022, 14:44

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 09 February 2022, 19:03

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).

Przemyslaw Dygas, 02 February 2022, 17:04

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.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 31 January 2022, 15:41

Another company has noticed the potential benefits of NFTs. This time we are talking about the creators of the Worms series, Team17.

Adrian Werner, 30 January 2022, 13:32

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.

Miriam Moszczynska, 21 January 2022, 14:24

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.

Miriam Moszczynska, 21 January 2022, 12:09

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.

Miriam Moszczynska, 27 December 2021, 16:14

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 December 2021, 20:09

The massive criticism of digits isn't deterring Ubisoft from blockchain. The company still sees the technology as the future of gaming, albeit admitting that such a big change takes time.

Michal Ciezadlik, 16 December 2021, 13:54

Legacy, the new project by Peter Molyneux, has earned 40 million pounds even before its release. However, the sum does not come from preorders or other typical sources of funding. The creators earned money on the sale of NFTs, on which the game will be based.

Miriam Moszczynska, 13 December 2021, 17:07

The creator of Fable, among other titles, Peter Molyneux, probived new information about his upcoming game titled Legacy. It is supposed to be a production from the newly emerging „play-to-earn” genre.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 13 December 2021, 15:16

RTX 4090 Ti and RX 7000 GPUs are expected to appear only in 2022, meanwhile, there are many indications that some crypto miners are already testing them. Are these real devices, however, or fakes?

Michael Zegar, 08 December 2021, 16:21

The Ubisoft Quartz trailer posted on YouTube has been flooded with negative comments. Gamers have given an icy-cold shoulder to NFTs in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.

Adam Krolak, 07 December 2021, 19:57

Ubisoft is taking the first step towards introducing NFT in its video games. We will be able to get our first items with the launch of the Ubisoft Quartz platform.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 October 2021, 23:29

Valve doesn't want games that allow cryptocurrency or NFT exchanges on Steam, but Tim Sweeney would love to see them on Epic Games Store.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 04 October 2021, 14:56

Cybercriminals seem to see no obstacles to stealing from the likes of themselves. Hackers who buy ransomware complain about the backdoors installed in it.

Martin Nothing, 29 September 2021, 16:32

Cooperation with North Korea is not profitable, as one US citizen has painfully discovered. He is facing up to 7 years in prison for advising this Asian country.

GRG, 02 September 2021, 17:27

There is a shortage of graphics cards on the market, and their prices are shocking. Where have AMD Radeon RX chip shipments disappeared to?

Michael Zegar, 30 August 2021, 19:23

The GPU market shortage continues. Meanwhile, Genesis Mining is looking for a use for hundreds of thousands of orphaned GPUs. This follows a decision by China's Supreme Court to return nearly half a million graphics cards to the company.

Martin Nothing, 11 August 2021, 21:27

Hackers exploited a security vulnerability and stole over $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies. This is the largest theft in the industry's history to date.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 26 July 2021, 16:22

It is possible that Amazon will soon accept payments in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The company also reportedly has plans to launch its own currency of this type.

Adam Krolak, 23 July 2021, 13:00

The European Commission intends to limit the anonymity of transactions using cryptocurrencies. The reason is that they are used for money laundering and other financial crimes.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 16 July 2021, 13:22

A group calling itself „Anonymous” has decided to create its own cryptocurrency. It is supposed to be an answer for Chinese bans. Referring to the Anon Inu dog, it seems somewhat likeable.

Adam Krolak, 15 July 2021, 17:38

Dogecoin co-founder criticizes the idea of cryptocurrencies. Supporters of bitcoin and other virtual coins do not hide their surprise.

Konrad Sarzynski, 12 July 2021, 11:52

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered a huge cryptocurrency mine consisting primarily of PlayStation 4 consoles. Criminals found a way to turn it into a profitable business.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 05 July 2021, 16:42

The shutdown of much of bitcoin's network due to Chinese crack down has prompted changes to its algorithm. With the update, the cryptocurrency is now 28% easier to mine.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 28 June 2021, 16:49

Malware unnoticeably mines cryptocurrency on a gamer's computer. It seems that just buying GPUs is not enough for miners. Let me reassure you - the problem concerns only torrent lovers.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 22 June 2021, 18:15

Some GPUs already cost less, but the biggest reductions are noted in China, where the prices of selected models are even 45% lower. Let's hope it is not a temporary tendency.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 27 May 2021, 13:56

Iran is taking strong measures against crypto mining. By introducing a temporary ban, the local authorities are trying to prevent excessive energy consumption caused mainly by unregistered farms mining BTC, among other things.

Angelika Kaldus, 25 May 2021, 11:55

Bitcoin mining in China may be restricted or banned - the value of BTC is dipping.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 24 May 2021, 17:04

Chia is eating up SSDs at an alarming rate, but this does not discourage its miners. The popularity of the new cryptocurrency is growing all the time.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 20 May 2021, 17:06

Big changes coming to one of the major cryptocurrencies - ETH. You can even risk calling these updates a small revolution. Is it possible that the twilight of crypto mining as we know it today is coming?

Martin Nothing, 12 May 2021, 20:32

It turns out that the increasingly popular Chia cryptocurrency does not only affect the availability and prices increase of SSDs. First information about the increased failure rate of SSD media, which wear out very quickly during the mining proces, appeared on the web.

Angelika Kaldus, 10 May 2021, 17:58

Elon Musk joked on Saturday Night Live that Dogecoin is a scam. The stock price plummeted. Now SpaceX will send a satellite to the moon and pay for it in Dogecoin.

Bart Swiatek, 05 May 2021, 15:14

Thanks to recent price increases, capialization of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency reached nearly $87.7 billion. This means that it has a higher market value than companies like Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, Ford and Twitter.

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 April 2021, 15:27

According to unofficial reports, Nvidia is preparing to refresh the entire GeForce RTX 3000 series. Apparently, crypto miners have contributed to the release of the new revision of all Ampere GPUs. What changes can we expect?

Angelika Kaldus, 29 April 2021, 14:41

Roman Sterlingov allegedly laundered 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $336 million. He was arrested in Los Angeles after 10 years of operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service.

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 April 2021, 19:42

Bitmain is preparing another hardware for crypto miners. The Antminer E9 is expected to provide Ethereum yield equal to 32 units of the GeForce RTX 3080.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 26 April 2021, 14:15

HDD prices in China and Japan have even increased by more than 60%. The reason for the problems is the Chia cryptocurrency, which has sparked interest in this type of components.