Gygax Games' titles will make it into the market with the help of Shard.
Gygax Games' titles will make it into the market with the help of Shard.
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Fig acquires Ownage to publish blockchain games

Game crowdfunding firm Fig is hopping on the blockchain bandwagon with the acquisition today of Ownage.

Blockchain is a secure and transparent distributed ledger, and it is disrupting a number of industries, including the business of distributing games. San Francisco-based Fig will combine Ownage’s capabilities with its own existing services to broaden its publishing offerings.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.