TON becomes the exclusive blockchain for Telegram’s mini-app platform
The Open Network Foundation, a non-profit supporting the TON blockchain community, has become the exclusive partner for Telegram’s mini-app platform. As an expansion of...
Smithsonian and others will use Filecoin to safeguard digital culture heritage
Museums are keeping real world images safe for posterity. But what about digital images? Filecoin Foundation is stepping up today to preserve cultural artifacts...
Sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster moves into gaming with Pomme studio deal for Midworld — exclusive
Best-selling science fiction and fantasy author Alan Dean Foster is moving into gaming in a multi-license deal with studio Pomme, starting with a game...
Hamilton raises $1.7M to tokenize real-world assets on Bitcoin
Hamilton, a protocol specializing in tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on Bitcoin, has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed funding round. It’s probably no accident it’s...
TikTok shuts down in the U.S. (updated)
TikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19,...
GDC reveals finalists for the 27th Independent Games Festival
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week announced the finalists for the Independent Games Festival’s awards event, which is part of the former’s conference....
Gamer-focused Tilted social app raises $1.3M to save TikTok’s creator economy
TikTok might be going away soon in the U.S., but Tilted hopes to launch a gamer-focused social app on iOS to help save the...
Matthew Ball explains what happened to the gaming boom and our chances for recovery | The DeanBeat
Matthew Ball, CEO of Epyllion and author of The Metaverse book, dropped 220 slides in an early access deck this week that explained what...
Bitkraft Ventures hires Anuj Tandon to kick off game investments in India
Anuj Tandon has joined Bitkraft Ventures, a seed-stage investor for interactive media and games, as partner focused on the fast-growing Indian game market. Tandon...
Neowiz and Lizard Smoothie team up for MOBA roguelike Shape of Dreams
Neowiz has teamed up with Lizard Smoothie to publish the MOBA roguelike Shape of Dreams. The game comes from the South Korean indie game...