Irreverent Labs raises $40M for NFT robot cock fighting game MechaFightClub
Irreverent Labs has raised $40 million to further boost its efforts to create MechaFightClub, a robot cock fighting game that uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs)....
Xbox plans to launch a streaming puck and Samsung app in the next year
Microsoft is done waiting for you to come to Xbox. Instead, the company is gearing up to bring Xbox to wherever you are. This...
Tencent’s Steven Ma: Why big acquisitions will be good for gamers
Tencent is the biggest game company in the world, and that is saying a lot considering rivals such as Microsoft, Sony, and Embracer Group...
The DeanBeat: The crazy sanity of the Square Enix and Embracer Group deal
“Why am I seeking logic or sanity here?” I asked myself. “There hasn’t been any so far.” — Endymion, by Dan Simmons, 1996. I...
Ready Games shows how blockchain games can debut on Apple and Google stores
Ready Games has launched a division to bring mobile blockchain games and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the Apple and Google app stores. That sounds...
Eve Online is bringing narrative focused updates
CCP Games is working on releasing a series of narrative-driven updates for the infamous space-based MMO Eve Online. The set of updates was revealed...
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film beats predecessor, speeding to $331.6M at the box office
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has beat the original film by scoring $331.64 million at the global box office. That makes it the most successful...
Filmmakers adapting video games don’t have to be fans — but it helps
The movie industry is making more adaptations of video games than ever before, and the dynamics of the forms of media have changed. At...
RiffTrax: The Game review: Easily worth the price of admission
I was really upset when The Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) cancelled Mystery Science Theater 3000. I had only discovered the show in 1997, but...
Chinatown Detective Agency review: Carmen Sandiego meets cybernoir
A mystery story is one of the most wonderful, exhilarating experiences in any form of media: following clues, interrogating suspects, finding the facts, and...