Enlarge / While some see NFT games like Axie Infinity as the future of gaming, the IGDA is increasingly worried about the ethical issues inherent to the space. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA), a professional group of thousands of game makers from around the world, is progressively concerned that the “ethical issues” surrounding the […]
Melania Trump is flat-out denying a new report about her alleged non-nonprofit activity! The 51-year-old former First Lady is selling tickets for an April event in Naples, Florida that coincides with the launch of her new line of NFTs and an auction of a specific white hat that she wore during her time in the White […]
Enlarge / Actress Reese Witherspoon during an interview on Thursday, December 17, 2021. (credit: NBC) At 12: 24 pm on January 11, the actor and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon made a startling announcement to her 2. 9 million Twitter followers. “In the (near) future, every person will have a parallel digital identity, ” she wrote . […]
Enlarge / This galaxy brain image is still working out Ubisoft’s apparent “piece-by-piece” puzzle explanation of its NFT plans. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) In the weeks since Ubisoft rolled out non-fungible tokens in one of its video games, critics—particularly those here at Ars Technica—have shot back with questions about their purpose. While Ars […]
Enlarge (credit: GameStop) Two of 2021’s strangest trends are coming together Thursday evening as GameStop’s stock surges on a report that it is working to establish an NFT and cryptocurrency marketplace alongside partner game developers and publishers. The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, suggests GameStop has a 20-person unit working on the […]
Enlarge / Here’s the first publicly released render of Samsung’s new Mini LED TV. (credit: Samsung) It’s that time of year again: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is upon us, and companies like Samsung are announcing the first details of their 2022 product refreshes. That includes Samsung’s flagship TV lineup, which will this year see […]
Enlarge / Legacy investors earn the ability to make more money in-game by crafting and selling unique items. (credit: 22cans) On Saturday, Peter Molyneux’s 22cans studio and blockchain gaming company Gala Games announced the first limited land sale in Legacy, an NFT-powered game being sold as “a creative entrepreneur’s dream come true.” Less than a […]
Enlarge / Galaxy brain, meet Ubisoft brain… (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Ubisoft) Ubisoft became the first big-name game publisher to jump on the non-fungible token bandwagon Tuesday. After teasing its interest in the space last month, the company is officially rolling out Quartz, a system of in-game cosmetic items powered by a […]
Enlarge / Collins put out this. gif to help you grok just how non-cheugy NFTs can be. (credit: Collins) Perhaps the best thing to come from this year’s widespread adoption of the term ” Non-Fungible Token ” (NFT) is greater public comfort with the word “fungible. ” What a perfectly cromulent word, fungible , even […]
Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based video game, has seen its count of daily active players expand roughly 200,000% over the past year. Read More