Tag: gaming

On October 22, 2018, The Chicago Sun Times revealed the findings of unsealed court documents which detailed an FBI investigation into a ring of suspected cryptojackers. The alleged ring is comprised of a group of online gamers who met while playing the popular video game Call of Duty. Masterminding the Scheme Call of Duty is a first-person shooter that allows…

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Young people are placing a higher premium on leisure time, and a much lower one on buying status items. The low cost of digital media, as well as the high-quality content therein, also promotes non-work activities like playing video games or flying around the Internet. More importantly, and according to a few pundits from the crypto space, this is also…

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Xsolla, which provides game developers with a comprehensive suite of flexible tools and services to help launch, monetize and scale their games globally, today started accepting made-for-gaming cryptocurrency —  MobileGO (MGO) — for its PC and mobile games partners. For the first time, developers can receive royalty payouts in a cryptocurrency, MGO, on a sliding scale percentage of their choice….

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Fortnite, the wildly popular video game over which schools have expressed disdain, is currently being used as an attack vector for malware disguised as cheating software. According to an October 2 post from Christopher Boyd, the lead malware intelligence analyst at Malwarebytes Labs, thousands of users have been inadvertently downloading malicious software. Malware Disguised as Cheating Software This bug has…

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Announced September 28, 2018, at the Blockchain Game Summit held in Lyon, France many of the brightest minds from the gaming industry and blockchain sector have formed the Blockchain Gaming Alliance (BGA). Members of this newly founded group aim to follow blockchain technology’s integration within gaming. Gaming Alliance Details The total roster includes members from B2expand, Ubisoft, Consensys, Alto, fig,…

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Although the South Korean Government is keen to improve blockchain regulations, they do not express the same sentiment towards the cryptocurrency industry. According to an article published by Business Korea on October 1, 2018, the South Korean Government decided to deny cryptocurrency exchanges from venture firm certification, which will lead to an increase in taxes for these companies. Cryptocurrency Exchanges…

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Thanks to the overly popular Ethereum blockchain game CryptoKitties, the ERC-721 tokens have come into the foray of the DLT world. CryptoKitties is basically a collectible card game where the players have the option to buy, sell and exchange virtual cats. What sets CryptoKitties apart from most of the other games is the fact that every digital feline is unique…

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Enjin (ENJ), the largest online gaming community creation platform is pleased to announce that the Enjin Smart Wallet will now support the data-rich ERC-1155 and ERC-721 tokens. The latest update released by Enjin will change the paradigm of the gaming industry, as gamers will now have complete authority and ownership over their in-game assets. Current Support and Roadmap The upgrade,…

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The analytical blockchain platform for P2P-betting announced the beginning of the main stage of BETT tokensale, which will be held from August 8 to 31, 2018. The ERC20 standard BETT token will be offered at a rate of $0.05 with the available payment methods to include BTC, ETH. Through the token sale process, contributors will be able to purchase up…

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Indiana video games and virtual economies University Professor Edward Castronova published a whitepaper in 2016 about the nature of video games and the future of work. While the gaming industry is one predominantly for leisure, Castranova argued that video games will have a significant impact on the future of work as it will act as a haven for low-skilled workers…

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