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Animoca Brands subsidiary to launch collection of Olympics-themed NFTs

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is partnering with popular blockchain gaming company Animoca Brands to launch a collection of Olympic-themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs). nWay, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, developed the collection, which consists of digital versions of past Olympic pins — physical badges that are worn on lapels — as well as cross-play multiplayer video games. For many, the original Olympic pins are meant to be badges of honor which represent different aspects of the games. Non-fungible tokens are collectibles stored on the blockchain which can represent items like photos,

Nintendo Wins Million Dollar Suit Against ROM Hosting Site

Top GamesNintendo won a $2.1 million payout from the lawsuit. | Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNintendo has won a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the ROM-hosting website RomUniverse.The owner of the site will have to pay Nintendo $2.1 million in damages after the court ruled in Nintendo's favor. Nintendo filed the suit in September 2019 seeking $15 million in damages for copyright infringement and federal trademark infringement, accusing RomUniverse of hosting pirated versions of Nintendo games for users to download.Say what you will about Nintendo regarding ROMs, but at least this one was

Smite update 8.6 Patch Notes

In the latest Smite patch, the developers are adding The Dark Enchantress to the game alongside various buffs, nerfs, and quality of life updates. Two of the most important QOL updates are the mute option for copyright music and normal games pausing. With more games adapting their settings to the streamers needs so that they don’t get DCMA and potentially lose their channel, it’s great to see Smite following the same approach as well. While there were only moderate changes done to the gods, they should shake up the meta

Mother 3 Fan Translation Patch Released Just in Time for 15th Anniversary

It has been well over a decade since fans took it upon themselves to translate Mother 3 into English, and the crew is still hard at work with new updates. Just yesterday the team behind the translation revealed a brand new patch that fixes some bugs and provides some other quality of life updates. This new 1.3 version of the patch comes courtesy of Italian fan translator lorenzoone, who spent approximately three years working on improving the English translation of Mother 3. The full list of notes can be found

Nintendo is Suing Bowser Over Hacked Switch Consoles

Top GamesDoug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America, is suing hacker Gary Bowser for copyright infringement in the ultimate Battle of the Bowsers. | NintendoDoug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America, is suing hacker Gary Bowser for copyright infringement in the ultimate Battle of the Bowsers.Charges were filed in a western Seattle District Court on Friday, April 16, against Gary Bowser, one alleged leader of Team Xecuter—a known hack creation group. According to Nintendo's legal team, Bowser and his "pirate operation" have been selling illicit operating systems and tools meant

[ASL11] Ro16 Groups + Schedule

WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. prosatan Profile Joined September 2009 Romania5107 Posts Thank you Ziggy ! Zero should make it first and after him Mini or Mong. The rest of the groups are tough to call... Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns. TaardadAiel Profile Joined May 2017 Bulgaria681 Posts Groups B through D are really stacked. Hype! WriterReV hwaiting! Miragee Profile Joined December 2009 7663 Posts These are hard to call (for me). Group A: Zero, MiniGroup B: soma, BestGroup C:

Chess GM Hikaru Apologizes For Drama With Eric Hansen and Chessbae

by Jason Parker in Entertainment | Apr, 13th 2021 Drama in the chess community was really heating up between GM Hikaru, Eric Hansen’s “Chessbrah” channel, and Chessbae. Reportedly, Hikaru was accused of copyright striking Eric Hansen’s channel. The claim came from Bent Pixels Select, which is a company that works with both Hikaru and TSM in general. In these accusations, a pair of Chessbrah (Eric Hansen’s YouTube channel) videos were copies of GM Hikaru’s and were thus copyright struck. However, GM Hikaru has come out with an apology. Split From

Eric Hansen says chessbae drove him apart from Alexandra Botez

Josse Van Dessel • Apr 13, 15:56In a recent stream, chess Grandmaster Eric Hansen has accused controversial personality chessbae of forcing an end to a relationship involving him and Alexandra Botez after chessbae allegedly abused her moderation powers on Chess.com. Eric Hansen has shed light on the extent of chessbae's abuse of her moderation privileges on Chess.com. According to Hansen, chessbae threatened to exclude Botez from having her Twitch channel hosted on the Chess.com website if she continued collaborating with Eric Hansen's channel, chessbrah. The accusations come only a day