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Randy Pitchford Steps Down as President of Gearbox Software, Steve Jones to Replace

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Top GamesImage courtesy of Gearbox EntertainmentPitchford will continue to serve continue to serve as President of the newly-formed Gearbox Studios.Yesterday, Gearbox announced that President and CEO, Randy Pitchford, would be stepping down from his role at Gearbox Software in order to focus on the company's entertainment division. His replacement will be long-time Gearbox veteran, Steve Jones, who previously served as the company's Chief Technology Officer. Jones, who has worked for Gearbox for 22 years, served as the technical director for both Borderlands and Borderlands 2 and was appointed Chief Technology

Cardano Partners With Chainlink for DeFi Smart Contracts Development

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During a period of major corporate and institutional interest in the crypto industry, nearly 5,000 new tokens have emerged in the last 12 months, averaging over 10 new coins per day, new data shows. Cryptocurrency Boom of 2021 As can be observed on CoinMarketCap’s homepage, the number of existing cryptocurrencies has recently surpassed 12,000. This is well over the approximately 7,100 coins recorded by the site in September of last year, meaning that at least 4,900 new digital assets have been created in the last 12 months alone. This represents

Nvidia’s CEO Talks Crypto, NFTs, and The Metaverse

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, talked about the future of the metaverse in a briefing with press members during Computex, including his views on NFTs and crypto.The idea of the Metaverse has been part of popular culture for decades ever since American science-fiction author Neal Stephenson used it in “Snow Crash”. As seen in movies like Ready Player One, Tron, Altered Carbon, and many others, the Metaverse seems like an inevitable outcome of technological advancement.The metaverse is a virtual world that connects with the world we currently live in, enabling people

Gearbox Threatens to Leave Texas Over Transphobic Legislation

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Borderlands developer Gearbox Software has threatened to abandon their Texas headquarters over the state's newest round of transphobic legislation. | Gearbox SoftwareBorderlands developer Gearbox Software has threatened to abandon their Texas headquarters over the state's newest round of transphobic legislation.The company came forward to voice their opposition on yet another surge of bills targeting trans people—particularly transgender youth. They join the roster of names such as Amazon, Microsoft, PayPal, and Apple standing strong against "a resurgence of efforts to exclude transgender youth from full participation in their communities."In an open

Astralis Group announces intention to trade in US market

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Danish esports organisation Astralis Group has announced its intention to trade in the US market through a dual quotation on the OTCQX Best Market. According to the release, the organisation has applied to be publicly listed in the country due to ‘growing US investor interest’ in Astralis Group. Photo credit: Astralis Group / DreamHack RELATED: Astralis extends and expands HP commercial partnership If proven successful, US-based investors will be able to purchase Astralis Group shares. The organisation has also stated that the listing is expected to increase liquidity. Anders Hørsholt,

Astralis gearing up for US Stock Exchange listing

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Denmark’s esports pride, Astralis which owns multiple rosters across esports titles is looking to gear up for a listing on the US Stock exchange, the company Tweeted today. The announcement said the listing on the stock exchange was in accordance with the growing interest of US investors in their organization. Astralis Group became the first esports team to get listed when they made their debut on the Danish Nasdaq exchange in December 2019. The listing didn’t turn out to be extraordinary. Astralis Group applies for trading on OTCQXWe are pleased

Rivalry raises $20 million for sports and esports online betting

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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Rivalry has raised $20 million for its business of sports and esports betting. The company has a mobile and PC platform that makes it easy to place bets on sports and esports matches. Rivalry’s average customer is 25 years old, and the company is going after esports and sports fans who are under 30. At the moment, Rivalry has an offshore gambling license with the Isle of Man, which