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Stratis Joins ‘APPG Blockchain’ to Help Guide UK Blockchain Policy

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, 20th September 2021] Stratis has joined the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) to contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use-cases. APPG Blockchain includes organisations like Capita, the IOTA Foundation, SAP and the British Standards Institute (BSI) who collaborate with an array of experts in public evidence-forums to provide tangible recommendations to policy-makers working on the UK’s approach to blockchain. As one of the UK’s most prominanent blockchain projects the Stratis team will contribute its knowledge and

Everything that happened in the Sept. 9 PlayStation Showcase

Sony has been pretty quiet about what’s going on in terms of the future of PlayStation 5 games for 2022. But it finally had a PlayStation Showcase today to reveal all of the goodies that gamers are going to get in the near future. The 40-minute event showcased a look into the future of PS5, including Knights of the Old Republic, Project Eve, and more. Many of the games will launch this holiday season or in 2022. If you missed it, you can catch a replay of the event on

No Man’s Sky Frontiers Adds Populated Alien Settlements in 17th Major Update

Top GamesThe Frontiers 3.6 update for No Man's Sky invites players to become overseers of their very own procedurally generated alien settlements. / Photo courtesy of Hello GamesJust as No Man's Sky has continued to procedurally generate each and every star, sun and planet throughout its infinite procedurally generated galaxy for players since August 2016, five years later, Hello Games has continued to procedurally generate game-changing free updates.The No Man's Sky Frontiers 3.6 update delivers on that front, bringing to life the endless number of planets for players to explore

Gaming: The Saviour of the Pandemic

There is no question that the recent pandemic has had long-lasting effects on the world. It was completely unprecedented, and no one was prepared for the changes that it brought. Multi-million-dollar businesses were forced to close and, for some time, the world simply stopped spinning. For many, the prospect of their favourite entertainment venues being closed and having to remain inside their home was too much and had consequences on their mental health. Things that were taken for granted, like going to the movies or the shopping mall, were soon

REPLACED Interview: Devs Talk About the Upcoming Cyberpunk Game That Lit Up E3 2021

REPLACED made a big splash at E3 2021, and for good reason — the upcoming cinematic platformer oozes cool, from its gorgeous 2.5D pixelated art aesthetic to the promise of a thrilling cyberpunk story set in a grim dystopia. The brilliantly directed trailer depicted a tantalizing and mysterious gaming experience that we here at Twinfinite have been making a song and dance over ever since. Naturally, the opportunity to speak with developer Sad Cat Studios was one we are hugely excited about. Already this week we’ve published a feature titled

REPLACED Aims to Deliver a Cinematic But Thought-Provoking Cyberpunk Experience

It is, perhaps, indicative of Microsoft’s still-limited selection of upcoming Xbox and PC first-party titles that, for many, the most notable takeaway from its E3 2021 showcase was a side-scrolling platformer from a small Belorussian indie developer called Sad Cat Studios. But then again, REPLACED is incredibly good-looking. It catches the eye with the same stylish 2.5D aesthetic that had folks excited about The Last Night back in 2017, and its cleverly directed trailer exudes a similarly engrossing cyberpunk ambiance — one that has seen me rewatch it time and

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising Arrives on Hulu at the End of July

Despite being released back in 2019, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising has been pretty hard to find unless you’re willing to buy it on DVD or by subscribing to the STARS platform. Thankfully, recent news has revealed the anime movie is headed to Hulu at the end of this month. According to a press release, via Famitsu, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is set to arrive on the streaming platform as early as July 30. This decision was made as a way of commemorating and building up hype for the

Can you imagine a banana as a game controller?

Yes! Sony made it possible to imagine. Yes! Sony made it possible to imagine. New technology is going to allow people to use a banana or any object as a game controller. Finally! we are not confined to use only some mathematical shape’s (circle, triangle, square) in the form of remote control; Sony has filed for a patent that details a method of turning any object, either banana, bread or a bottle, into a game controller. The patent application described the method of turning a banana into a PlayStation controller.

Weird West Gameplay Trailer Details Playable Characters, Out in Fall 2021

WolfEye Studios and Devolver Digital have released a new gameplay trailer for Weird West, detailing the five origin characters that players can control. Each character has their own story and journey but their actions will ripple throughout the world and have an impact on their future. Of course, the trailer also showcases a hefty amount of combat – check it out below. Jane Bell is a bounty hunter who seems to be searching for her missing husband. Cl’erns Qui’g is a cursed pigman that’s viewed as a monster by society.

Xbox Donates to Humane Society In Honor of Real-Life Dogmeat

In the wake of sad news comes a rather heartwarming update: Xbox has recently announced that both it and Bethesda were donating $10,000 to the Humane Society in Bethesda’s home county in honor of the canine actress who portrayed Dogmeat in Fallout 4. Don’t look now, I have something in my eye. We recently got the sad news about the death of River, the dog who inspired the Fallout 4 version of Dogmeat. Owned by Fallout 4’s lead level designer Joel Burgess, River was the model for both Dogmeat’s looks