by Petar Vukobrat in League of Legends | Jul, 11th 2020 Narratives are the heart of competitive League, which holds true for the LEC as much as it does for any other region. They’re the reason we all tune in, the reason we care, and why we hold this scene so close to our hearts. The best ones spring out of nowhere when we least expect and end up defining not just a certain team or region but also the season. We race to our seats, hoping to see history
Esports superstars of the popular first-person-shooter game Counter-Strike will participate in a crypto-powered tournament where fans will be able to bet with crypto tokens. The tournament is sponsored by Verasity — an attention based platform for video, gaming and entertainment rewards with a native VRA token.The tournament will feature Nathan Schmitt (NBK) and Asia’s best player Kevin Susanto (Xccurate), who according to the press release, have two million fans worldwide. Verasity has signed a long-term deal with the players agents. The company is also in the process of obtaining a gambling
Protests across the U.S. over police violence and systemic racism against Black Americans have sparked gaming companies like Electronic Arts, Epic Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation to publish statements of their support and make donations to relevant advocacy organizations. These are positive actions, but the most impactful thing game companies can do is take action internally. Racial bias is baked, usually unintentionally, into games by those who develop them. This creates a recurring pattern of Black and Latinx characters being stereotyped or completely absent in games, which is invalidating and
The blockchain gaming economy will be larger than Japan’s, the Tokyo-based businessman said Hironao Kunimitsu, the founder of Tokyo social gaming firm Gumi, spoke about the future of gaming in the context of blockchain-based trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) at the Japan Traders Live organised by CoinTelegraph last week. The entrepreneur believes that the market to trade NFTs in video games will grow to become “larger than Japan’s economy.” He further explained that the potential for video games like Minecraft, if they adopt blockchain technology, is huge. Fungible tokens like
ADVERTISEMENTThe Blockchain game Kronoverse will move to Bitcoin SV as the creators of the game said they couldn’t wait for ETH 2.0. In the following Bitcoin SV news, we find out what exactly happened.The creators of the blockchain game Kronoverse explained that the reason why they are moving from Ethereum to Bitcoin SV is the much-anticipated arrival of ETH 2.0. According to a recent official blog post, the creators said that they can no longer wait for the ETH 2.0 launch to solve the pressing scaling problems. The Kronoverse team
Gaming and interactive entertainment giant Atari has secured a partnership with blockchain esports firm Unikrn. The deal is geared towards enabling Atari token holders to shop, game, and bet with the firm’s native cryptocurrency. Tokenizing Atari’s Video Game Ecosystem According to a press release published on Thursday (June 11, 2020), California-based gaming heavyweight Atari has signed a partnership with industry-leading esports blockchain company Unikrn to increase the utility and functionality of its native blockchain game token dubbed Atari Token. Commenting on the details of the deal, CEO of Atari Fred
Gaming behemoth Atari announced that holders of its Atari token will be able to spend it on betting, gaming and shopping. According to an announcement on June 12, the new offerings for Atari token holders follow a partnership with esports firm Unikrn. With the partnership, Unikrn will get access to Atari’s classic games such as Centipede, Pong and Asteroids. Atari — on the other hand — will get access to the firm’s esports betting platform and will see its token added to its ecosystem. Per the announcement, Atari’s token will
Südkorea ist für viele Gamer das Mekka der Videospiel-Industrie. PlayDapp, ein e-Sports-Service des Blockchain-Start-ups Supertree, lanciert nun einen Blockchain-basierten autonomen Marktplatz zum Non Fungable Token (NFT)-Handel von Spielgegenständen. Der Gaming-Sektor in Südkorea ist ein wichtiger Pfeiler der Wirtschaft. Nun hat das Start-up PlayDapp die NFT-Börse namens „PlayDapp MarketPLAce” ins Leben gerufen. Sie bietet der koreanischen Multi-Milliarden-Dollar-Spieleindustrie einen direkten Zugang zu digitalen Assets. Am 8. Juni verkündete das in Seoul-anässige Blockchain–Unternehmen PlayDapp, unter Unterstützung des Spiele-Entwicklers Supertree, den Launch ihrer Börse. Diese erlaubt Benutzern durch das Spiel erworbene Items oder Spielinhalte
The time has come for Hearthstone to kick off an all-new Standard year. The Year of the Phoenix will begin with an all-new expansion, as players prepare themselves for Ashes of Outland. With the arrival of a new expansion, Blizzard will debut an all-new playable class and introduce 135 brand new cards for both Standard and Wild. Card reveals for Hearthstone: Ashes of Outland have come and gone and now it's just a matter of waiting for the expansion's arrival. So let's make that time go a little faster by
Enjin is a project has been growing at a rapid pace. This gaming community supports over 300,000 gaming communities, with 19 million registered gamers. Since 2009 Enjin has enabled gamers to create websites for clans and guilds, create forums, add wikis, chat groups, and much more. And in 2017 they held an ICO in order to bring their technology onto the blockchain – as well as adding innovative new features. However, is the Enjin Coin still worth considering? In this Enjin review I will attempt to answer that by taking
