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Südkorea: Blockchain-Start-up lanciert NFT-Marktplatz

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

E3-Like Event From The Guerrilla Collective Postponed

Guerrilla Collective--an online digital games festival--has been delayed. Originally scheduled for June 6-8, the event will now occur June 13-15 in support of Black Lives Matter. In a statement on Twitter, Guerrilla Collective's organizers wrote: "The Guerrilla Collective came together to create a space where all find a voice to support each other, our industry, and our work. It is the cumulative effort of incredibly diverse teams unified in the creation of a digital event to bring hope and positive content to the world. We recognize this is a time

In Place Of E3, Devs Are Teaming Up For An Announcement-Filled Show In June

E3 2020 was canceled, but game developers and publishers are still collaborating to deliver big announcements over the summer. The Guerrilla Collective is a new partnership that will launch a three-day gaming celebration in June, and it includes some of the most-acclaimed studios in the world.The Guerrilla Collective will feature developers from companies such as Rebellion, Raw Fury, Paradox Interactive, Larian Studios, Funcom, Versus Evil, ZA/UM, Coffee Stain Studios, 11 bit Studios, and Humble Publishing. On June 6 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, the first Guerrilla Collective

Shack Chat: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020?

It's that time again, your favorite time of the week. This week the Shack staff gathers 'round our virtual meeting table to discuss one of many upcoming digital gaming events. EA Play 2020 was recently announced as a digital event, and we thought it high time to sit down and look deep within ourselves to figure out exactly what we want from EA Play in 2020. Question: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020? Skate 4 - Asif Khan, Better than the rest of the Shack staff

VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade requires investment in “live ops” to keep updating the game with new features and experiences, only adding to a game studio’s responsibilities. There are big movements in gaming right now to make games cross-platform (not

The internet changed gaming forever. How’s player support keeping up?

“Gaming has changed,” I thought to myself as I slowly maneuvered past the young cosplayers crowding the halls at Gamescom, the largest gaming conference in Europe for players and industry professionals.I thought back to my childhood, and the games I grew up with. Mario and Sonic were still present, I could still find Street Fighter and Fallout merchandise, and FIFA 20 was, somewhat expectedly, huge. But that was pretty much it — the gaming universe I used to know, tucked in between massive displays of games I’ve never heard of.