Author: CryptooTimes
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s new, Call of Duty-like free-to-play shooter, has been out for about two weeks now and I’ve spent a lot of time playing it. I’m not an expert. I don’t claim to be one. But I do think I can offer some tips for both new players and vets about how to play better while also having fun and helping your team. Why This Under-the-Radar AAA Title Is More Than Just A Far Cry CloneHit the practice rangeWhile you might want to jump right into the action of XDefiant, I recommend all players hop into the game’s practice range.…
Bain Capital has been an active investor in crypto since its initial fund launch, participating in a $115 million round for Sam Altman’s Worldcoin. Source link
Valve’s free-to-play class-based shooter, Team Fortress 2, is over 16 years old and yet continues to be one of the most-played games on Steam. However, TF2’s large fanbase is fed up with Valve’s inability or unwillingness to fix the game’s bot issues and has started up a new, large-scale campaign to pressure the developer into doing something. Stray Almost Feels Like A Modern Valve GameFor years now, Team Fortress 2—originally released in October 2007—has had a serious bot problem. We reported on racist spam bots in 2020 that were filling TF2’s chat with horrible messages. Then, in 2022, we again…
Speaking at Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, Ricardo Castro of Rootstock Labs highlighted the focus of the Bitcoin layer-2 protocol on providing global acess to decentralized finance (DeFi), particularly in emerging markets. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are by far the two largest decentralized networks, each with unique strengths. BTC is rewnowned for its robust security standards, while Ethereum’s blockchain emphasizes functionality and utility through smart contracts. For years, developers have tried to bridge the two concepts and create a network that can bootstrap decentralized finance solutions atop BTC’s blockchain. Rootstock Labs says it has achieved this, giving Latin American users…
Just a month into Hades 2’s Early Access launch, the acclaimed action-RPG is already getting its second update, and it’s a major one. Patch 2 is full of dozens of buffs and bug fixes, as well one change that reduces how often final boss Chronos is “patently unfair.” Kotaku’s Hopes For Spyro The Dragon’s (Reported) ComebackDeveloper Supergiant Games wrote in the Hades 2 patch notes that all of the changes were driven by community feedback. “Among the improvements in this patch, look for many new UI icons as well as weapon-related balance changes aimed at enhancing core combat and related…
A judge ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay $1.8 million following “bad faith conduct” over a temporary restraining order to freeze DEBT Box’s assets. Source link
When MultiVersus, Warner Bros. crossover brawler, was in beta, Scooby-Doo’s Velma was arguably the best fighter on the roster. Two years later, the game is officially out and Jinkies, the queen has lost her crown and become one of the worst characters in the game. The fall from grace has been so severe that stat-tracking sites like Tracker Network report Velma is now the least-picked character in MultiVersus. But how did she get here, and what do fans think can be done to fix the situation?Rooster Teeth’s RWBY x Justice League Collab Puts Batman’s New Anime Abilities To Good UsePlayers…
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Salt Lake City office – notorious in the crypto world for its failed fraud lawsuit against DEBT Box – will shut down after seeing “significant attrition” among its staff, some of whom were pushed out over the case. Source link
I don’t think I will ever get over the death of SSX. While EA’s extreme snowboarding series isn’t officially in the ground, there hasn’t been an entry since 2012. Yet the franchise still looms large in many gamers’ minds, including mine. That is especially true of 2001’s SSX Tricky, an arcadey snowboarding game dripping with style that has never been matched, even though many have tried and failed. However, the demo for new indie game Tricky Madness has given me hope that maybe, just maybe, somebody can recapture SSX’s greatness.Kotaku’s Hopes For Spyro The Dragon’s (Reported) ComebackTricky Madness isn’t shy…
Post-halving, Bitcoin (BTC) miners face a squeeze as rewards drop and costs soar. Can innovative strategies and market dynamics help them stay profitable? The Bitcoin halving is an event built into the Bitcoin protocol that occurs approximately every four years. It results in the reduction in the reward miners receive for adding new blocks to the blockchain. The latest halving, which took place in April 2024, slashed the block reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. This event, central to Bitcoin’s deflationary nature, impacts the supply of new Bitcoins and reverberates throughout the Bitcoin mining industry and the broader crypto…
