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The Best NFT Games So Far This Year

The Best NFT Games So Far This Year

Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTGaming has been one of the most highly anticipated use cases for NFTs since the technology came on the scene. In our new series beginning today, we are going to take a look at ten of the best NFT games available today.Play-To-Earn vs. Play-To-PlayBecause these games are so varied, it’s difficult to know which one to try first. Some of these are “play to earn” and others are just plain play. Just be aware that NFT games are very different from mainstream gaming, as with NFT games items can be purchased or earned and also can be traded…
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10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Gaming Cross-Platform Playability

10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Gaming Cross-Platform Playability

Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT In our previous article in this series, we addressed using NFTs to make voting more secure. Today, we'll move to the world of gaming. In spite of some gamers “rebelling” against the introduction of NFTs into their favorite gaming platforms and games, the adoption of NFTs into the gaming space seems inevitable, as more and more companies come into the fold. The most exciting development that NFTs bring to gaming is NFTs will allow cross-platform playability. This is good news for game developers, as it lets them not only create an additional revenue source but allows them to…
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‘GameStop: Rise of the Players’ Is the Underdog Doc of 2022

‘GameStop: Rise of the Players’ Is the Underdog Doc of 2022

BY AARON COUCH | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Gaming  #BusinessDirector Jonah Tulis and producer Blake J. Harris reveal how their documentary, produced on a tight timeline, managed to beat competing Hollywood projects to the punch.For documentary filmmaker Jonah Tulis, stepping into the world of GameStop was all about timing.In January 2021, the video game retailer became a global news story when its once-moribund stock skyrocketed to unprecedented heights. Ordinary investors, organized on the internet, had outsmarted Wall Street hedge funds and were being rewarded handsomely. Bucking conventional wisdom, these friends — gathering on YouTube and Reddit — poured their…
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Will Hollywood’s Streaming Ambition Lead to Big Gaming Buys?

Will Hollywood’s Streaming Ambition Lead to Big Gaming Buys?

BY GEORG SZALAI | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Business  #Gaming  #NFT As Microsoft snaps up Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion to shore up its streaming platform, and Netflix also enters the sector, Sony — or even Disney — may be next to strike a deal. In May 2016, Disney sent shock waves through the video game sector when it ended its stint as a publisher of console titles to, it said, “transition exclusively to a licensing model.” It later replicated that move in the mobile games space and let outside studios create projects built on its intellectual property…
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Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7B Video Game Mega-Deal

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7B Video Game Mega-Deal

BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Digital  #Business  #GamingThe sale comes as the video game publisher has grappled with its own #MeToo reckoning.Tech giant Microsoft will buy the video game publisher Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal that would reshape the gaming landscape.The deal, if completed, would bring together Microsoft, which owns the Xbox game platform and Xbox Game Studios (which owns Bethesda Softworks and 343 Industries, among other game publishers) and Activision, owner of the Call of Duty, Warcraft and Tony Hawk franchises, among others.Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent…
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Dr Disrespect Teams With ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘Halo’ Veterans to Launch Game Studio

Dr Disrespect Teams With ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘Halo’ Veterans to Launch Game Studio

BY TRILBY BERESFORD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital  #Gaming The banner, titled Midnight Society, is currently in development on its first title. Guy Beahm, better known as streamer Dr Disrespect, and industry veterans Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling and Quinn DelHoyo have co-founded game studio Midnight Society. Bowling, who served as creative strategist and community manager for Call of Duty at Infinity Ward, will take the role of studio head. DelHoyo, who designed levels and weapons for Gears of War and later worked on the Halo series, will serve as creative director. The studio, which is backed by gaming entrepreneur Sumit Gupta, will aim to involve communities and influencers…
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NFT Use Cases

NFT Use Cases

Troy Warren for Mintified.Com #NFT What are NFTs and how do they work? NFTs are Non-Fungible Tokens. ‘Non-Fungible’ means that the tokens are unique and cannot be interchanged with one another. In practice, NFTs could represent many different types of assets – you can’t exchange an NFT artwork for an NFT video and still have the same thing. Even if you buy an NFT collectible trading card that is 1 of 10 released, each of the 10 cards will have a unique token id that makes them distinct from each other. In contrast, currency is fungible. It doesn’t really make…
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Zynga Unveils ‘Disco Loco 3D’ Game Exclusively for TikTok

Zynga Unveils ‘Disco Loco 3D’ Game Exclusively for TikTok

BY TRILBY BERESFORD | HollywoodReporter.com Troy Warren for CNT #Gaming The single-player endless runner will be the first HTML5 title from an official game studio partner to debut on the video-sharing platform. Mobile gaming giant Zynga unveiled on Monday that its music and dancing-themed game Disco Loco 3D is entering soft launch in select markets exclusively for TikTok. Disco Loco 3D is a single-player endless runner game where players collect their own dance moves while challenging their friends and followers and avoiding obstacles on an increasingly challenging catwalk. As well as dancing to funk music, players can enter “fever mode” and use their dance moves to swipe…
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The Independent Gamer: Interactive Thriller ‘Twelve Minutes’ Launching on PlayStation and Nintendo Consoles

The Independent Gamer: Interactive Thriller ‘Twelve Minutes’ Launching on PlayStation and Nintendo Consoles

BY TRILBY BERESFORD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Gaming Elsewhere, U.K.-based publisher and Italian studio LKA are releasing their first-person psychological horror 'Martha Is Dead' on consoles in February 2022. The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday. Interactive Thriller Twelve Minutes Launching on PlayStation and Nintendo Consoles Luis Antonio’s Twelve Minutes, an interactive thriller starring the voices of Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley and James McAvoy, is set to launch on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on Dec. 7 (it released in August on Xbox systems). The game, which is published by…
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Game Awards Creator Geoff Keighley Looks Ahead to December’s Ceremony: “There’s Not a Frontrunner”

Game Awards Creator Geoff Keighley Looks Ahead to December’s Ceremony: “There’s Not a Frontrunner”

BY TRILBY BERESFORD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Gaming Keighley, who executive produces and hosts the video game event, teases what is to come at the in-person, vaccinated only occasion and talks about how global the industry has become. Looking ahead to The Game Awards next month, host and executive producer Geoff Keighley recognizes that its been a unique year for video games. “It’s anyone’s game this year,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter, adding that because “there’s “not a frontrunner” for ‘game of the year,’ the nominated titles — Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Resident Evil Village —  have…
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