Gaming

While punk owners we talked with are keeping an eye on these newly reemerged projects, they’re also skeptical that Etheria’s older status will do much to impact CryptoPunks’ value to NFT history.n “On paper it looks cool but it didnu2019t actually do anything for the community,” says user Daniel Maegaard. ...

In the world’s largest gaming market, China, console games play a relatively small part as their revenue has been meager compared to mobile and PC games for years — at least by the official numbers (more on this later). There remains a community of hardcore console lovers, but they are ...

Apple adds classic titles to Apple Arcade, Microsoft experiences an outage and Coinbase is going public. This is your Daily Crunch for April 2, 2021. The big story: Apple Arcade expands with classic games Until now, Apple’s game subscription service was limited to exclusive new titles, but today it’s introducing ...

Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories — Timeless Classics and App Store Greats. In the “App Store Greats” category, you can find some well-known iPhone games that have been released over ...

Bilibili ups the ante in games with $123 million investment in TapTap – TechCrunch Competition in China’s gaming industry is getting stiffer in recent times as tech giants sniff out potential buyouts and investments to beef up their gaming alliance, whether it pertains to content or distribution. Bilibili, the go-to ...

20% off tickets right here.n”,”protected”:false},”excerpt”:”rendered”:” Boston Dynamicsu2019 transition from a decades-long research robotics firm to a company that productizes and sells hardware has been a fascinating one to watch. There have been some tough lessons along the way, including the very real lesson that at the end of the day, ...

Nvidia’s cloud gaming service GeForce Now has announced some changes when it comes to subscription plans. Starting today, paid memberships now cost $9.99 per month, or $99.99 per year — they are now called “Priority” memberships. If you’re an existing “Founders” member, you’ll keep the same subscription price as long ...

n”,”protected”:false},”excerpt”:”rendered”:” Welcome back to This Week inu00a0Apps,u00a0the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, withu00a0a recordu00a0218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year alsou00a0spentu00a03.5 ...

n”,”protected”:false},”excerpt”:”rendered”:” This weeku2019s Amazon public relations push will no doubt go down as one of the odder public-facing strategies in tech. As some of the companyu2019s biggest rivals were getting ready to virtually testify on Capitol Hill, the retail giantu2019s CEO of worldwide consumer business appeared to suggest that Amazon ...

Ryu Games, a startup that helps developers add cash tournaments to their mobile games, announced this morning it has raised $2.3 million in a seed round. The funds came from a number of investors, including Side Door Ventures, MGV Capital, Velo Partners and Citta Ventures. In addition, 500 Startups participated in ...