South Korea doesn’t want you to play to earn
South Korea is doing everything in its power to ban play-to-earn video games.
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Ubisoft logs into NFTs
Video game giant Ubisoft plans to launch its own NFTs, dubbed “Digits.”
Xbox downloads a social strategy
Microsoft is introducing new social sharing and trending features that connect Xbox users to other social platforms.
Niantic gamifies Bitcoin
Software developer Niantic unveiled a new AR game that allows players to “literally” mine for Bitcoin.
Roblox builds an education curriculum
Roblox invested $10 million in three educational games — the company’s first foray into non-entertainment content for the platform.
Disney to roll the dice on sports betting
Disney is planning on getting in on the now-legal sports-betting market, hoping to conjure up a new revenue stream.
Unity captures Weta’s tech division for $1.6 billion
Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital is selling its technology division and deep library of digital tools to 3D game-development platform Unity.
FaZe Clan wins unicorn status in SPAC merger
Esports-focused brand FaZe Clan is going public via SPAC, making it the first unicorn in the space.
Video games may level up metaverse adoption
The creation of the “metaverse” (an interconnected, digital world where people can play, shop, and create) is the Silicon Valley buzzword of the moment.
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