Get the popcorn in, because I swear it’s true. A cross-chain lending platform called Abracadabra Money has confirmed that an exploit allowed one user to drain at least $6.49 million in Ethereum-based stablecoins from its protocol (first spotted by Web3isgoinggreat). Fair warning that this story involves a bunch of crypto jargon which I’ll try to…
Developer Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft, first released in early access in 2009, has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide. It is the first individual videogame to hit such a milestone, with its closest rival Grand Theft Auto V languishing behind on a mere 185 million copies (as of August 2023). Other series…
It’s not the Direct announcement that people expected, but Nintendo has announced the first “Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase”. This series of presentations will be “focused on titles from our development & publishing partners”. For the first part, Nintendo says on Twitter that they will be sharing “we’ll share a few updates on a small…
Capcom’s S.T.A.R player. Capcom has confirmed that the Resident Evil franchise has now sold a ridiculous 157 million units since the franchise’s launch back in 1996. Granted, we can’t imagine a huge percentage of sales have come from the Switch, where several titles were sadly relegated to ‘Cloud Versions’, but it’s still an impressive feat…
“Once it’s gone, it’s gone!”. Following the release of The Spectrum, an emulation-based version of Clive Sinclair’s popular 1980s microcomputer, Retro Games Ltd. is back with a new Collector’s Edition in white, featuring a printer, a thumb drive, and a recreation of the Quickshot II joystick, alongside a spiral-bound manual and a companion issue of…
We’ve featured many Dungeon Crawlers over the years, from ones such as Eye of the Beholder, with its first person grid based movement, to the top down turn based ones such as Descending Dungeons. This game however called ‘Binary Battle’ by Haplo and team, is not only a dungeon crawler, but according to the creator…
Smooth out those Wordle-shaped lumps and bumps with our helpful hints. Go on, treat yourself. They won’t spoil your fun, they’ll just save you from spending too many rows chasing a bad idea, and give you a bit of a nudge in the right direction. Combine them with our clue for today’s Wordle for maximum…
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has announced a “groundbreaking AI voice agreement” as per the union’s website—and despite its claim that the agreement was “approved by affected members of the union’s voiceover performer community”, a lot of industry vets feel like their voices weren’t heard. This agreement with Replica…
“Krossplay is here!”. When the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection arrived last October, one feature missing was cross-platform online play. Now, in a new update today, Digital Eclipse has added Krossplay. It will be “off” by default, but can be activated in the online options. Due to technical limitations, Mortal Kombat Trilogy isn’t available for online…
Mega! Back in Christmas 1991, the Sega Mega Drive had just enjoyed its first full year on sale in the United Kingdom and was fast becoming the country’s most popular game console. Publisher EMAP – which had multi-format magazines such as Computer & Video Games and Mean Machines under its belt – noticed this shift…