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Kickstarter game stops betting on crypto, can't refund backers

Kickstarter game stops betting on crypto, can’t refund backers

Image: Pristine Islands In 2021, at the height of the world’s collective blockchain craze, a video game called Untamed Islands – Pokemon, but with crypto stuff—over $500,000 earned on Kickstarter. A year later, the game is practically dead and so broken that it can’t even repay its backers. In a message on the game’s Steam …

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As game sales slump, China's Tencent signals a popular ad trend it's betting on

As game sales slump, China’s Tencent signals a popular ad trend it’s betting on

Tencent runs the ubiquitous Chinese messaging app WeChat. The company has a short video feature in the app and has started monetizing it through video ads in the feed. Tencent said such ads could become a “substantial” source of revenue in the future. Budrul Chukrut | Sopa images | Light rocket | Getty Images Tencent …

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