Zilliqa Unveils Web3 Gaming Console, Ready To Compete With PlayStation And Xbox?
Zilliqa announced the launch of its own Web3 gaming console, the company seems ready to jump into a sector led by PlayStation, Microsoft, and Nintendo. The upcoming console will have multiple capabilities allowing players to enjoy gaming while mining the network native token, ZIL. Related Reading: How A Fake Bitcoin Transaction Is Tied To The […]
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Specifications on Zilliqa’s "user-friendly" console are yet to be revealed, but a prototype design resembling an Xbox console has been released. Blockchain company Zilliqa is launching a Web3 focused console with a cryptocurrency wallet and mining capabilities, along with featuring gaming titles from the company.On Sept. 23, prototype images were released showing an array of ports including HDMI, Ethernet and USB connections, although full hardware specifications and the price of the unit remain guarded. The console itself looks similar to something from Xbox, but has two green panels on....
The worlds of gaming and NFTs continue to blend, but Microsoft's gaming head is weary that NFTs are “more exploitative than about entertainment." Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of gaming, commented on his skepticism towards nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in an interview with Axios:“What I'd say today on NFT, all up, is I think there's a lot of speculation and experimentation that's happening, and that some of the creative that I see today feels more exploitive than about entertainment."As head executive of Microsoft's Xbox division, Spencer’s words carry weight. Xbox, a game console....
Android-based gaming platform OUYA has begun to accept bitcoin to purchase their console, which recently made its debut. A post on OuyaForum.com shows a screenshot of the checkout page with options to pay with traditional credit cards, PayPal, and bitcoin (below). OUYA even announced the acceptance of the digicurrency on their official Twitter account: "We accept Bitcoin. REJOICE!", reads the tweet. The move may bring in more business for OUYA, which has been struggling to stay in the limelight with the recent releases of the XBOX ONE and PlayStation 4. At this time, though, it's unclear....
Web3 gaming console manufacturer Polium revealed their first product, the Polium One. This community-driven project aims to build the “world’s first multi-chain gaming console”. Related Reading | The Central African Republic Unveils Sango Project, Disappoints The World However, the project attempts to get a foothold in an industry that has been primarily hostile towards cryptocurrencies and […]
The original report from GizChina said that a software developer had modified the CPU and graphics cards on the new gaming console to mine crypto. While users might still be able to adapt some gaming consoles for mining cryptocurrency, evidence suggests that recent reports of a modified PlayStation 5 mining Ether (ETH) are fake.According to a report from news outlet GizChina, Chinese software developer Yifan Gu mined Ether using a PlayStation 5. The report claimed that the developer may have overclocked the PS5’s AMD Ryzen CPU and AMD Radeon GPU cards to achieve a mining hash rate of 98.76....