Gaming

Gaming

All Things Alt: McShibe Burgers, E-Sports Currencies and a Game of Coins

New alts square off to take a lead role in e-sports betting as McDonald's UK debates the McShibe.

Tech  ·  4 July 2014
Bitcoin

VoidSpace Aims To Let Gamers Mine Dogecoin – With Lasers

An indie game developer hopes to marry gaming economies and cryptocurrencies. But he needs dollars first.

Business  ·  3 July 2014
Gaming

Minecraft Developer Accepting Dogecoin for New Game

Game developer Markus Persson has released a tongue-in-cheek game supported by dogecoin.

Business  ·  9 June 2014
Coinbase

Online and Mobile Gamers Can Now Buy In-Game Perks with BTC Through SuperRewards

Mobile gaming monetization specialist SuperRewards has announced it is now accepting bitcoin.

Markets  ·  31 March 2014
Coinbase

Big Fish Games to Integrate Bitcoin Payments on all Titles

Big Fish Games has teamed up with Coinbase to bring bitcoin payments to its extensive line-up of casual games.

Business  ·  11 March 2014
Gaming

Legendary Game Programmer John Carmack ‘Guardedly Excited’ About Bitcoin

Computer game programmer John Carmack expressed some pretty positive views on bitcoin in a series of recent tweets.

Markets  ·  1 February 2014
Gaming

Who’d Have Known, Lily Allen Could Have Been a Bitcoin Millionaire

UK Singer Lily Allen regrets turning down a £6m bitcoin opportunity she was offered five years ago.

Business  ·  7 January 2014
Gaming

Games Giant Zynga Starts Playing With Bitcoin

Zynga, maker of addictive social games like FarmVille and CityVille, has announced it is testing accepting bitcoin payments.

Business  ·  4 January 2014
Gaming

Poker Champion Launches Real-life Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt

Mauro Velazquez is using his winnings to develop a game that lets players collect bitcoins from real-world locations.

Business  ·  26 December 2013
Gaming

Bitcoin and Intrinsic Value: a Layman’s Response to Alan Greenspan

Matt Mihaly, a huge Bitcoin fan, responds to Alan Greenspan's comments that the currency has "no intrinsic value".

Markets  ·  11 December 2013
Gaming

LeetCoin enables skilled gamers to win bitcoins

Skilled gamers can win bitcoin via new multiplayer gaming platform LeetCoin.

Business  ·  15 October 2013
Gaming

Online game developer Bigpoint’s 330m users can now buy virtual goods with bitcoins

Online game developer Bigpoint now allows its users to purchase in-game virtual goods using bitcoins.

Business  ·  18 September 2013
Gaming

BitFantasy is an MMORPG in which players can trade virtual items for bitcoin

BitFantasy is a new online role playing game in which players can trade with each other using bitcoin.

Business  ·  23 July 2013
Gaming

Let the Bitchicken and Coinbomb games begin

Fancy a little bitcoin wager? Online games are now appearing designed to let people play with bitcoins, in the hope of winning big.

Markets  ·  21 May 2013
Gaming

Pay what you like, as long as you pay in Bitcoins

An online games company is offering a bundle of four games for a ‘pay-what-you-like price’ – as long as you pay that price in bitcoins.

Business  ·  16 May 2013