Category: Games News
PAC-MAN World Re-PAC – Análisis
Después del éxito del primer Pac-Man, el personaje de Toru Iwatani buscó reinventarse con cada lanzamiento. Y no solo en aquellos títulos donde recorríamos un laberinto, con nuevos diseños, reglas o perspectivas, sino también en nuevos géneros. Pac-Man Museum+, lanzado el pasado junio, es una muestra de la enorme diversidad de estilos protagonizados por nuestro querido comecocos, desde Pac Land al flojo Pac-In-Time, los puzles de Pac-At…
Tony Hawk Put His Blood Into Skateboards And They Sold Out Immediately
If you’ve ever tried skateboarding, there’s a good chance that a section of asphalt contains some of your DNA after a bad tumble. Going a step further, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk arranged for his blood to be infused into a limited-edition run of 100 skateboards, which have already sold out. Priced at $500 per board, each deck features a red color scheme that has some of Hawk’s blood mixed into the paint.
As Hawk himself noted, these boards should definitely not be used to extract his DNA from and for the purpose of creating a theme park of clones who perform his signature tricks a…
Xbox Hardware Exec Wants To Bring Quick Resume To Windows
Microsoft is reportedly looking to bring Xbox-style quick resume to Windows. As reporter Tom Warren spotted on Twitter, Xbox’s head of hardware Roanne Soanes focused on the potential of “quick resume” tech at an Asus ROG Ally streaming event.
Soanes speculates about the possibility of playing a game on a desktop PC, and then resuming the same game from the same point on a portable device like the Ally. She then points out that similar tech exists on Xbox, so it’s a question of how to bring that to other devices. She said, “How do we think about integrating [quick resume] into Windows …
Coronavirus consequences impact Veikkaus Oy’s bottom line
In Finland and land-based and online gaming operator Veikkaus Oy has announced that the dire impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic helped to push its most recent annual profit down by some 36.2% year-on-year to approximately €680.2 million ($819.8 million).
The state-run firm used an official press release to detail that its aggregated gross gaming revenues for the twelve months to the end of December dropped by an upsetting 25.5% year-on-year to about €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) as the coronavirus pandemic additionally reduced its overall margin by an estimated €300 milli…
Michigan online gaming and sports betting generates over $113m in August
The iGaming industry in Michigan is booming. Regulators have released the revenue totals or August, and with sports betting and online gambling numbers combined, the state brought in over $113 million for the month.
Gaming operators generated $97.2 million which was the highest month since January, easily surpassing the $95.1 million earned in March. For sports betting, the industry was up to $15.9 million in earnings, with a betting handle of more than $192 million. This was a 2.3% increase from the previous month.
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After celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021, the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada will begin construction on “multimillion-dollar” renovations that include four large-scale projects that promise to “transform the Main Street facade” of the downtown venue.
According to the Tuesday announcement covered by local news, the makeover, which will begin later this month and is expected to be complete by the end of 2022, includes the addition of a new bar to be located under the Plaza dome, an adjacent smoke-free gaming area, roof…