Backlash against Bored Apes’ success

Yuga Labs and its Bored Ape Yacht Club have been on a tremendous roll with the acquisition of the legendary CryptoPunks from Larva Labs, air dropping of millions of dollars’ worth of its new ApeCoin to Bored Ape owners, making some even multi-millionaires, and broadcasting a teaser video for the Otherside, which is launching in…

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Do gamers really hate NFTs?

Not everyone is a fan of NFTs. The recent backlash that Ubisoft Entertainment received–and is still receiving–after it announced it was developing NFTs for its new Quartz NFT platform provides a cautionary tale. (Engadget) The French video game developer Ubisoft makes Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rabbids, Rayman, Tom…

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Ubisoft announces NFTs for its games and receives backlash

Gaming giant Ubisoft announced on social media that it will be adding NFTs to its video games for players to collect. Some gamers, skeptical of cryptocurrency, criticized Ubisoft’s announcement. [Coindesk] For example: It will be interesting to see how Ubisoft navigates the criticism.

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