It was a productive year for gaming. There have been many big, highly acclaimed releases like The Legend of Zelda: The Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3 and more. Starfield Arguably, 2023 presents another innovation high point for the industry.
But there were also massive failures: studios closed, an estimated 9,000 were laid off from the industry, and many big games were shelved.
Instead of listing more serious (and disappointing) losses this year, this In conclusion, the goal is to make a simpler heart- and crypto-future – the great game LS. To present a collection. Grab your popcorn.
Logan Paul still hasn't issued a CryptoZoo refund.
Controversial YouTuber-podcaster-turned-pro-vulnerable Logan Paul fueled the crypto craze during the previous bull market, promoting meme coins and selling tokens for the abandoned game. The crypto.
Paul It has been almost a year since he promised to refund the buyers of the CryptoZoo project who bought animal NFTs and ZOO tokens for gaming in early 2023, which has yet to be released. Paul previously said he would give away 1,000 Ethereum (currently worth $2.3 million) to buyers who felt scammed—but Paul has yet to send the money.
Paul is still there. Prosecution In the case of CryptoZoo's alleged fraud and fired its legal team from A YouTuber Published screenshots of recent legal documents.
And if all that wasn't enough to make it happen, a lone indie developer has confirmed that a crypto-free Cryptozu clone can be built in “A few hours” He excelled Paul and the entire team he hired to develop his game.
YouTuber shows genealogy on stream
In August, the blockchain game YouTuber accidentally He revealed the wallet's password During one of his live broadcasts – he had $60,000 worth of property removed from his wallet.
The streamer was very saddened by his loss and was crying on the stream. He explained earlier. Decrypt He filed a police report but pleaded with the community to return the money, saying they don't seem to know much about cryptocurrency.
After the funds were transferred from the wallet, YouTube said it contacted the person who admitted to stealing the money. Soon after, about $50,000 worth of stolen property was miraculously recovered.
While this example has a bit of a happy ending, taking down a pedigree and losing nearly $10,000 worth of crypto – it's still a major setback worth noting. And it's a lesson for all of us to be more careful when broadcasting live to the world.
Creator League's “Secret” NFTs
This fall, launching a Membership Pass-based contest “Creative League” generated a lot of chatter on social media as big creators like TikTok star Bella Porch and OTK Asmongold got involved. On top of that, it was promoted by Mr. Beast as the number one subscriber on YouTube.
But the Creators League quickly fell apart after one of the names associated, Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun, tweeted that he was being kicked out of the league because he didn't know it included the use of blockchain. Chief Strategy Officer of OTK He said later Decrypt His organization didn't know there was a crypto participant.
Creator League has been widely criticized on social media for not mentioning or perhaps hiding blockchain technology. To make matters worse, the message was confusing. A representative of the project tried to deny that the tokens were actually NFTs, instead using blockchain to create “transparency” with the community – ironically, while simultaneously not telling the community about the use of blockchain.
After widespread backlash, the Creative League was quickly banned—and a lot Reports Efuzz has reportedly laid off 30% of its staff following the project's failure.
Unity angers developers.
In September, game engine creator Unity announced new fees for game developers that would establish “runtime payments” based on game downloads, as opposed to a revenue share payment model. This immediately upset developers, who “Loose looseness” (and many others) are concerned that the new fees and Unity could bring more money to the studios than they are making.
About a week later Unity apologized It is back for the announcement and some changes. Specifically, developers who haven't upgraded to the 2024 version of Unity can avoid the new fee, as can developers who use Unity Personal. Soon after, he announced that he was the long-term CEO of Unity Going down.
This year, Unity realized that angry game devs are a force to be reckoned with. The widespread viral backlash surrounding Unity's controversial new payment makes it one of the biggest gaming flops of the year.
Redfall falls flat
You may have heard of Bethesda. Starfield It was released this year – but you've heard of the other game Redness?
Unfortunately, Redfall was released this year to mostly negative reviews IGN They called it “an awfully bad time across the board.” Escapist He called it “an embarrassment for Xbox”, and Steam reviewers praised the game for its many reported bugs, low quality perception, and “Boring story” among complaints. Player count was released in May, but quickly dropped to near zero numbers in October.
The valve blocks the flow of coal
Happy Holidays – or not? This month, Valve decided to ban a Dota 2 streamer known as Mason for toxic, virtual coal giveaways.
While streaming, Mason noticed that he had received a “gift” sent to his account. He opened it up – only to discover that it was “highly toxic” coal.
The suspension notice reads, “Your Dota account has been permanently suspended for fraud or other violations of the Steam Terms of Service. “Smurfing” is when high level players create new accounts to play at low levels and dominate less skilled opponents.
A Reddit user claiming to be Mason later wrote to have someone play for him in order to add the account.Behavioral outcome“In the game.
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Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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