Yosuke Matsuda stepping down as President of Square Enix
Takashi Kiryu will take over as the new Square Enix President, pending shareholder approval.
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Takashi Kiryu will take over as the new Square Enix President, pending shareholder approval.
It would appear that the FIFA organization is investing sizably into Web3 studios and developers for its first non-EA soccer games.
WeMade disclosed that Microsoft was an investor in a round of funding that brought $46 million USD to the Web3-focused studio.
The transition known as The Merge has been completed 'officially deprecating proof-of-work and reducing energy consumption by 99.95 percent' according to the Ethereum website.
Months after selling off its Western studios, Square Enix is taking steps to follow through on its intentions to dive into blockchain gaming.
Finestone will continue to work within the Ethereum ecosystem on more of a protocol and infrastructure level.
Don't expect to find NFTs in the Mojang blockbuster.
It looks like the transition from PoW to PoS may finally be happening, though the date has been noted to be more of a roadmap than a set deadline.
Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda stated that most of the money from the recent sale of Eidos and Crystal Dynamics won't go towards NFT technology.
Grit is a free-to-play Wild West battle royale built on blockchain technology and launching on the Epic Games Store later in 2022.