ARC Raiders Dev Clears Up Confusion Around ‘Aggression-Based Matchmaking’ System

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Many popular online games, like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Fortnite, use skill-based matchmaking to connect players for multiplayer matches. While the specifics differ between games, ARC Raiders‘ system is a bit more complex. After the game launched, players suspected it matched people based on how aggressively they played or the quality of their equipment. Embark’s CEO recently confirmed that ARC Raiders does use an aggression-based system. According to the CEO, the game considers how likely a player is to engage in player-versus-player (PvP) or player-versus-environment (PvE) combat when forming matches.

Eric Adams’ NYC Token: A $580M Fiasco 🚀💥

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Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, ever the visionary, birthed the NYC Token to combat antisemitism and anti-Americanism. A noble cause, one might think, were it not for the stench of desperation clinging to the project like a bad suit at a black-tie event.

Games Where the “Good Guy” Faction Is the Real Problem

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Things aren’t always simple when it comes to good versus evil in games. The most interesting games show that even the ‘good’ groups have flaws, and the ‘bad’ groups often have understandable reasons for their actions. Sometimes, the groups trying to do good actually end up causing problems, because even well-intentioned efforts can have negative consequences.

Tides of Tomorrow Hands-On Preview

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We recently had a chance to play the first two chapters of Tides of Tomorrow and got a good look at how its unusual multiplayer system affects both the story and how you play. While the game does have standard gameplay, it’s really focused on its narrative. Because of this, our preview will focus more on how the game uses its unique features to tell the story, rather than revealing the story itself – we don’t want to spoil it!

The Great Bitcoin Whale Massacre: 220K BTC Gone! 😱🐋💸

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According to the soothsayers at CryptoQuant (who gaze into glowing screens as if they were ancient flames), the mighty wallets-once swollen with promises of immutable wealth-have begun to deflate. These are no mere peasants moving pennies; these are the aristocrats of crypto, whose very breath can stir the markets. And now, they exhale… and the price shudders. As the sage CryptoBusy proclaimed from the digital mountain:

Banks Scream as Trump Squeezes Their Golden Goose 🏦💸

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Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo-names that usually inspire awe or nausea, depending on your tax bracket-tumbled like drunks after last call. Down they went, 1%, 2%, even 3%, as if the very earth beneath Wall Street had turned to quicksand. And Capital One? Poor Capital One. Down 7%, looking as sprightly as a deflated balloon at a birthday party. 🎈

Ether Empire: Bitmine’s Billion-Dollar Bonanza

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Mr. Thomas Lee, the esteemed CEO of Ethereum DAT Bitmine (BMNR), has declared, with all the solemnity such matters require, that the company’s holdings now surpass $14 billion. This prodigious sum, comprising both cryptocurrency and liquid assets, has rendered the financial world agog with astonishment. 💰

Starmer’s Crypto Conundrum: Foreigners Want to Spoil the Party!

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United Kingdom (U.K.) Prime Minister Keir Starmer now finds himself in the crosshairs of his own party’s more zealous members, who demand a full ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties. This, they claim, is to thwart the nefarious schemes of foreign powers, who, it seems, are now using crypto and AI to play a game of political hide-and-seek with our electoral system. 🤖💸