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Ryu Games Announces Flame: “Steam for Web3”, Hires Steam Founder Rick Ellis as Chief Product Officer

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Additionally, Ryu announced that Rick Ellis, founder of Steam, has joined the company as Chief Product Officer.

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  • Additionally, Ryu announced that Rick Ellis, founder of Steam, has joined the company as Chief Product Officer.
  • In October 2021, Valve announced bans on blockchain games and NFTs on its Steam platform, and ironically, the founder of Steam has joined Ryu Games and is working on its Steam for Web3.
  • Based in San Francisco, Ryu Games is the creator of Flame a launcher for Web3 games.
  • Ryu Games is changing the way people play Web3 games by making onboarding and playing as seamless as any Web2 game.

Newegg Launches Online Tournament to Crown the Best PC Game of All Time

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG ), a leading tech-focused North American e-retailer, continued its 2021 Gametober festivities by launching The Best PC Game of All Time Tournament Giveaway .

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  • Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG ), a leading tech-focused North American e-retailer, continued its 2021 Gametober festivities by launching The Best PC Game of All Time Tournament Giveaway .
  • In the end, the last game standing will be crowned the Best PC Game of All Time.
  • Over a four-week period, 16 PC games will go head-to-head in a single-elimination format, with participants votes determining which games advance to the next round.
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Former Harmonix and Valve Developers Launch ToneStone to Give Everyone The Power To Create Music

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

We want anyone to be able to express themselves through music, to collaborate, and to share their music, said Greg LoPiccolo, co-founder and CEO, ToneStone.

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  • We want anyone to be able to express themselves through music, to collaborate, and to share their music, said Greg LoPiccolo, co-founder and CEO, ToneStone.
  • By bringing together what we have learned from games and interactivity to music, we believe ToneStone can enable that radical leap for the creator generation of music.
  • ToneStone is designed to be highly approachable; people with little-to-no experience can begin creating music within seconds, instead of spending hours learning complicated software.
  • Already you can quickly create and share music, and over time game mechanics, multiplayer and the marketplace will be added.