Category: game

SoftBank Leads $680 Million Funding Round in NFT Fantasy Soccer Game Sorare

LONDON—Blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare has raised $680 million in a funding round led by SoftBank, with players including ex-England international Rio Ferdinand and Spain’s Gerard Pique also investing, the company said on Tuesday. Paris-based Sorare said the investment valued the company at $4.3 billion. Founded in 2018, Sorare is an online game where players…


Scary Collision Between Hill, Baddoo Dampens Tigers’ Win Over Orioles

By Chris McCosky From The Detroit News BALTIMORE—The game all of a sudden became very secondary as Tigers left fielder Akil Baddoo and center fielder Derek Hill were sprawled out on the ground in left field after a fierce collision in the eighth inning Tuesday night. The two speedy rookie outfielders were chasing a drive…


Shipping Snags Prompt US Firms to Mull Retreat From China

WASHINGTON—Toy maker Eric Poses created a card game last year he called The Worst-Case Scenario, a wry reference to the way the coronavirus had upended normal life. He had no idea. In a twist that Poses never could have predicted, his game itself would become caught up in the latest fallout from the health crisis:…


Mascot Steals the Show

This may be the most entertaining set of cheer routines you will ever see. Well done to all, but Cosmo, you rock it out!


3 Men Arrested Near All-Star Game Face Federal Gun Charges

DENVER—Three men arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near the site of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game have been charged with federal firearms crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. The number of weapons found May 9 near the event and a request by…