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Photo illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios. Photo: Zynga
Mobile gaming powerhouse Zynga has big plans for blockchain and NFT-based gaming this year, including staff expansion, acquisitions and some playable games.
Why it matters: Zynga is taking more aggressive steps than other traditional gaming companies into the booming, but controversial, blockchain gaming sector.
The details: Zynga aims to build its new blockchain team from a current 15 or so to as many as 70-100 by year’s end.
No NFT games from Zynga have been announced yet, though Wolf said he hopes to release a “ground-up, dedicated product” this year, “sooner than later.”
Zynga’s early blockchain games will target players familiar with the genre and who may not be looking for robust gameplay.
Yes, but: Zynga is also facing a significant transition if a proposed $12.7 billion acquisition by Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two goes through.
Between the lines: Wolf joined Zynga to spin up a blockchain team last fall, as other traditional game companies also began talking up the tech.
What’s next: Aside from making games, Wolf hopes to draw together leaders from other traditional and upstart gaming companies to form a blockchain gaming council to address issues across the sector.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a company event in Hawthorne, California. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Tesla is being sued over allegations of systemic racial discrimination made at the company’s California facilities, a state regulatory agency announced late Wednesday. Tesla said ahead of the lawsuit that such action was "misguided."
Driving the news: California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) director Kevin Kish said in an emailed statement that the agency filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the Alameda County Superior Court following an investigation launched after "receiving hundreds of complaints from workers" on the matter.
Team USA's Chloe Kim celebrates as she wins the snowboard women's halfpipe final run during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday morning local time. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
? U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim makes history with second Olympic gold
?? Nathan Chen wins men's figure skating Olympic gold for U.S.
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? In photos: Winter Olympics Day 6 highlights
Nathan Chen of Team USA reacts during the Men Single Skating Free Skating on day six of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, on Thursday. Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen won gold in the men's individual event at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday.
The big picture: The 22-year-old was given a standing ovation at Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium after his free skate, in which he pulled off all five of his quads, performing to a medley from the "Rocket Man" movie soundtrack.
