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Bhutan will soon allow the use of cryptocurrencies in the tourism sector. The country has announced the launch of a crypto payment system that lets users make crypto payments using Binance Pay. The aim is to incentivise tourists with cheaper alternatives to dodge currency exchange rates and limitations in the acceptability of international cards. Tourism generates a major chunk of revenue for Bhutan, and the country is now looking to make it more economical for visitors and travellers.Individuals planning a trip to Bhutan will now be able to make crypto payments for flight tickets, visa fees, hotel stays, monument visits, tour guides, and street-shopping.Along with Binance, DK Bank — Bhutan's first fully digital bank — is also part of the programme. The bank has already onboarded over 100 merchants in Bhutan who have agreed to accept payments in the form of crypto tokens.How to Use Crypto Payments While Travelling in BhutanTravellers looking to use crypto for payments must first sign up on the Binance app. While booking tickets and hotels will be similar to regular online bookings, for retail purchases they will have to scan integrated QR codes provided by merchants.DK Bank will act as a fully licensed local bank, managing crypto settlements on the ground. It will provide instant crypto-to-fiat conversions for over a hundred tokens including Bitcoin and the USDC among others for the tourists."This partnership creates new economic pathways for Bhutan's communities, especially small vendors and rural artisans who may never have had access to card terminals or payment infrastructure before," said an announcement post from Binance.Bhutan's Stance on CryptoIn September 2024, Arkham Intelligence claimed that Bhutan was accumulating Bitcoin from the BTC mining operations run by Druk Holdings. This entity is the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bhutan.In December last year, the country recognised crypto assets as a legitimate asset class within its Gelephu Mindfulness City, an economic hub located in southern Bhutan. No digital assets are currently recognised as a legal tender in Bhutan.

Mark Darrah, known for his work on the Dragon Age series, has revealed in a new video that he believes that the team at BioWare working on Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn’t get the right level of support from EA. In the video, where Darrah talks about the development of the game since 2017, Darrah spoke about how EA’s decisions affected BioWare not only when it came to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but also how it had previously affected the studio during the development of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Referring to the feelings at the time as the team working on Dragon Age being “jerked around,” Darrah also mentions a lack of support from the rest of BioWare as well as EA in late 2016. Among the problems at the time was the lack of continuity when it came to leadership for the team. “This was the first time where we had this leadership discontinuity, where the person in charge of a project left that project to help someone else, some other project, while the project continued to run,” said Darrah. “In the case of Mass Effect: Andromeda, I don’t think the impact to Dragon Age was huge. It wasn’t very long, but it did set this precedent as this being a thing that we could do, and it’s not a good thing to do. It is incredibly dangerous to have a project run while it’s missing some of its core leadership.” Darrah also spoke about bringing up problems that the team was facing with EA CEO Andrew Wilson and former exec Patrick Söderlund, who would assure him that the company as a whole still values the Dragon Age franchise. The time also marked a time of turbulence for BioWare with the departure of Casey Hudson’s from the studio. “You have to remember: I am the second most senior person at BioWare,” Darrah said. “Casey was interviewed, and hired, and prepared to be brought back entirely without me being consulted in any way. Would me have being involved in the process have changed the decision? No, I don’t think it would have, but there is an immense amount of disrespect involved in making a hire of this impact, in making a decision of this import, without involving the second-most senior person at your studio in any way.” When both EA and BioWare were focused on the development and release of live-service shooter Anthem, Darrah was once again assured by the company’s leadership that it was committed to supporting work on the Dragon Age franchise as well. “As we all know, that’s not what happened at all,” said Darrah. Back in April, former Dragon Age writer David Gaider also spoke about EA’s lack of support towards the franchise, saying that the company preferred Mass Effect over the fantasy RPG series. In a series of social media posts, he also spoke about how the company’s marketing team was never quite sure what to do with Dragon Age. Dragon Age: The Veilguard was released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S back in October 2024. For more details, check out our review.

The next Warbond coming to Helldivers 2 will let you get up close and personal — or up closer and even more personal — with Super Earth’s enemies. Coming May 15 to PlayStation 5 and Windows PC, the Masters of Ceremony Premium Warbond will unlock a vintage sword, a new marksman rifle with a sharp bayonet, and the option to lance Tyranids with the business end of the Super Earth flagpole. So, yes, there’s a lot of melee-focused action in Helldivers 2’s new Premium Warbond. But there’s also a new throwable, the G-142 Pyrotech Grenade, that unleashes a dazzling fireworks display before it blows stuff up, and the R-2 Amendment rifle offers stopping power both at range and up close. Note that the CQC-1 flag pole is a Stratagem. If you want a vintage, stylish melee weapon at your side, the CQC-2 sabre is your best option. The Masters of Ceremony Premium Warbond also includes a swath of cosmetics: armor sets, capes, banners, emotes, and victory poses. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios recently said on its Discord that its “cooking” on other content, and that, in the wake of Thursday’s Premium Warbond reveal, “there will be more exciting news to come not long after.” So if you’re tired of Warbonds, stay vigilant; it sounds like Arrowhead has something meatier on the horizon.

Alien: Rogue Incursion - Part One was one of the standout VR games in 2024, and for Alien fans with a VR headset to play it, it was the kind of Alien game those fans had been waiting for since Alien: Isolation. On Thursday, Rogue Incursion developer Survios announced that Alien fans without VR headsets will soon be able to join the fun, with Alien: Rogue Incursion - Part One: Evolved Edition, a flatscreen version of the original VR game, arriving on September 30, 2025, for PlayStation 5 and PC. You can wishlist the game now, with the standard edition coming in at $29.99 USD and the deluxe edition which includes a digital art book and a weapon and armor skin costs $39.99 USD. It'll be interesting to see how Rogue Incursion is re-tooled from being a VR game since so much of the original experience was clearly designed for VR. The trailer Survios released today looks like it's showing footage captured in the game's engine, but it doesn't look like actual gameplay. It's also worth noting that this is still just part one of a two-part story, a fact that wasn't clear ahead of Rogue Incursion's original release. When Part One launched, Survios released a statement to players saying that it understood why the last-minute addition of the 'Part One' subtitle to the game's full title was negatively interpreted by players, adding that it did not "intend to mislead or cause confusion about what this game is." It also clarified that it didn't cut the game short or in half, and that this was always the plan, though for whatever reason, the words 'Part One' were not publicly added to the title until after the game launched. Now that we know Survios has been working on a flatscreen version of Part One alongside the development of Part Two now brings up the question of whether Part Two will be available as a VR headset first, and a flatscreen game later, or if it'll be playable with or without a VR headset at launch. Products mentioned Alien: Rogue Incursion USD 12.99 Buy from Amazon Deal of the Day

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