It’s essentially DRM taking a new form, and the technology itself is very new.Īdditionally, the Nintendo Switch also doesn’t have the processing power to mine for cryptocurrency, so it wouldn’t make sense to put software for it on there. This distinction needs to be made because they are not at all the same thing. A DRMChain is a ledger containing information that can be checked to authenticate and protect copyright data. In this case, for something called a DRMChain. It is mainly used to ensure secure cryptocurrency transactions, but has other uses as well. It's important to note here that blockchain is not cryptocurrency mining software. RELATED: How BlockChain Could Change Gaming More interestingly, it mentions that Planet Entertainment is a 'Blockchain-powered video game publisher' and that the new game would be 'the first to integrate blockchain technology on consoles.' Following the confusion around the game's release and removal, some began to speculate that this new and (for more people) confounding technology was involved. The press release announces a new game, Cooking Mama: Coming Home to Mama, apparently changed to Cookstar. The next day, rumors began spreading that the game mined cryptocurrency using the Switch, most likely due to a February 2019 press release from one of the publishers, Planet Entertainment.

Cooking Mama Ltd owned the rights and developed many of the games but weren’t credited on the initial release, leaving many confused.

The whole affair was bizarre, and it was unclear who actually developed the game at this point.

No statements regarding why were issued, and any website information related to Cookstar also vanished. Then, over the weekend, the game suddenly materialized in certain stores and on the Nintendo eShop for a few hours before mysteriously disappearing again.

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