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Spotify for Xbox One now works with Cortana voice commands
Spotify arrived on the Xbox One back in August 2017 to give gamers the option of streaming their own tunes while in a gaming session. Today, Spotify is upgrading its app with a few key additions,...
View ArticleTwitch launches a four-person ‘Squad Stream’ feature to help creators get...
Twitch today announced the launch of a new feature called “Squad Stream,” which offers a way for up to four creators to go live and stream together within one window. The feature will allow creators to...
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Lian Li’s DK-05 is a standing desk with a cool twist
Even before Computex officially started yesterday in Taipei, Lian Li’s combination chassis and standing workstations were already turning heads as attendees got to take a look at their interiors before...
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Twitch’s loss of top streamers impacts hours watched and streamed in Q4 2019,...
The loss of several big-name streamers is finally taking its toll on Twitch, according to a new report from StreamLabs and Newzoo out today. In August 2019, top streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins,...
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Twitch to top 40 million US viewers next year, forecast says
Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming service for gamers, is poised to surpass 40 million monthly active viewers in the U.S. as of next year, according to a new forecast from eMarketer out on Thursday. By...
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Twitch introduces Animated Emotes for their 10th anniversary
Twitch announced today that it will release major updates to its Emotes this month to celebrate its 10th anniversary. These new features will include Animated Emotes, Follower Emotes and a Library for...
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Medal.tv, a video clipping service for gamers, enters the livestreaming...
Medal.tv, a short-form video clipping service and social network for gamers, is entering the livestreaming market with the acquisition of Rawa.tv, a Twitch rival based in Dubai, which had raised around...
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You Can Now “Check In” To Video Games With Playd
Playd is a new mobile application that lets you check in to games the way Foursquare users check in to venues. Actually, the app is more akin to something like Miso, GetGlue or IntoNow – apps which...
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Facebook And Games: Can The Social Network Turn All Of Us Into “Gamers,” Or...
Yesterday, I spent some time with the folks who bring games to life on Facebook. Love ’em or hate ’em, there are a lot of people who like to hang out on the social network and play turn-based games....
View ArticleWith 1B Pageviews Under Its Belt, UGC Giant Wikia Raises $10.8M From IVP,...
User generated content company Wikia is breaking the news of its raise of over $10.8 million in Series C funding today, in a press release soon to be sent out to tech media. The financing was led by...
View ArticleWhat Games Are: The Ludophile Mindset
Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer, creator of leading game design blog What Games Are and creative director of Jawfish Games. You can follow him on Twitter here. There are regular...
View ArticleThe #Gamergate Question
Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a games industry consultant,...
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Crunchyroll-owner Ellation announces Vrv, a multi-channel, streaming video...
Digital media company Ellation is announcing a big push into streaming video with Vrv, which will offer a variety of channels aimed at gamers and other geeks. Ellation is best known as the parent...
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Twitch opens to vloggers with launch of “IRL,” mobile broadcasting to come...
After slowly testing the waters with non-game related content, Twitch is officially opening its doors to vloggers. The company today is debuting a new content category on its site called “IRL,” which...
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Twitch to start selling video games as soon as this week [Updated]
Video game streaming site Twitch will soon begin selling PC games and other in-game content on its site, the company says. We understand the games may arrive as soon as tomorrow or later this week,...
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Twitch opens up its money-making tools to tens of thousands of non-Partnered...
On the heels of yesterday’s news about expanded subscription options for partners, video streaming site Twitch today announced another way for its creator community to generate revenue, with the launch...
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Microsoft’s new Mixer Create app lets you live stream games from your phone
Microsoft’s mobile game streaming app Mixer Create is launching out of beta testing today on iOS and Android, allowing gamers to broadcast the games they’re playing right from their phone. This feature...
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Twitch’s new extensions let streamers customize their channel, make money...
Twitch today is introducing a suite of tools called Twitch Extensions that will allow its streamers to customize their channel pages with interactive features, including polls, leaderboards, tickers,...
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YouTube now lets you stream your iPhone’s screen, makes it easier to moderate...
YouTube today is rolling out several features to make itself more appealing to live streamers, including video game streamers, as the battle with rivals like Amazon’s Twitch and Microsoft’s Mixer...
View ArticleNetflix tests ‘game handles’ in select mobile titles amid development of...
Netflix is developing features that would allow members to play its mobile games with one another and competitively rank themselves on gaming leaderboards. The company, starting last month, quietly...
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