We have received a large chunk of information for H1Z1 today. The release of Early Access was one of these things. H1Z1 will launch on Steam’s Early Access January 15th, 2015. Well, that’s not the only H1Z1 related information we have received today, because after the release date announcement, the developers hosted an H1Z1 Q&A on Twitch. The Q&A was ...
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Nintendo Seeking NicoNico Creators
Nintendo is seeking NicoNico video creators to help promote first party Nintendo games. Called the, “creator encouragement program,” it is a partnership between video makers and Nintendo. If a NicoNico user desired, he or she could pick from one of Nintendo’s 250 pre approved titles and publish a video of it. From there the creator would be paid, depending upon ...
Read More »Steam Broadcasting: Competition for Twitch
Steam Broadcasting, now in beta, was announced by Valve today. It is Valve’s hope that the ability to watch friends through the expansive Steam community and game store will claim a large stake of the online game streaming market and provide real competition for Twitch and YouTube. Steam users have been able to watch each other play for a while ...
Read More »Call of Duty Advanced Warfare sets new Twitch record in just one week after launch
We all knew that Call of Duty Advanced Warfare would end up becoming popular long before the game even launched. However, there were some people, particularly analysts, who didn’t believe in this installment’s success due to the fact that a lot of gamers are presumably tired of the mandatory annual CoD title. Be that as it may, the Twitch figures reveal ...
Read More »Amazon now officially owns Twitch
Twitch was initially meant to be purchased by Youtube, or so the story went. This rumor was dispelled last month however as Amazon announced its plans of acquiring the streaming platform. A listing on SEC reveals that the deal is now finalized and Amazon is the proud owner of Twitch. The retailer giant had to pay $970 million in order ...
Read More »Google/Youtube reportedly confirmed to be purchasing Twitch
We’ve heard rumors earlier this year that Google was planning to buy video streaming platform Twitch and make it part of Youtube. The deal has apparently been confirmed recently and the price is $1 billion, just as it was previously believed. The acquisition wasn’t actually announced by either of the parties involved, but multiple news outlets are reporting that Twitch investors have ...
Read More »Nvidia is launching the Shield Tablet, an Android KitKat-based gaming tablet
Nvidia is no longer just in the business of manufacturing GPUs. The graphics card developer is extending into the mobile market rapidly, and is about to launch its own gaming tablet. Called the Nvidia Shield Tablet, this portable gaming device brings quite the bang for the buck, not only bringing strong hardware to the table, but also providing some great ...
Read More »YouTube announce new features including the addition of donations
YouTube has announced that it is bringing a range of new features to its video service. In order to combat the threat of other streaming services they have revealed that they will soon allow videos to run at 60 frames per second. This means that those streaming high definition video games will now be able to have their videos at ...
Read More »Latest Xbox One update comes with external storage support
Larry Hryb, also known as Major Nelson has announced via Twitter that the Xbox One June update is now rolling out. The system update comes with some highly anticipated features, most notably the addition of external storage support. This means that your Xbox One can now support up to two hard drives at once. This feature was teased earlier this ...
Read More »Twitter might be looking to buy SoundCloud
According to a Redcode report, Twitter seems to be interested in purchasing SoundCloud, the popular online audio distribution platform. The deal is not yet confirmed and details are still scarce at this time, but “people familiar with both companies” claim that it’s bound to happen. This wouldn’t be the first time Twitter has shown an interest in music, but if ...
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