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Cyber Monday is upon us, and with it comes a plethora of stellar tech deals that can net big savings on early Christmas gifts or just toys for yourself. This year, if you are looking to up your home office game or perhaps get into live streaming, there are a handful of essential streaming tech deals on Amazon that can... Read more...
Anyone who wants to use a Nintendo Switch to watch their favorite streamer on Twitch will want to grab the app before it disappears from the Nintendo eShop. The streaming service has reported that it will be ending its support for the Twitch app on the Switch early next year. Twitch is still the number one platform... Read more...
Twitch has reversed a previous rule to now allow streamers on its platform to simulcast to any other platform, but it does come with a few caveats. The decision was announced just as the company's biggest event of the year kicked off in Las Vegas, TwitchCon. Twitch has been under the gun as of late with some of its... Read more...
Twitch has finally provided a way for streamers to block banned users from being able to view their livestreams. While streamers now have the power they have been asking for, there are a few things that they need to know moving forward. Streamers on Twitch have been asking for the ability to block banned users from... Read more...
Starfield technically isn't even out yet—the full release is tomorrow—and yet people are already unraveling all of its secrets. One of the criticisms of the game is that it is extremely reliant on fast travel. That is to say that, if you're one of the players who liked to walk everywhere in Skyrim or Oblivion, perhaps... Read more...
Twitch infuriated a lot of its streamers after the streaming platform made some changes to its policies and Terms of Service (TOS) surrounding how streamers are allowed to advertise during streams for the brands that sponsor them. After a very boisterous few hours of backlash and calls for a boycott from high-profile... Read more...
The Harry Potter franchise—known more generally as the "Wizarding World" now—is the 10th largest media franchise on earth. 10th place may not sound that great, but it sits among storied company like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shonen Jump, and Super Mario. In that context, it really shouldn't be any surprise that... Read more...
Have you ever wished that there was more Seinfeld, except visualized as a 1990s PC point-and-click game, and with completely nonsensical AI-generated everything? No? Well, that's too bad, because that's exactly what you get with "Nothing, Forever," an endless Twitch stream of exactly what we just described. To be... Read more...
Modern games may look prettier and prettier, but their predecessors still have plenty to offer gamers a challenge. Even massively popular franchises like Halo have some challenges that have henceforth been considered impossible. Case in point, popular streamer Charlie ‘Cr1TiKal’ White noticed no player seems to have... Read more...
Do you believe you're great at Halo 2 and feel the need to line your pockets with a cool $20k? Well, it might be your lucky day if you can pull off this challenge by a popular Halo 2 streamer. Mo1stcr1tikal, or just cr1tikal, depending on where you see their name appear, has upped a bounty they offered around three... Read more...
FromSoftware's latest game, Elden Ring, may not wear the "Souls" moniker, but it's certainly a spiritual sequel to that storied series (with more than a little bit of Sekiro sprinkled in for taste.) The "Soulsborne" series is notorious for its difficulty, arising in part from its relatively deep mechanics that require... Read more...
Between Epic Games dropping free games and Steam’s epic sales, your game library across several platforms is likely quite full. However, Amazon also offers some sweet games and loot for free through the Prime Gaming platform that you may have missed. As such, we’ll show you how to get in and reap the gaming rewards... Read more...
Do you watch video game livestreams? If so, you probably watch at least some of them on Amazon's Twitch service. You can watch Twitch almost anywhere: desktop and laptop PCs, smartphones and tablets, smart TVs and set-top-boxes, and even on game consoles—if you'd prefer to watch someone else play video games instead... Read more...
Last week saw its share of data breaches and leaks, and Twitch was by no means spared from it all. Today, however, Twitch downplayed the massive security breach it was hit with, insisting on its blog that the damage only affected a small fraction of its users, with not much compromised. The Twitch data breach left... Read more...
It's been a whirlwind week and it's not even over yet! Check out our lively discussion of the many trials and tribulations of Facebook, whistleblowers, Twitch data breaches and other Tech happenings like Far Cry 6's arrival, Intel's latest ad Trolling Apple, an Alienware X15 sneak peek and much more... Show... Read more...
This week has seen its share of headlines concerning data breaches and leaks. Late last night Twitch reported on its blog page that its data breach was "due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party.”" They went on to say that they are working with... Read more...
It hasn’t been a good week for some of the biggest names in tech. After having its dirty laundry aired for the world to see on Sunday night, Facebook (along with WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram) went down hard for nearly seven hours on Monday. Today, it’s Twitch’s turn to drown in its sorrows, as a new report claims... Read more...
Whether you are streaming games on Twitch or working from home and regularly hopping on Zoom video calls, you want to sound and look your best. Besides the fact that you are wearing sweatpants or no pants, some decent audio and video equipment can up your game overall. This weekend, we have collected some deals on... Read more...
Streamers and YouTubers have recently come under the microscope of both the U.S government and music copyright holders. The popular streaming platform Twitch wrote that thousands of DMCA notifications have been pouring in since May. This has sparked a mass movement on the platform to stop playing copyrighted music... Read more...
Amazon is entering the game streaming fold with its new service, Luna. At launch, it will be available on Fire TV, PC, Mac, and Apple mobile devices with Android coming soon. In the meantime, you can request early access and help develop this cloud gaming platform from Amazon. According to Amazon, Luna is a new cloud... Read more...
On August 18, Ogilvy, an ad campaign company, dropped an ad for Burger King, which stirred up some ire among Twitch streamers and the gaming community alike. In the offending ad (linked below), an account called THE_KING_OF_STREAM_US goes across different Twitch channels, donating a certain amount of money... Read more...
Twitch Prime received a facelift and a new name this week: Prime Gaming. This new name seems to be a play at combining extraneous brands under the Amazon Prime umbrella without making waves and changing much, but could it be a sign of an expansion of Amazon’s gaming division? With this new branding, Amazon and... Read more...
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