Microsoft revealed earlier today that the Xbox team will be bringing back Inside Xbox this week, with the first episode starting on April 7th. The show acts much like the Nintendo Direct or Sony's State Of Play livestreams. Only they've been doing it longer and they tend to focus on just a couple games a […]
This week, YouTube announced that they have signed a new exclusive streaming deal with Canadian gaming creator Andre "Typical Gamer" Rebelo. He announced the news yesterday in a new video, which you can watch below, as he'll be holding a celebratory livestream today. The details of the new deal were not made available, but we're […]
StreamElements announced today that they are giving streamers from all platforms a new custom merch store option called SE.Merch. The shorthand is that those who decide to sign up for it will be given a storefront in which they can pick from an array of items to have their branding attached to and sold through […]
This week, Activision Blizzard announced that they had entered into a new multi-year "strategic relationship" with Google to power new player experiences. The main takeaways from the deal are that Google Cloud will serve as the preferred provider for Activision Blizzard's game hosting infrastructure, while YouTube will serve as its exclusive streaming partner. (Except for […]
YouTube finally makes a bit of noise in the streaming game this month by signing three gamers to exclusive deals on their platform. The three gaming creators signed to new deals are LazarBeam, Muselk, and Valkyrae. The deals officially go into effect starting tomorrow, January 14th, 2020. To mark the occasion, Muselk will host a […]
This week, StreamElements along with Arsenal.gg released a report on the Q4 results of streaming media and the trends within that industry. You can read over the full report here, but here's a shorthand of the highlights. Facebook Gaming managed to grow on several fronts, due in part to their recent signings of permanent streamers. […]
Recently, the Game Grumps YouTube channel uploaded a video wherein one of their hosts, Arin Hanson, played Magic: The Gathering: Arena (the online interface for Wizards of the Coast's wonderfully-popular game Magic: The Gathering), while co-host Danny Avidan watched intently, bringing his own nostalgia into the mix. A few months back, the Grumps tried their hand at playing […]
Another streamer makes a play to call somewhere else beyond Twitch home as Lachlan announced he is moving to YouTube Gaming. The gamer has been on the rise the past couple years and scored big earlier this month during Fortnite's "black hole" event where they trolled their fans. Aside from signing with YouTube for a […]
Markiplier is no stranger to making interactive adventures, as he's made a couple for his own channel. Now he's making one specific for YouTube. Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach got together with the folks at Rooster Teeth to produce a brand new adventure, which will debut on October 30th, 2019. We have the trailer and brief description […]
StreamElements, who work with all four of the major social streaming services we know, released new numbers that negate Ninja's move to Mixer. As we all know, Ninja made the move to the platform a few months ago, both for money and to find some freedom from Twitch's system. According to a new infographic released […]
Magic: The Gathering has had its share of celebrity content, especially recently. From their Core 2019 commercial tying into their software interface Magic: The Gathering: Arena (wherein they hired Danny Trejo for a spot in the advertisement) to the addition of NFL athlete Cassius Marsh, linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals, to the Command Zone's "Game […]
505 Games has released Indivisible's entire opening theme on YouTube ahead of the game's October 8th launch. The opening was animated by Studio Trigger and Titmouse Inc. with the music provided by Indivisible's composer, Hiroki Kikuta. Studio Trigger's Yoh Yoshinari, who created and directed the anime Little Witch Academia, directed Indivisible's opening sequence. Yoshinari also assisted […]
Sad news coming out of Austin, Texas today as Rooster Teeth laid off 13% of their total Austin-based staff due to cutbacks. According to Deadline, the cuts came due to AT&T looking to trim costs across the board with every property they own. CEO Matt Hullum let the news out to the staff saying that […]
One of the more prominent names in the Let's Play community who haven't abandoned YouTube yet is Craig Thompson, better known to his fans as Mini Ladd. With a career that's been over a decade long and a healthy gaming career, Thompson has decided to embark on a brand new venutre: touring. The Demonetized Tour […]
It looks like PewDiePie and Jack Black are getting together for a good cause as they will be ding a Minecraft charity stream on DLive. The two will be playing for a livestream fundraiser on tomorrow, July 21st, gathering viewer donations for NAMI, Inc (National Alliance on Mental Illness), a charity dedicated to increasing mental […]
This coming Thursday, Game TV will be holding a special 10th Anniversary livestream for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. The announcement was made on Game TV's official Twitter account, letting fans know that they would be bringing in four special guests to talk about it. They include Dragon Quest IX producer Ryuutarou Ichimura […]
There seems to be some controversy on YouTube when it comes to the demonetization of Mortal Kombat 11 content, and one of the more prominent players is calling it out. Caboose is a gamer and content creator on the platform who specializes in fighting games, and ever since MK11 came out, that's been his primary […]
Some sad news out of the YouTube gaming community today as NYPD have confirmed they found the body of 29-year-old Etika this week. The gamer and personality, real name Desmond Amofah, had gone missing after posting messages of wanting to kill himself on social media. Last week, some of his possessions, which included a backpack containing […]
Today, the last Sugar Pine 7 video was loaded to their YouTube channel as they apparently brought an end to their series and channel as a whole. A couple of days ago the channel's founders Steven Suptic, Clayton "Cib" James, and James DeAngelis, put together a Behind The Pine video in which they talked about […]
Streamlabs has unveiled a brand new website today as they've made Creator Sites, which is an integrated website-builder for livestreamers. The company essentially is branding this as "Shopify for Streamers", as you'll be able to integrate platforms like Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, Facebook, and Instagram together into a personal website dedicated just to you and your […]
