Fortnite may have borrowed a few ideas for its Battle Royale mode, but the constant deluge of updates, changes, polish, community interaction and base price of absolutely nothing have propelled it to being the most popular video game on the planet right now.
Want to see just how much fun Ubisoft’s upcoming Far Cry 5 sandbox is, ahead of next week’s launch? Then join Geoff and I on Youtube right meow as we explore Montana with as many bullets as possible. C’mon, you know you want to!
When streamers like Ninja are pulling in the likes of Drake and breaking viewing records on Twitch, the impact of Chat is more significant than ever as the first touch point many non-gamers will have interacting with our community. We shouldn’t need to wait for a pro player to have their career significantly destroyed to realise that Twitch Chat is a largely under-addressed aspect of gaming culture that has very few positive contributions.
Fortnite wonder streamer and rapper Drake are playing Epic's Battle Royale shooter on Twitch right now, and breaking a bunch of records in the process,
Thanks to live-streaming services such as Twitch, you can watch your heroes rush towers and clobber several shades of crap out of one another in various games. It’s part of our gaming culture now to gather around a livestream to see these games in action, but controversy has already reared its head as another uglier side of the culture has became prevalent: Stealing audiences.
The Overwatch League kicks off today (technically tomorrow for those of us in South Africa, because timezones), giving those of us who suck at the game a chance to watch some of the best players in the world go head to head. If you do plan on catching the action though, you’ll have to watch it on Twitch.
Twitch TV, the most dominant online streaming platform, is taking the next crucial step in welcoming sports to the website. While online streaming of sports is nothing new, even to Twitch, their latest venture includes exclusive broadcasting rights for the NBA G League. This includes six games every week.
Video Gaming Content is dominating viewership in 2017, but that's easily understandable.
Film classification in the UK is designed to help audiences understand what content is …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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