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Twitch’s dedicated viewing app for PS4 has arrived on the North American PlayStation Store. Polygonreports on the app’s arrival following the company’s announcement at its inaugural TwitchCon event last month. The free download weighs in at 54 MB. ThePS4 packed the ability to broadcast gameplayvia Twitch at launch, but until …
Read More »Upcoming PS4 firmware update adds 10 GB of cloud storage, YouTube streaming
Sony has revealed a list of new features set to arrive alongside the forthcoming PS4 3.00 firmware update, including an increase in online storage space and the ability to livestream to YouTube. In a post on thePS Blog, Sony’s John Koller announced those opted into PS4’s beta testing system will …
Read More »YouTube Gaming website and mobile apps launch today
YouTube Gaming will officially launch later today, with the service tracking gaming videos and livestreams for more than 25,000 games. The YouTube Gaming website and mobile apps are set to arrive at some point during the day, with Youtube and parent company Google aiming to offer a wide variety of …
Read More »League of Legends tops most-watched games on Twitch for July
League of Legends finished on top of Twitch’s latest monthly most-watched games list, the streaming network has announced. Kotaku reports LoL finished ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, with Hearthstone and Rocket League rounding out the top five. Folks are also still tuning into titles such as Starcraft …
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick event raises $1.2m for charity
Last week’s speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick raised more than $1.2m for charity, organizers have announced. Polygon reports Games Done Quick beat last year’s SGDQ total by $500,000, and donations are still coming in and being counted. Whatever the final total ends up being, it’s a new record for …
Read More »YouTube launching ‘YouTube Gaming’ dedicated app and website this summer
YouTube has announced a new app and website dubbed YouTube Gaming, with the video streaming service apparently ready at last to take a more focused approach towards its abundant video game content creation community. The website and app will be dedicated to Let’s Plays, livestreams, speedruns and other kinds of …
Read More »YouTube rolls out support for gaming-focused livestreams
YouTube is finally looking to acquire some of the growing video game streaming pie, with the video service announcing the launch of 60 frames per second live streaming. A new post on the YouTube Partners & Creators Blog announces the Twitch-like service, which is available now as an early preview …
Read More »Valve takes on Twitch with Steam Broadcasting beta
Valve has launched Steam Broadcasting in beta, allowing Steam users to livestream without having to utilize third-party services such as Twitch. In an announcement on Steam News, the games and software distributor details how players can stream gameplay live to their friends and other Steam users. When you see a …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Twitch streams top 6m unique viewers
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the most streamed launch week console game of 2014, video platform Twitch has announced. 75,000 unique broadcasters streamed the game for a combined total of 327m minutes during its launch week, while 6m unique viewers watched the available content more than 26m times. "Since …
Read More »Extra-Life charity event raises $5.5m for children’s hospitals
Gaming-for-charity drive Extra-Life 2014 broke previous fundraising efforts this past weekend, raising at least $5.5m for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Extra-Life’s annual charity effort revolves around a 24-hour gaming marathon, where teams and individual participants gather to livestream games and raise money for good causes. Games Industry reports the charity …
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