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The son of China’s richest man is launching a live streaming site that could soon rival Amazon-owned service Twitch. Panda TV is being backed by Wang Sicong, local online celebrity and son of Wang Jianlin, who is estimated to be worth $26.5 billion (Forbes, via VentureBeat). Sicong will serve as …
Read More »‘YouTube Gaming can catch up with Twitch’
YouTube’s new Gaming portal is a genuine threat to Twitch, warn prominent video journalists. Although YouTube comfortably leads the market with video-on-demand content, Twitch has become the platform of choice for live-streaming. Something YouTube hopes to change. YouTube is late to the party, but I’d never discount it as it …
Read More »Twitch partners contractually locked out of YouTube Gaming streaming
Over 10,000 of the top video game streamers are being locked out from streaming on Youtube’s new YouTube Gaming service. VentureBeat reports that 11,000 streamers have to date signed partner contracts with Twitch. Now the streaming service has admitted that such contracts typically” include an exclusivity agreement” stating that live …
Read More »GameFly’s ‘Netflix of Games’ expands onto Samsung TVs
On-demand games service GameFly Streaming is now available without a PC in a number of major territories. GameSpot reports that the service, dubbed by the company as ‘the Netflix of Games’, is now available on some Samsung Smarts TVs in the UK and US, as well as a number of …
Read More »Nvidia bringing PS4’s Share Play to PC; includes streaming co-op
An upcoming update to Nvidia’s GeForce Experience software will bring an interesting update that apes some of the innovations seen on PS4. GeForce Experience is available to all Nvidia graphics cards owners and already offers a number of features such as auto game tuning and, via the ShadowPlay option, gameplay …
Read More »Dead Realm publisher accused of flouting YouTube advertising guidelines
It has emerged that two YouTubers who failed to declare their financial ties to games promoted on their channels. Gamasutra reports that Tom ‘Syndicate’ Cassell and Adam ‘SeaNanners’ Montoya both uploaded videos of Section Studios’ Dead Realm to their channels without disclosing that they are financially linked to the game’s …
Read More »UK advertising regulator publishes YouTuber guidelines
A new set of guidelines published by the Committee of Advertising Practise have called for clearer signposting of advertising and marketing deals in YouTube videos. The document examines a number of scenarios in which ‘vloggers’ should fully disclose any such commercial agreements. Those who are found in breach of the …
Read More »Rocket League catapults up the Twitch rankings
The surprise hit of the summer has also proved a big hit with game streamers. Twitch’s July report shows Rocket League was the fifth most streamed game of the month, following its release on PS4 and PC on July 7th. Aware of the trends, the game’s developer Psyonix added a …
Read More »Square Enix to shut down its game streaming service after less than a year
Square Enix’s Dive In game streaming service is to come to an end before its first birthday. The platform was launched in Japan last October, and allowed gamers to play titles such as Final Fantasy XIII and VII on their iOS and Android devices. Players were even able to control …
Read More »YouTube streaming, Twitter video uploads and UI tweaks among PS4 firmware 3.00 changes
The next operating system update for PS4 is bring a wealth of new features to the console. It’s likely to be welcome news for players, after a number of minor updates over the last few months offering ‘stability fixes’ and little else. PS4 firmware 3.00 is currently in the midst …
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