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League of Legends developer Riot has been forced to wade into a messy rights dispute involving the gameplay streaming of popular player Sanghyuk ‘Faker’ Lee. A Twitch broadcaster operating under the name SpectateFaker was issued with a DMCA copyright claim by rival streaming firm Azubu demanding that it stop streaming …
Read More »TwitchCon debuts in September
New event from game streaming firm heading to San Francisco's Moscone Center
Read More »Unofficial app brings PS4 Remote Play to unsupported Android devices
PS4 Remote Play is now possible on a number of non-Sony Android smartphones. Sony’s official PS4 Remote Play app allows owners of supported Xperia handsets to stream games from their console. However, Polygon reports that an unofficial version of the app brings this functionality to a wide range of non-Sony …
Read More »Devolver Digital gives backing to YouTubers
Can you post and monetise videos of Devolver games? Yes, emphatically yes. The MCV Awards nominated indie publisher has, in a presumed response to Nintendo’s controversial revenue sharing demands, made it clear that it is perfectly happy for video makers to stream its games and keep all the ad revenue …
Read More »Microsoft investigating PC to Xbox One streaming
It looks like the game streaming properties of Windows 10 will swing both ways. It has already been revealed that the new operating system will allow the streaming of Xbox One games to PC, but now Microsoft has said that it is also working on allowing the streaming of PC …
Read More »You can stream Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs and tablets
Windows 10 will allow Xbox One players to stream their games through their PC and tablets, Microsoft has announced. The new built-in Xbox One app lets registered users view their library of games through multiple devices, as well as send messages, interact with friends and check achievements.Xbox Live is being …
Read More »Windows 10 enables Xbox One game streaming on PC and tablets
Cross-platform multiplayer gaming also a possibility
Read More »Twitch unveils music library cleared for streaming use
The hunt for music to use in your latest stream has just got a little easier. Streaming video service Twitch has launched music.twitch.tv, a library currently consisting of over 500 songs that have all been cleared for broadcasters to use in both live and archived video footage. None of the …
Read More »Microsoft happy for users to make money from their Xbox game footage on YouTube and Twitch
The greenlight has been given to gamers to monetise footage of their Xbox gameplay on YouTube and Twitch. Microsoft has granted users personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicenseable, non-transferable, revocable, limited license” to use game content to generate ad revenue on both video services. Any content not posted to YouTube of Twitch, however, …
Read More »PlayStation Now game streaming priced at $20 a month
Subscription services officially launches on January 13th in US
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