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Twitch Reports Huge Numbers For E3 2018, With a New Streaming Record
There was a huge attendance record for E3 2018 this year but there were also millions of people that weren’t able to make the event in person. Thankfully, Twitch.tv was on hand with hours worth of broadcasts and it has paid off in spades. The company just released statistics today talking about what accumulated during the big event in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago. Based on what was ...read more
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Pokemon Go Has Most Players Since 2016
Pokemon Go's player base has swelled to its largest size since 2016 and earned over $100 million in May, which far exceeds its 2017 numbers. A new report by the market analysis firm Superdata puts Pokemon Go as the fourth highest grossing mobile game in May 2018 after three Chinese mobile games. Notably, Pokemon Go outperformed games like Clash of Clans, Candy Crush, and Clash Royale. While ...read more
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Summer Games Done Quick Is Officially Underway
It’s that time again -- time for speedrunners from around the world to come together and conquer video games in the hopes of raising money for charity! The Summer Games Done Quick 2018 marathon is officially underway, packed with seven days of pro gamers running through their favorite video games in record time. This is the eighth Summer Games Done Quick event to take place, with the ...read more
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Riot Games' Twitch Channel Becomes First to Pass 1 Billion Views
Riot Games’ Twitch channel that frequently features pro League of Legends matches has become the first channel on the streaming platform to surpass 1 billion total views. Those who frequent Twitch will know that when you’re watching a stream, there are two numbers in the bottom-right corner of the display that represent different viewer stats. The first in red shows how many viewers are ...read more
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Pokemon Go trading update is live
The Pokemon Go update which adds trading has been released, and a wild Alolan Rattata has started appearing in various regions. Gifting and trading in Pokemon Go was made available in the latest update. The new friendship system has also been introduced with this update. Players can trade Pokemon with a “Good Friend”, and a “Best Friend” with the latter providing extra Premiere ...read more
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New Ark: Survival Evolved ARKaeology In-Game Event Released
If you still play Ark: Survival Evolved and you want some new content to sink your teeth into, then it’s your lucky day. Today, developer and publisher Studio Wildcard released a brand new in-game event, titled ARKaeology, and it gives players just that. While the event doesn’t reward players with a ton of new content, it does allow them to earn some new cosmetic items, including a ...read more
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Pokémon GO to Bring Friends, Trading, and Gifting Later This Week
Pretty soon, players that enjoy venturing out into the real-world to capture Pokémon through the Pokémon GO mobile game by Niantic, will be able to try out brand new features coming to the title. In a blog post detailing the update, The Pokémon GO team announced that players will be getting a new update sometime later this week. The first feature mentioned is a Friends system that will ...read more
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Valve submits an updated version of Steam Link iOS app
The Steam Link App on iOS, which was recently pulled off the iTunes Store, is now available for beta testers. About a month ago, Valve was surprised by Apple’s rejection and subsequent pull of the Steam Link iOS App, after the company had seemingly approved it. Valve released a statement at the time saying that it had tried appealing the decision, to no avail. Now, a new version of the ...read more
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E3 2018 attendance was highest since 2005
E3 2018 attendance was the convention’s highest in over a decade, and it managed to showcase 3,250 different gaming products. While the gaming press winds down from E3 and sorts through coverage material, the team behind the event has a lot to celebrate. This year’s convention drew over 69,200 people to the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the highest been since 2005. (The current E3 ...read more
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Fortnite on Nintendo Switch Hits Over Two Million Downloads in One Day
Going into E3 2018, one of the most persistent rumors that Nintendo was expected to share was the news that the massively-popular Fortnite would be coming to the system. Sure enough, the game launched that day for the system, and the Switch player base for Fortnite is already off to an incredibly good start, according to Nintendo. Nintendo has revealed that just one day after the game's ...read more
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