Yogscast Raises £700,000 in Charity Livestream
The UK based gaming channel, The Yogscast, announced that its December stream event, the "Yogscast Dwarven Dairy Drive" raised over £700,000. This is in comparison to last year's event which raised just over £240,000. This was a large event, and the associated Yogscast gaming channels and their Youtubers played games…
A New Nintendo Direct is Coming Before Christmas
Nintendo have announced a new Nintendo Direct coming December 18th at 2pm BST (6am PST and 9am EST). It is unsure what this conference is about but it will most likely start to reveal what Nintendo will be up to in 2014 and most likely continuing he Year of Luigi.…
Xbox One Will Not Support Twitch Streaming at Launch
With the PlayStation 4's release last week many gamers instantly got into streaming via Twitch and Ustream broadcasting capabilities. This allows players to livestream their gameplay with an unprecedented level of freedom unseen on current-gen consoles. Microsoft had backed a similar pledge to provide streaming services at launch for the…
PlayStation 4 Twitch Streaming Won’t Show Friend Requests or Messages
Whilst on your PlayStation 4, friend requests and messages can crop up at random, sometimes with private contacts and precious information. Due to this Sony and Twitch have confirmed that, if you are streaming gameplay online, built-in security measures will blur the name of incoming requests and messages whilst you…
EVE Online: Rubicon Stream This Thursday 14/11/13
Ahead of its November 19th release, EVE Online: Rubicon's developers CCP games will be holding a special live stream on Twitch.tv previewing the expansion. The stream is to take place on Thursday November 14th, and CCP says it will cover everything coming in the expansion, which is the game's 20th.…
Minecraft Will Add Twitch Streaming Intergration
Mojang, developer of Minecraft has announced that they will be partnering with Twitch to bring an in-built broadcasting system that will make it easier for Minecraft players to stream their games to Twitch. The new feature was announced this weekend at MineCon, the Minecraft convention held in Orlando, Florida, and…
Divinity: Original Sin Gets A Release Date
Divine Divinity isn't the most catchy of names, but such was the name of the first title in the Divinity series. The kickstarter title, Divinity: Original Sin, will be the fifth game in a series strangely fascinated by dragons. When the game smashed its Kickstarter goal of $400,000, with a…
Twitch Is Coming To PS4
Announced at Gamescom yesterday during Sony's media conference, the live-streaming video games broadcasting and spectating platform is coming to the PS4. It's unclear if the free app - which will let users broadcast to the service directly from their PS4s - will be available at the launch of the console…
Exato Game Studios Announces Full Twitch Integration Into Guncraft
Exato Game Studios and Reverb Publishing announced today that their upcoming 'Minecraft meets Call of Duty' shooter Guncraft will be incorporating live streaming to Twitch. Twitch is the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers (we do our livestreams on Twitch, so if we're doing it then it…
Steam and Twitch announce Partnership
In a great move by both Valve and Twitch TV, it is now possible to link your Twitch.tv account with your Steam announce and even earn items while watching tournaments being played. The Dota 2 blog explained that you'll be able to recieve drops during tournaments if you own the…
Arma 3 – Live Stream 2: Combined Arms Showcase
Live from Bohemia Interactive HQ, the Arma 3 development team will host a second pre-E3 hangout on Saturday June 8 at 17:00 UTC. Offering a sneak peek at the upcoming Arma 3 Beta, this official livestream on Twitch.tv presents the Combined Arms Showcase – available in the upcoming Arma 3…