Twitch Adds an Esports Directory to its Platform, Making Tournaments Easier to Find
by Twitch now includes an Esports directly on its site, making some matches a bit less effortless to find, but there’s still a problem…
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Nintendo is Now Blocking Legacy Logins after Suffering a Data Breach that Compromised 160,000 Accounts
by A recent Nintendo data breach has caused the company to shut down NNID logins after 160,000 user accounts were compromised…
Facebook Releases New Mobile Gaming App to Challenge Twitch and YouTube
by Facebook has unveiled its mobile gaming application, with a heavy focus on live-streaming, which will go directly up against Twitch and YouTube…
The Epic Game Store Now Allows Customers to Add Titles to a New Wishlist but there’s Still No Sale Alerts
There’s finally a wishlist option on the Epic Games Store to add titles, but the site still lacks alerts for discounts and sales…
The EA Tetris Game for Android and iOS will Disappear from Mobile Apps Stores on April 21st
Electronic Arts Inc. will pull support from its Tetris mobile gaming app on both Android and iOS, effective on Tuesday, April 21st…
Sony’s PlayStation 4 Now Supports YouTube TV as the PS Vue Streaming Service Comes to an End
by YouTube TV comes to the Sony PlayStation 4, just as its PlayStation Vue subscription service comes to its ultimate end…
Facebook Gaming Viewership Ballooned Incredibly in 2019 but Remains much Smaller than Competitor Twitch
Facebook experienced a colossal jump on its Facebook Gaming streaming platform last year, but Twitch still far outperforms it…
Stadia Players Reporting their Chromecast Units are Overheating and Shutting Down
Google Stadia players are taking to social media and online forums to complain about the gaming system overheating and shutting down Chromecast units…
Facebook Clears Confetti from its Platform, Shutting Down the Little-Known Trivia Game
Facebook Confetti is now on the cutting room floor, being shut down about a year after it first debuted on Facebook Watch…
Twitch Rolls Out its Official App for Apple TV
Twitch officially debuts its own app for Apple TV, after running a beta test last month, now available for gamers and viewers alike…
Xbox One gets Google Assistant Voice Control in a New Beta Program
Microsoft has initiated a new beta program for the Xbox One which allows players to gain Google Assistant voice control over their gaming devices…
Believe It or Not, Minecraft Now Boasts 112 Million Players per Month
Minecraft now claims 112 million monthly players, a sizable user-ship, but still less than Fortnite, which boasts over 250 million…
Even EA Sports is Working on its Own Cloud Gaming Service, Possibly Signaling the Eventual Demise of Consoles
EA or Electronic Arts, is in the midst of experimenting with its own cloud gaming service, following Google Stadia’s lead…
GameStop Previously Announced Ambitious Plans to Rejuvenate its Stores, will Close Up to 200, Instead
by GameStop store closures are coming, claiming between 180 and 200 locations, before the end of the years, abandoning plans to revitalize them…
Microsoft Announces It will Shut Down its Internet Games Next Year
Microsoft has announced it will shutter its Internet Games platform, which has existed for nearly twenty years, by January 2020…
Google Now Helps People Build their Own Video Games without Coding
The new Google Game Builder platform let’s people create their own video games and best of all, they don’t need to know how to code…