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One of Google Stadia’s most interesting features, Crowd Choice, is finally coming this week

October 1, 2020
Google has always wanted its cloud game-streaming service, Stadia, to change how YouTube streamers interact with their fans. Nearly ten months after release, Google is finally bringing its “Crowd Choice” feature to its first two games. Crowd Choice allows viewers to vote on, say, which team a streamer joins in the game, which piece of dialogue they pick, or other in-game choices the player…
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Fnatic Anda Seat review: Gaming comfort

October 1, 2020
If you put the word “gaming” in front of something enough, I’m going to end up reviewing it. This is what I have learned, and this is how I ended up with the Fnatic Anda Seat. This gaming seat looks a lot like the trendy and sporty office chair that streamers have made…
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Steam is hosting a festival for ‘digital tabletop’ games next month

September 30, 2020
Valve and tabletop company Auroch Digital will host an online festival next month for “games that cross between physical and digital.” Called the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest, the event will be streamed live from October 21st to the 26th. The festival will showcase speakers like prolific designer Steve Jackson (creator of the GURPS roleplaying system, as well as many individual roleplaying…
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Twitch offers streamers a way to safely use licensed music

September 30, 2020
Twitch streamers are no strangers to DMCA music claims. Over the summer, the platform acknowledged a flood of takedown requests for older videos, which could’ve potentially put streamers in jeopardy of consequences under Twitch’s content policy. The company has offered a…
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EA removed a FIFA microtransaction ad that was aimed at kids

September 30, 2020
EA has pulled an ad that marketed FIFA microtransactions to kids in UK toy store Smyths’ magazine. The ad suggested children “use FIFA Points to open packs,” through which they receive a random selection of players in the Ultimate Team (FUT) mode. FIFA Points are the…
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ESL and DreamHack merge to create ESL Gaming

September 30, 2020
ESL and DreamHack announced today that the two esports companies have merged to create ESL Gaming. Modern Times Group (MTG) has owned both companies since 2015. ESL operates offline and esports tournaments around the world, and DreamHack hosts large esports festivals. Now the two are one. Craig Levine and Ralf Reichert, who were co-CEOs for ESL, are now co-CEOs for ESL Gaming. DreamHack co-CEO…
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Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA review: a standard step ahead

September 30, 2020
Asus has so many ZenBook 14 models it stresses me out. There’s the UX433, a 2.6-pound slim-bezeled affair. There’s the Flip 14, an elegant convertible. There’s the UX431, a mid-tier $900 option. And there’s the UX425, which Asus quietly rolled out earlier this…
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Atari VCS backers should get their consoles 'very soon'

September 30, 2020
More than two years and multiple delays after its original announcement, the Atari VCS is finally making its way to people who helped crowdfund the console. In an update over on Medium, Atari says it&aposs putting the “finishing touches” on the first batch of production VCS units. The company is in the process of sending the consoles to the US, where they&aposll be then shipped…
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