Gaming

For the longest time, Twitch was the undisputed champ of video game live streaming. The Amazon-owned platform has the highest number of ‘broadcasters’ and, more importantly, viewers watching, chatting and donating in real-time. For most full-time streamers, switching to any other platform felt like economic suicide. Then, on August 1st, the most popular and recognizable gamer in the…

If you play Fallout 76 you might want to avoid public servers for a while. According to multiple posts on the game’s Reddit forums — and confirmed by publisher Bethesda — hackers have attacked public servers and wiped out the inventories of more than a few players. A post from one of the Overseers warns that “Your weapons and armor, and any other inventory items are not…

Now that Halo: Reach has kicked off the launch of Master Chief Collection for PC, what’s next? A return to basics, apparently. The team at 343 Industries now expects to start public testing for the anniversary PC version of the original game, Halo: Combat Evolved, in January. It should incorporate “many” of the same upgrades that came to Reach, including visual touch-ups, support…

Google is slowly but surely expanding Stadia’s feature set. The Stream Connect split-screen mode emerged with the release of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint on the service this week, and now another aspect of the service is live: achievements. You’ll receive notifications on your PC or TV (if you’re playing on Chromecast) when you earn them. You can check out…