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League of Legends developer Riot Games reached a 300 million dollar streaming deal yesterday with technology firm BAMtech. This is news that may very well turn the structure of eSports streaming on its head, as this deal is very similar to the broadcasting contracts associated with traditional sports. It’s going to become increasingly hard to argue that eSports are not ...

Earlier this month, Larry Hryb tweeted that an Xbox One update would be going out with a few background changes to prepare for the future. The new update changes may be in regards to the coming Windows 10. But, who knows. Your Xbox One will get a small update today. No new features. Just a few behind the scenes changes ...

Tired of YouTube’s plain-old video player? Then try out the new beta player that is ready for playtesting. The new player has a transparent interface, which floats above the video being played. Other improvements include scalability across different screen-sizes, making sure those watching on a 4K display won’t have to deal with a tiny user interface. If better 4K playback ...

GoPro has announced today that it would be soon becoming an even more popular platform and company, as it will be launching its own Roku channel soon. The GoPro streaming channel will be custom-designed and it should be launched sometime this Spring. With this move, GoPro demonstrates that it wants to move beyond just offering a way of recording video, ...

Twitch has released its annual report, and 2014 was a big year for them. First, they were acquired by Amazon for a massive $1 billion, which equated to $970 million in cash. And now Twitch revealed that they hit an impressive milestone of 100 million unique viewers per month. The statistics keep improving, since the site also hit a peak of 1 ...

The Super Bowl is starting soon and many of you would rather watch it online or don’t have the possibility of getting to a big screen TV or the game itself in Glendale, Arizona. The game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots kicks off starting 3:30 pm ET on Sunday, so there’s not much time left. If ...

PlayStation Now Subscription prices have been announced by the PlayStation Blog with an accompanying YouTube video explanation. On January 13, coming first to PlayStation 4, various PlayStation Now games will all be available to stream for one subscription price. The PlayStation Now subscription price is broken between a one month and three month package at $19.99 and $44.99 respectively. There will be ...

As eSports are becoming more and more popular, the people who are playing them at a professional level are also receiving a fair amount of popularity. These players are often sought after by various organizations for their skill and their renown, but just how far is someone willing to go in order to acquire one of these famous players? Quite far ...

A career in professional gaming may sound like a dream come true to many of us, but it’s much harder to accomplish than many people would believe. This is especially true if you’re part of a pro team and are competing in various eSports competitions just to earn a living. For these people training takes up most of their time ...

Sony finally announced the launch dates of its PlayStation TV micro-console, scheduled on 14 October in the US and 14 November in the UK and Europe. The micro-console was available in Japan since last year, but as Sony intents to take on other streaming TV consoles, launching the PS TV worldwide was only natural. Unlike Apple TV and Roku, PlayStation ...