News | Twitch will be making several changes soon, such as Stories
Twitch announced several new features coming soon to the platform during the TwitchCon event in Paris. These features, including Stories, are designed to increase streamer visibility and reach.
Twitch has listed all the announcements via a blog post. Some of the features announced include making it easier for streamers to go live together, improved communication between moderators on the platform, and the ability for users to export videos from TikTok. In addition, Twitch wants to give streamers more control over the commercials that are played during their streams. They will soon be able to snooze (postpone) it temporarily or pull it forward so that, for example, important cutscenes are not interrupted by advertisements.
The two most notable additions are Stories and the Discovery Feed, which appear to be carried over from Instagram and TikTok respectively. Stories allow streamers to post short videos and images to their profiles that disappear after 24 hours. It allows streamers to reach their audience without having to be live in front of the camera. The Discovery Feed, on the other hand, is a separate feed that allows users to scroll through clips from different creators. This feature is very similar to TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Twitch hopes that users will discover new streamers through this Discovery Feed.
It's a celebration of the community and what's next at Twitch, live from the City of Lights.
— Twitch (@Twitch) July 8, 2023
The #TwitchConParis Opening Ceremony starts now at the Glitch Theatre.
Watch and co-stream at https://t.co/xoTh1bov6T pic.twitter.com/80iOlhfE7a
Twitch has listed all the announcements via a blog post. Some of the features announced include making it easier for streamers to go live together, improved communication between moderators on the platform, and the ability for users to export videos from TikTok. In addition, Twitch wants to give streamers more control over the commercials that are played during their streams. They will soon be able to snooze (postpone) it temporarily or pull it forward so that, for example, important cutscenes are not interrupted by advertisements.
The two most notable additions are Stories and the Discovery Feed, which appear to be carried over from Instagram and TikTok respectively. Stories allow streamers to post short videos and images to their profiles that disappear after 24 hours. It allows streamers to reach their audience without having to be live in front of the camera. The Discovery Feed, on the other hand, is a separate feed that allows users to scroll through clips from different creators. This feature is very similar to TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Twitch hopes that users will discover new streamers through this Discovery Feed.
News | Short teaser of Hogwarts Legacy shown
Warner Bros. has shown a short teaser of the upcoming Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy. Tomorrow night the State of Play around the game will be broadcast
The teaser is a few seconds long and shows the main character – a sorcerer’s apprentice – getting up and looking around his bedroom. It has been quite some time since new images of the highly anticipated game have been shown.
Earlier this week it was announced that a State of Play livestream showing Hogwarts Legacy will be broadcast next Thursday. In the State of Play, about fourteen minutes of gameplay from Hogwarts Legacy running on a PlayStation 5 must be shown. The stream can be seen tomorrow at 22:00 Dutch time via YouTube and Twitch.
Two more days! We can’t wait to finally show you the magic we’ve been creating in @HogwartsLegacy.
— WB Games Avalanche (@AvalancheWb) March 15, 2022
Thursday, March 17 @PlayStation #StateofPlay pic.twitter.com/uTJkXD1UfK
Hogwarts Legacy is in development for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One and PC and lets players take on the role of a Hogwarts student. The game is expected to be released sometime this year.
News | Awesome Games Done Quick kicks off on Sunday
The new edition of Awesome Games Done Quick starts this Sunday.
Awesome Games Done Quick will be held January 9-16. Logically, everything is broadcast live via Twitch. Once again, the event will be held without an audience due to Covid. Viewers can donate money to the Prevent Cancer Foundation during the livestream. Converted last year, about 2.26 million euros was raised.
More than 170 speed runs will be held during the upcoming event. Games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, various Crash Bandicoot games, Deathloop, Returnal and CD-i game Zelda’s Adventure are reviewed