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Ninja’s return to streaming on YouTube shows he still has star power

Sponsored Links JOHANNES EISELE via Getty Images Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is streaming Fortnite gameplay for the first time after Microsoft announced it’s shutting down his former home, Mixer. However, his YouTube stream doesn’t necessarily mean that one of the biggest names in streaming is setting up shop there permanently. Esports consultant Rod Breslau reported that Ninja is “in negotiations with streaming platforms and no exclusive deal has yet been signed.” Engadget has contacted Ninja’s talent agency Loaded for comment. sources: Ninja is currently in negotiations with streaming platforms and no

A number of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale at GameStop

Sponsored Links Nintendo All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you own a Nintendo Switch and are bored staying home, you’re in luck -- almost 40 Switch games are now on sale at GameStop. Some games are even priced slightly better than Nintendo’s recent summer sale. Notable titles include New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and Yoshi’s Crafted World, all

In-VR Interview: Matt Hall On Developing Shooty Skies Overdrive

This week, we sat down to chat with Matt Hall, the co-creator of Crossy Roads and part of the development team, alongside Mighty Games, of the new VR title Shooty Skies Overdrive.Shooty Skies Overdrive launched for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift this week, and if you read our review, you’ll know that we quite enjoyed our time with the game. Earlier this week, I sat down with Matt Hall to talk about the development of his new VR wave shooter.[embedded content]Hall was an original DK1 backer and created a small

Skate 4 Could Bring Back User-Created Content

Skate 4 is finally in the works, and while we're yet to see any gameplay footage, we've got some minor insights into what it might look like. While current EA job ads don't show much, EA CEO Andrew Wilson recently talked about the game in an EA fireside chat, and it's given us a few things to work with.Wilson talked about how enthusiastic people were for a new Skate, and dropped some hints at features the game might contain. He said that while skateboarding "in and of itself has tremendous

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Darius Cozmic Collection’ Review, ‘Ys IX’ Coming to Switch, Today’s New Releases, Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 24th, 2020. In today’s jam-packed article, we’ve got reviews of the two Darius Cozmic Collections, a bunch of news, summaries of all the nifty new releases, and a full list of new and outgoing sales for you to consider. There’s a whole lot in here today, friends, so fill up your mug and settle on in. Let’s go! News ‘Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2’ Heading to Switch “Soon" One of the stretch goals for Koji Igarashi’s then record-breaking

Free Minecraft Nether Update is Here!

One does not simply walk into the Nether, but it seems that's what everyone is about to do anyway... Today we're releasing the full Nether Update in all its glory! Traverse through familiar, fiery wastes into new unexplored fungal forests, spooky valleys, and deltas brimming with basalt. Dig your way through these biomes and you might be able to find a new curious material, suspiciously titled "ancient debris". What will you make of it (it’s totally not Netherite)? Fight your way through hordes of Piglins… Or don't! They’re actually pretty

Lego Developer Spent $1 Million On A Hobbit Game Pitch, See The Early Demos Here

The developers of Lego games, Traveller's Tales, spent $1 million on a pitch for a Hobbit video game that never came to be. Studio co-founder Jon Burton revealed this in a new video for his YouTube page, GameHut, and he speaks very freely and openly about the project and how it came to be (and not be).In 2008, Warner Bros. announced plans to make two Hobbit movies, with Guillermo del Toro attached to direct. Burton wanted to make an Xbox 360/PS3 video game tie-in for the movie, but not a

Xbox will shut down Mixer in a new deal with Facebook Gaming

Today’s news came as a surprise to the streaming community, especially considering all the work (and money) that Microsoft has been funneling into Mixer. Late last year, Microsoft dropped millions of dollars to secure top personalities like Soleil “Faze Ewok” Wheeler, Cory “King Gothalion” Michael, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, and the biggest catch, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. When Mixer signed Ninja, he had 14.7 million followers on Twitch. As of today, Ninja has just over 3 million followers on Mixer. It was reported at the time that Microsoft spent $20 million to

The Last Of Us Part II Accessibility And Difficulty Options: A Detailed Overview

The Last Of Us Part II is the latest big AAA blockbuster video game from the team at Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 4. So naturally, a lot of different people are probably quite interested in playing it and seeing what the big deal is. Common sense suggests that not all of those people are going to be on the same level when it comes to their experience with stealth and actions games, or video games in general. Not all of those people are going to have the same level

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Warborn’, ‘Spacejacked’, ‘Pew Paw’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 12th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got an absolute ton of new releases to summarize. Apparently several games dropped out of nowhere yesterday while I was sleeping snug in my bed, so between those and the actual Friday releases, there’s a lot to deal with. Beyond that, I’ve also got a list of the new sales that popped up. Smaller than usual, because just about everything is on sale already. Let’s have a look! New Releases Warborn ($24.99) SwitchArcade