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AOC Among Us Stream Has Been Planned With Pokimane and Others

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be joined by a high-profile cast of streamers and personalities for her first Among Us Twitch stream Oct. 20. | Photo courtesy of AOC/TwitchAOC has planned to play Among Us Twitch with Pokimane and other stars. It's 2020. The surprises keep on coming.In hopes of increasing voting numbers for the upcoming Nov. 3 U.S. General Election, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will be joined by a high-profile cast of streamers and personalities for her first Among Us Twitch stream Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 9 p.m. EDT.Join me,

AOC’s ‘Among Us’ Twitch stream peaked at over 435,000 viewers

About a year ago the campaign for Donald Trump joined Twitch to push promotional live streams, and tonight, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will host her first stream on the service. Trump’s foray into Twitch streaming was curious after his administration targeted the same violent video games many Twitch viewers like to watch, while AOC’s previous interaction with Twitch focused on the Army’s attempts to use it as a tool for recruiting. Hopefully she can avoid a two-week ban for misconduct. (9pm EST!)— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 20, 2020 Ocasio-Cortez will

Update: Huya and DouYu form Special Committees to Evaluate Tencent’s Merger Proposal

Update: The boards of directors of Huya and DouYu formed special committees to review and evaluate Tencent’s proposed stock-for-stock merger of the two Chinese live-streaming platforms. DouYu’s special committee consists of independent directors Zhaoming Chen, Xi Cao, Xuehai Wang, and Zhi Yan. The committee has retained Morgan Stanley Asia as its financial advisor and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as its U.S. legal counsel in connection with its review and evaluation of the proposed business combination. Huya’s special committee includes independent directors Hongqiang Zhao and Tsang Wah Kwong. The committee

Gamers.Vote Partners With ReadyUp to Bring Voter Registration to Gaming Fan Base

With more than 130M potential people of voting age among the gaming and esports population in the United States, Gamer.Vote is showing the way to voter registration. The non-partisan, non-profit organization has partnered with ReadyUp, the interactive event platform that allows gamers to find, follow, join-in, and register to vote across all Gamers.Vote events. As the first industry-wide voter registration and voting movement specifically created for the gaming community, Christie St. Martin, CEO of Gamers.Vote, tells The Esports Observer that the company’s intent is to lead a coalition of various

How the Tokenization of the Gaming Industry Empowers Players

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The video games industry is thriving. As people around the world find themselves with more time on their hands thanks to government-mandated lockdowns and a partial economic shutdown, video game sales have skyrocketed. Despite being overshadowed by some of the more glamorous uses for blockchain technology, the gaming industry may be poised for a generational leap forward with the advent of asset tokenization — a practice that could expose the gaming industry to a whole new wave of investors while simultaneously unlocking

8 Excellent Movies From Black Directors To Stream On Netflix

8 Excellent Movies From Black Directors To Stream On Netflix - GameSpot<meta id="js-loading-html" content=""> By Liam Mathews on June 10, 2020 at 2:58PM PDT ]]> We know you need more to watch, so here are some fantastic films from black directors you can stream right now. This story originally appeared on GameSpot sister site TV Guide.​ It has been republished to amplify black voices in GameSpot's support of Black Lives Matter. Donate to the effort to fight systemic racism here. With Black Lives Matter protests happening all over America in

Shack Chat: What is your earliest, or fondest, memory of Doom?

Shacknews editors gather 'round to wax nostalgic and bloody about our earliest, and/or fondest memories of id Software's Doom franchise. Shacknews started as Quakeholio, a Quake fansite (obviously). That means our roots in FPS games go deep, far deeper than one shooter from id Software. Doom is Quake's antecedent, so, naturally, we hold that franchise near and dear to our hearts as well. This week, we reflect on our earliest memory of Doom, or our fondest. What's yours? Let us know in the Chatty thread below. What is your earliest,