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The Game Awards 2025 set a new record with an estimated 171 million global livestreams, an 11% increase from the previous year, with peak concurrent viewers reaching 4.4 million across various platforms, highlighting the event's growing popularity in the gaming community.
The 2025 Game Awards set a new record with 171 million global livestreams across various digital platforms, marking a significant growth from previous years and highlighting the event's expanding influence in the gaming industry.
The 2025 Summer Game Fest set a new record with over 50 million livestreams, marking an 89% increase from the previous year, driven by major game announcements and extensive global viewership across YouTube, Twitch, and X, with peak concurrent viewers exceeding 3 million.
Twitch is set to launch its TikTok-style discovery feed for all users later this month, allowing them to scroll through separate feeds dedicated to clips and current livestreams. The new feed will be accessible as a tab within the mobile app, and some users may see it as the homepage next month. Livestreams and clips that meet content guidelines are eligible to appear in the feed, and users can interact with the content and creators they follow. However, ads will also be displayed within the feed, although users can scroll past them without interrupting their viewing experience.
Valve's Steam Next Fest is live, offering access to over 1,000 PC game demos until February 12, along with livestreams for players to chat with developers. The event includes demos for highly anticipated games like Pacific Drive and Backpack Battles. Additionally, Steam's Spring Sale is scheduled for March 14-21, following a record-breaking year for game releases on the platform.
The Game Awards 2023 has set a new viewership record with approximately 118 million livestreams, a 15% increase from the previous year. The awards show was streamed across 17,000+ channels and 30 platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter. Host and producer Geoff Keighley announced the milestone on Twitter, expressing gratitude for the support. The Game Awards continues to be a highly anticipated event in the gaming industry.
The Full Hunter's Moon on October 28 will experience a partial lunar eclipse, visible from Africa, Europe, Asia, and parts of Western Australia. The eclipse will begin at 2:01 p.m. EDT and peak around 4:14 p.m. EDT. Livestreams will be available for those unable to witness the eclipse in person.
The Diablo 4 development team has announced that Season 2 will be packed with new content and updates, requiring two full deep-dive livestreams to cover it all. Following a period of silence, the team aims to deliver on promises and improve upon the lukewarm reception of the first season. The upcoming season, titled Season of Blood, will feature new endgame bosses, updates to damage mechanics and inventory management, and changes to the elemental resistance system. Blizzard hopes that Season 2 will revitalize interest in Diablo 4 and pave the way for future expansions.
Hurricane Lee, a Category 1 hurricane, is approaching New England, with heavy rain and high seas expected. Tropical storm conditions are forecasted for coastal New England, and the brunt of the storm is expected to impact Maine. Residents are advised to prepare with non-perishable food, water, and medicine, as well as flashlights and batteries. Livestreams of webcams along the Cape Cod coast are available to monitor the storm.
Logitech has unveiled the Logitech Reach, an articulating webcam designed to enhance remote meetings, online tutoring, and livestreams. The camera will be crowdfunded through Indiegogo Enterprise to refine the design and determine pricing. The Logitech Reach is based on the popular Logitech Streamcam and offers smooth panning and stability. It will be available with a free-standing base or a desk clamp, and Logitech plans to sell the camera after the Indiegogo campaign concludes.
Several traditional music and fireworks special presentations will be available to watch on TV and streaming online for the Fourth of July holiday. The lineup includes "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS, Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks on NBC/Peacock, "The Fourth In America" on CNN, "A Big Independence Day Celebration" on Fox News, and the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Bloomberg TV/Bloomberg Radio.
Steam Next Fest, a week-long digital event featuring access to hundreds of PC game demos, dozens of livestreams, and chats with developers, has launched. The event will run until June 26th and will be followed by another Next Fest in October. Valve also recently released a major update to the Steam desktop client, including a redesigned in-game overlay and the ability to write down notes about the game being played.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run on Twitter through a Twitter Space event, which had a high of about 300,000 concurrent listeners and a total of 3.4 million listeners as of Thursday. However, these numbers fell short of the 10 million people DeSantis predicted would watch the event. The event was also dwarfed by past audio livestreams on Twitter, such as an interview of Elon Musk that had over three million concurrent listeners. The initial numbers from Twitter raise questions about whether any presidential candidate can ignore traditional media for their big campaign announcements.
Google Docs is rolling out a new feature that allows users to add emoji reactions to comments, increasing collaboration and enabling users to creatively express their opinions about document content. Google Slides now allows users to replace an image using drag-and-drop, while Google Sheets is adding the YouTube Smart Canvas chip, allowing users to add YouTube data directly into a spreadsheet cell. In Meet, Google is adding the ability to watch livestreams in 1080p and attach files to associated Google Calendar events for easier access.