Losing subscribers — many of who subscribe to channels through Twitch Prime — is a top concern for Porter and other vocal streamers around the world. Most countries in Europe, with the exception of the U.K. and Germany, use Twitch Prime for ad-free viewing. There are a couple of notable differences between it and Twitch Prime, which also offered ad-free experiences. Twitch Turbo isn’t rolled into an Amazon Prime subscription, so it will cost people an additional $8.99 per month. Earlier this yea

The new thriller Searching finds widowed father David (John Cho) on a desperate search to find his missing teenage daughter Margot (Michelle La). Chaganty spoke to Polygon about building a parallel online universe filled with non-visible personalities, understanding both the gratifying and terrifying aspects of the internet, and why he finally said yes to Searching. We started off not looking at this as a screen movie but looking at this as a movie movie. There are [a] few characters whose onlin

But here’s the catch — in the game, Jack the Ripper was actually a hero, as his victims were vampires in disguise. The Ripper team took advantage of these new divisions of the company, and put Visceral Montreal on the project to help out. EA wanted to clamp down on the amount of spending and make sure it wasn’t wasting money, according to Ripper team members. “We quickly realized that Jack the Ripper multiplayer couldn’t have Jack the Rippers going head-to-head somehow,” says a developer. Mid-20

Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that it will give players the Boogiedown Emote for free if they go online and activate two-factor authentication on their Epic Games accounts. This is a rare, but not unheard-of, example of a company giving players a direct reward for making their accounts a bit more secure. Everyone wins, including the players who now have safer accounts and a free emote. Two-factor authentication, in general, is worth the time setting up on any gaming, or non-gaming,

Strike Force has spun so wildly out of control in a scenario that captures the good, bad and ugly of mobile gaming. Situation reportThe plot of Marvel Strike Force is simple and to the point, with some cheeky writing and superhero humor thrown in for flavor. Related Marvel Strike Force influencer rockets to the top of the leaderboards with company helpMarvel Strike Force reportedly racked up 10 million installs over four months and earned $25 million. Backlash“Kraken OXTS86V” and “Seatin: Man of

Fortnite’s meta-story of events and characters that impact the game’s map is heating up again, as the rifts in the sky have begun to spit out lightning bolts that hit the ground on square H9 on the map. Players first noticed the lightning strikes yesterday, with streamers witnessing a few while they were broadcasting gameplay. The lightning is hitting at regular intervals, although those intervals seem to be speeding up. “It was every 15min and then at 8:04am EDT / 2:04pm CEST another cactus got

For Honor, Ubisoft’s third-person medieval multiplayer fighting game (there’s a mouthful), is free on Steam for the next five days. And that offer, announced yesterday, has given its PC player base a huge jolt of adrenaline to a game that had trouble keeping an audience on the platform. Steam Charts shows a 24-hour peak of 216,499 — which is also the all-time peak on Steam for For Honor since launching in February 2017 — thanks to the free offer. So it’s not a limited free weekend, like For Hono

Destiny raids have typically gone live just a few days after a new expansion. However, Destiny 2: Forsaken’s raid, known as Last Wish, will not be released until a full week and a half after the expansion debuts. Bungie announced the specific date and time, and the reason for this change, in this week’s This Week at Bungie. The new raid, which will take place in the mysterious Dreaming City, will be released on Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. EDT. We won’t be able to learn that until Destiny 2: Forsaken is r

Few things in the fast-moving and constantly-changing world of video games have enough longevity that they can be described as traditions, but World of Warcraft’s poop quests probably qualify. And apparently one of those roots is poop quests, because I’ve seen three of them in less than a week of playing. Fan sites have already compiled exhaustive lists of quests and references to poop, so this isn’t a guide to getting your hands dirty; instead it’s a highlight list of the five best poop quests

Weller and KSI’s fight, much like KSI’s upcoming match with Logan, was based around months of manufactured drama. “Jake Paul, Logan Paul, and of the Pauls — I don’t care. On March 18, Logan Paul and KSI match was officially announced alongside Jake Paul and Deji’s undercard fight. Here’s the thingKSI and Logan Paul’s fight isn’t just a momentous occasion for a sect of YouTube creators; the fight sits at the heart of a moral dilemma. KSI and Logan Paul are set to walk out to the ring at approxima

Four of the most anticipated upcoming Xbox One games of 2018 are getting console bundles, Microsoft announced in a Gamescom 2018 Inside Xbox livestream on Tuesday. Like any new Xbox One X 1 TB, each of the bundles includes a free trial of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold subscription services and is priced at $499. The Shadow of the Tomb Raider bundle includes an Xbox One X 1 TB console, wireless controller, digital download of the game, 14-day trial of Xbox Live Gold and one-month

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has been given the unfortunate task of following up Legion, one of the best received World of Warcraft expansions in the last decade. Thankfully for World of Warcraft players, Battle for Azeroth does almost everything right, and even succeeds in places where Legion failed. Unlike in previous World of Warcraft expansions, Battle for Azeroth boasts dozens of sub-zones that feel connected to their host. Instead, running around the map, full-clearing the world o

Players were previously barred from ever trading Azerite pieces, leaving them locked to the player that originally received them. Hazzikostas revealed that the development team had originally believed that Azerite pieces were too complicated to be tradable, and feared players would regret trading them. Starting with the next weekly reset, Aug. 28, players will be able to trade Azerite gear with one another. But like most pieces in World of Warcraft, players will only be able to trade something i

A new trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s (Call Me By Your Name) upcoming remake of Dario Argento’s classic horror film, Suspiria, puts an eerie spotlight on a prestigious dancing school run by a coven of witches. Bannion meets a cast of strange individuals while attending, including the illustrious and peculiar head instructor, Madame Blanc, played by Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange). The original Suspiria was released in 1977, and is regarded as one of the best horror movies of all time. Suspiria was

Dear reader, I am not too proud to tell you that I spent a good portion of last night playing Fortnite in the bathtub. It will stretch across two days of “normal” use, but this isn’t a phone for people with normal habits. I’m no longer doing mental math about how much power I have left, even when I’m playing Fortnite and feeling the thing heat up in my hands. Friend, I am silly enough to play Fortnite in the bath. There’s also the issue of the Fortnite exclusivity, which isn’t by itself a huge s

As with most people who are posthumously labeled geniuses in their fields, Lovecraft’s work never took off during his short lifetime. Lovecraft’s work traditionally features humans catching glimpses of a bigger universe our minds were never built to comprehend. In the story, a morphine-addicted man tells how he washed up on a shore that seemed like it was raised from the seafloor by immense seismic activity. “From Beyond”A man tells of his friend, a scientist, who creates a machine that allows a

The comics usually suggest that Spidey operates on pure instinct — and comic books can get away with keeping things vague. Insomniac Games, developer of the upcoming Spider-Man on PlayStation 4, doesn’t have that same luxury. Insomniac’s finished product appears to be a unique hybrid martial art: a fighting style that’s theatrical, acrobatic and loyal to Spider-Man’s comic book origins. Some of Spidey’s most unusual moves have real-world influences. In the video up top, we take a closer look at

The full scoring table is also below if you’d like to learn exactly what you need to do to win. Let’s take a look at the full list of changes, additions and updates for battle royale mode. Fixed an issue with controller aiming where the input was not properly scaled when aiming down sights or aiming with a scoped weapon. Bug FixesHealth bars for objects with more than 1000 health now display properly. Weapon icons on nameplates will now display properly.

Nintendo will broadcast a new Nindies Showcase — a livestream video presentation highlight new indie games coming to Nintendo Switch — on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. And even though it seems like every day brings a fresh announcements of new and previously released indie games coming to Switch, Nintendo promises “multiple unannounced” titles during its summer showcase. The latest Nindies Showcase will be streamed on YouTube and on Nintendo’s website. While some of those Nindies have al

The marquee change of patch v5.30 is the brand new Rift-To-Go, which allows players to create their own escape routes from just about any situation imaginable. For a full look at all the changes made in Fortnite’s patch v5.30, you can check out our patch notes. Rift-To-Go lets you make rifts wherever you wantArriving with the beginning of Season 5, rifts have been one of the single biggest changes Epic has introduced to Fortnite. The pump shotgun is now a little fasterThe pump shotgun has been t