Sega and Tencent respectively have confirmed to IGN that they will not have active exhibition either at this year's E3 which is just another blow for ReedPop first year organizing E3 on behalf of the ESA. From Sega, the japanese studio is looking for it's own alternative to showcase future project, meanwhile Tencent only limited on saying that neither the company nor the its games publishing division Level Infinite won’t be attending E3. Words in the industry says that ReedPop's claims of having AAA gaming company onboard hard to confirm as nobody within the marketing community has heard how many are indeed having a presentation and both ESA and ReedPop silence is not helping matters on hopes that E3 this year will be a MUCH NEEDED success. And that Sega and Tencent pulling out is a reflexion of the frustration of lack of communication from ReedPop and ESA.

On this week's episode of TWIG: - Recaps of the #D23Expo and #UbisoftForward events - Interesting #Tencent business dealings - Sony cries wolf over #ActivisionBlizzard acquisition Catch [Lambency] and I over at twitch.tv/itslambency tomorrow at 9pm EST :yum:

My takes on recent news... -Overwatch League 2022 without strong sponsor could be a signal that Activision Blizzard has just let the scandal quiets down after Microsoft offered to buy them and pretend that Overwatch 2 hype take over. Much tranquility and silence on this part unless they prove doubters wrong which in terms for the gaming community is good. -Haven Studios being bought by Sony, means that things are looking good on their first game, enough for securing the "Only For Playstation" subtitle" . -(Probably I should wear a aluminium foil as hat for this oone) CD Projekt Red's surprising announcement that a new Witcher game is coming and FOR THE FIRST TIME, using Unreal Engine instead of their in-house RED Engine tells me who Tencent is really influencing gaming markets with this success of Tim Sweeney and Epic Games. I see many have forgotten Tecent big influences on Epic Games and in parallel, Epic Games influencing the gaming industry since a few years ago. Still don't know if it a good thing or not at long term, but people that are against Chinese entrepreneurship reaching American enterprises more deeply are in a nightmare right now.

From a gamer's POV it depends on how to take the news if your a cñosed on being a exclusive PC gamer or PlayStation gamer. As consumer, crosses de line of retiring alternatives. Of course, Microsoft is probably ready for the DOJ and the FTC and one argument could be "better us than Tencent" ---- Desde el punto de vista como gamer depende si uno es cerrado a PC o Playstation. Como consumidor, cruza en las de tirar a cerrar alternativas. Claro está, Microsoft probablemente esté listo para el DOJ y la FTC y un argumento pudiera ser "mejor nosotros que Tencent".

Heya all. Since I saw a post earlier today on someone wanting to switch streaming sites, I thought I'd share some of my research with you when I left Twitch (for the most part, I do still multistream there.) The research is as recent as possible, but as always, make sure to do your own homework first. Lastly, I'm not going to talk about FBG or YT because you already know about those. Glimesh – glimesh.tv (note: this is my main streaming site) Good: Runs on the FTL protocol, which is far faster than Twitch; it's nearly real time. Positive community. Runs mostly on open-source values. No affiliate status needed for subscriptions. Bad: Alpha state - and it shows. Community is positive as mentioned earlier, but small and shrinking due to alpha state. Running on FTL means it's going to destroy lesser-spec computers and internet connections (meaning less than 4500 mbps). Some personal drama at the site has turned people off. Trovo – trovo.live Good: Has a very active community. Set up much like Twitch, so easy to figure out. Has free stuff streamers can give to their communities. Bad: Set up somewhat like a content factory, where if you miss or are late for two streams, they turn off your streaming schedule (you can reactivate it). Owned by Tencent, which turns some people off. Caffeine – caffeine.tv Good: Has a very active community. If you like tournaments and heavy interactivity, this place is for you. Aside from gaming, heavy focus on music. Bad: Has been accused of being highly mediagenic (i.e., if you’re not one of the pretty people, you aren’t going to get far.) If you are not a gamer or musician, this site really isn’t for you. Brime – brimelive.com Good: Automatic multistreaming. If you multistream, Brime has it built in. Bad: Confusing setup and if you intend to stream on only one site, Brime doesn’t seem to be set up for that (even though technically it is.) DLive – dlive.tv Good: Similar to Trovo, set up like Twitch, so easy to navigate. Covers the same functions as Twitch and could be considered a straight clone. Bad: Controversial site. For reasons fair or not (I make no judgement opinions on this), DLive has been accused of everything from being an alt-right hate site to a cryptocurrency scam. If you want to stay clear of lightning rods, this may be one to avoid. Picarto – picarto.tv Good: Heavy art-based site recently moving into gaming and music. Is nearly as old as Twitch, so has a decent longevity record. Bad: HEAVY ART-BASED SITE means that gaming and music gets short-shrift (gaming doesn’t even show up on the categories until you literally scroll to the bottom and currently ALL games are a single cat). Bizarrely, viewers AND streamers must be subscribers of the site in order to pay for video and ad-free streams. Not entirely family friendly; as an art site, it has heavy NSFW and like typical art sites, the filters default to off. (thanks to [Taymichu] for reminding me of the last one!) Nonolive – nonolive.com Good: European-based site; like DLive and Trovo, pretty much a Twitch clone. Great if you stream in multiple languages. Bad: Site is originally set up to be “the Spanish Twitch” and it shows; very little is in English or is set up for non-Eurocentric standards. If you only stream in English, this may be one to avoid.