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With tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes in Texas in the face of catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey, and hundreds of thousands requiring aid, the streaming community is gathering together to help raise money for aid and relief efforts. If you are a streamer looking to help, here are a few causes…

Want to win some PC gear? Restream.io is currently running a contest dubbed the ‘Trash Meme’ contest. It runs until September 15th, 2017 and will have multiple winners. Restream.io, for those who don’t know, is a cloud based re-streaming service which allows you to livestream to multiple websites simultaneously such as Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and more.…

The makers of games such as Rift, ArcheAge, Trove, and several others have a program for YouTubers, streamers, and other content creators. Trion Worlds is looking for content creators to help them build a “stronger, more robust community” for their games. What are the benefits? Trion Worlds is looking for the best in quality content…

The Razer Seiren Pro is the upgraded version of Razer’s flagship professional grade microphone. It will run you about $250-$350 depending on your location. It has everything the regular Seiren has as well a couple of additional features. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obt3Eh5SPZM&width=500&height=285[/embedyt] Additional Features of the Seiren Pro A High Pass Filter: Switching this on by pushing…

This past week has been full of new Twitch announcements. Stats have become more informative with the addition of things such as location data. Bits got a major update with the ability to purchase via mobile and a wider range of payment options. There was even a new acquisition announced by Twitch! ClipMine Acquisition Twitch announced in…

After weeks of incremental updates and catalog additions, Pretzel is officially launching their Premium subscription option. As Pretzel puts it in their blog post, Premium gets you a custom “What’s Playing” URL, audio quality options, eligibility for Pretzel promotional campaigns, Early Access to the mobile beta, priority support, and 70% of your sub goes to…

Yesterday, Curse (a subsidiary of Twitch) launched their official digital fifth-edition D&D toolset, D&D Beyond. While a mobile app isn’t yet available (soon™), the site itself is fully mobile responsive. Logging in is as simple as connecting your Twitch account and yes, you need a Twitch account to log in. What is it? The site contains…

The latest update in the XSplit 3.1 PTR adds several improvements, most notably native support for the Elgato Stream Deck. When I wrote the Stream Deck review, I lamented the fact that there were various functions in XSplit that you could bind to global hot keys but I hoped for native integration soon. XSplit and Elgato…

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Discord has dropped some big news on the digital communications front. As of yesterday, they rolled out Video Chat and Screen Sharing to 5% of Desktop users. They’ve made it pretty clear that this is a small beta test and not to expect a full launch for at least another month. Have Access? Here’s How it Works…

OBS Studio has released a wonderful update, attaching a ton of changes and new features to help you with your streaming for the future! Let’s dive in to see what they’ve added. OBS is now modular! Now you can move the various elements around to your preference. To do this, start by going to View…

Elgato Gaming hit us with a bit of a combo today announcing both their own Green Screen as well as the Cam Link to connect cameras to your computer. Firstly, Elgato’s Green Screen solution is relatively compact and collapsible which is very well suited for those that are in a more compact space and/or want…