Around the Monitor 4/10 - Valorant is DOMINATING on Twitch, Here's Why:
8Riot's new game Valorant went live on Twitch this week in a closed beta, but it instantly shot to the top of the most watched games. How was it able to do this and so much more of this week's top gaming news! This is, Around the Monitor.
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Google Stadia goes free for 2 months
https://www.ign.com/articles/google-stadia-free-starting-today-pro-subscription-free-for-two-months
This week’s hottest news story: Cooking Mama Drama
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-cooking-mama-game-for-switch-that-came-out-and-then-disappeared
The official revels of the PS5 Controller: The Dualsense
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/04/07/introducing-dualsense-the-new-wireless-game-controller-for-playstation-5/
Valorant’s beta dominates Twitch in part due to Streamer code giveaway
https://twinfinite.net/2020/04/valorants-closed-beta-is-dominating-twitch-thanks-to-streamer-code-giveaway/
UFC gets its own private island to host fights… essentially becoming a Dead or Alive game
https://kotaku.com/ufc-gets-private-island-is-now-basically-a-fighting-ga-1842718437
One man rigged a ringfit controller to play darksouls
https://kotaku.com/playing-dark-souls-3-with-a-ring-fit-adventure-controll-1842710390
Overwatch league players fined for swearing in the chat
https://kotaku.com/overwatch-league-players-fined-1-000-each-for-typing-s-1842707059
Gearbox is helping scientists map all microbes in human body using Borderlands 3
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-08-gearbox-to-help-scientists-map-the-human-gut-biome-with-borderlands-science