Dr. Disrespect Returns to Streaming on YouTube TODAY, State of Play 2020, and US vs. Tencent Ban
7Dr. Disrespect drops out of NOWHERE to announce he is streaming on YouTube today, and he crushes the numbers Ninja had during HIS return to Twitch, so does YouTube finally have the momentum to compete with Twitch? Plus, the State of Play 2020 for Sony happened yesterday, so what games were announced that YOU should be paying attention to, and what game that was supposedly STOLEN WORK should you avoid? And, new legislation plans to BAN TikTok and WeChat company Tencent, but will it also affect huge gaming companies like Riot and Epic?
Dr. Disrespect Returns to Streaming, Will Be On YouTube TODAY
The stream that was heard around the world popped on yesterday when nobody was quite expecting it, and it became the biggest thing anybody was talking about, was the return of Dr. Disrespect to the world. After being removed from Twitch almost TWO MONTHS ago, and with very little information let out, mystery has surrounded Guy Beahm, Dr. Disrespect’s legal name. WIth many thinking that he may have been involved in some sort of legal fracas, it was unknown if the Doc would ever make a return to streaming. But Thursday afternoon, with a quick update to his YouTube channel, that all changed.
Playstation State of Play 2020 Doesn’t Disappoint Except for One Thing
Sony’s State of Play went down this week, and it featured all third part games and no news on how much the system is going to cost. And guess what? It didn’t blow anybody away, but it was exactly what Sony has been so good at doing; getting people excited for the PS5 without over promising and over hyping anything. The presentation itself was pretty okay- announcements that the new Crash game is a direct sequel, Gearbox Studios, the devs behind the Borderlands series, were releasing a new loot based adventure game, and Reddit spam favorite The Pedestrian were all making their way to the PS5 alongside my personal favorite of the group, Spelunky 2. The only major hiccup was not even related to the material itself, but the working conditions around one of the games featured, Aeon Must Die.
Tencent Ban By US Government Not Going to Affect Riot or Epic Games
Last night, the Trump administration issued a pair of stunning executive orders against Chinese technology companies, banning US transactions with the companies after a deadline of September 20th. Most of the immediate focus has been on TikTok, which was targeted through its parent company ByteDance — but the second order could have a far more unpredictable impact, targeting text app WeChat and its parent company Tencent.
Tencent is one of the largest companies in the world, and it has it’s hands in SO MANY different companies it’s hard to really say exactly what they DON’T have an ownership stake in. From Snap, Blizzard, Spotify, Riot, and Epic Games, all of gaming would be effected pretty harshly by a ban on Tencent properties. The results of this ban, and forcing it’s partners to choose sides between the US and China, could be far reaching and something that the White House hasn’t fully considered.