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State Of Play Recap, Upcoming Pride Charity Events, MrBeast Beats T-Series
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DimTheLights
June 04, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes
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Any typos in this email are on purpose actually.
Happy Tuesday and Happy Pride Month🌈 Streamers!
You may have seen that I selected a winner for the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree giveaway over the weekend! Whoo! Once they redeem the giveaway, I’ll give them a proper shoutout on socials!
For the rest of you who did not win (sorry XP), don’t worry! I have some upcoming opportunities for you to earn FREE games, too.
June Monthly Giveaway - Every month I run a giveaway for my subscribers. Here was last month’s game.
200 Sub Goal Giveaway - I know we just crossed 100 subscribers, but we’re growing so fast we may be celebrating 200 soon! This will be another opportunity to win a NEW game release.
Join My Referral Giveaway - All subscribers have a unique referral link they can share with others. You earn games at each milestone! Speaking of, @ri1eypaige climbed up to the top of our referral leaderboards this past week and earned herself a few games! Check out her Twitch channel here.
I know many of you are always seeking out that next game to feature on your channel.
I see the referral program and the giveaways as a way I can directly support your content, by providing games at no cost.
Its my way of saying thank you for coming along on this journey.
By the way, if you save any clips from games you’ve earned, please tag me on Twitter. I’d love to watch them and reshare them with the community.
Until next week,
Dim
In This Edition
✅Tuesday To-Dos
Every week I bring you🖐️ actionable tasks or opportunities to boost your live content. See what’s new this week 👇
💅Slay - ColourPop Cosmetics is looking for content creators to join its Creator Program. See Tweet
🎮Join - If you like Overwatch and Marvel Comics, you might like Marvel Rivals. Its a new team-based hero shooter that will have a Closed Beta in July. Jump in to try it out! See Tweet
🥽Immerse - If you’re interested in VR games, Streamers Connected, is sharing numerous opportunities for content creators. See Tweet
🍺Join - Greenheart Games is seeking creators for its upcoming indie title Tavern Keeper. See Tweet
🕹️Join - napoellis is looking for LGBT+ content creators to join a June 12th talk show panel. See Tweet
🏳️🌈Events For Pride
A few weeks ago, I asked the community to share upcoming Pride Month events that I could highlight in the newsletter.
Please show your support for your fellow creators!
@Reia is hosting a charity stream for Stream For A Cause on June 15th. Follow on socials for more information!
@self_tytled is running an Ace/Aro Raid Train from June 1-15th. See their tweet for more info!
@norainthefuture and several creators are fundraising for Southern Equality during their Pokemon Pride event! Use the PKMNPride Twitch tag to find all participating streamers.
@heyykrista is fundraising for It Gets Better from June 13-15th. Check their socials for more info!
Meld, an exciting OBS alternative, is partnering with Stream For A Cause to bring you Meld For A Cause from June 2-15th. Shoutout to @iSageSen for letting me know! Sign up on the Meld Discord
@iSageSen is participating in the upcoming Queer Indie Game Showcase on the 12th and 14th. Check for more on their socials.
If you or someone you know is hosting a fundraiser or event for Pride Month, please let me know. Reply to this email or find me on Twitter.
🥇This Week’s Top Stories
Familiar Faces and A Few Debuts At The State of Play
State of Play is PlayStation’s anticipated program showcasing the latest announcements and trailers from the world of PlayStation.
If you missed the live show, You can watch the show here or read my recap below:
Event Highlights
Back in 2018, Team Asobi released Astro Bot Rescue Mission a PlayStation 4 title released for its VR headset. During the State of Play, a trailer for the sequel was revealed showing Astro Bot in an all-new adventure! Watch Trailer
God of War Ragnarök will be coming to PC on September 19, 2024. Watch Trailer
Path of Exile 2, the next generation free-to-play action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, will be coming to PlayStation 5, and now with a great new feature, couch co-op. Watch Trailer
PlayStation reveals an October 8th release date for the Silent Hill 2 Remake and shows off some impressive gameplay. Watch Trailer | Watch Gameplay
Firewalk shares the first in-depth look at the gameplay, universe, and characters of Concord, a 5v5 character-driven, first-person multiplayer shooter. Watch Trailer
Skydance's Behemoth is a monster-hunting, adventure VR game set in a surreal version of the Dark Ages. Watch Trailer
A new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds debuted at the event. Watch trailer
A new trailer for Alien: Rogue Incursion revealed gameplay and a Holiday 2024 release window for this new action-horror VR game. Watch Trailer
Where Winds Meet, is a new epic Wuxia open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Watch Trailer
The latest Dynasty Warriors: Origins is coming to PS5 in 2025. Watch Trailer
Ballad of Antara is a free-to-play fantasy action-RPG coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025. Watch Trailer
Infinity Nikki is an open-world dress-up adventure game coming to PS5, with a beta test due later this year. Watch Trailer
Twitch added a Together For Pride shelf to the Twitch homepage to celebrate LGBTQIA+ streamers from the community. See Who Is Live
Twitch is rolling out its new mobile app and published a new article to talk about its new features. Read Article
Over the weekend, Twitch Rivals hosted a Multiversus tournament, a game that just re-launched after a 12-month break. Congratulations to the winners @gsmVoiD & @RossFGC!!!
Twitch is disbanding its Safety Advisory Council and will be replacing it with Twitch Ambassadors. Read Article
150 streamers are participating in the House of Nightmares Minecraft event on Twitch Rivals from June 2 - 6. See Bracket
TwitchCon tickets officially went on sale! See Tweet
YouTube announced that creators of all currencies can now view their payment details through YouTube Studio. When this launched last November, it was only for USD. Read Details
YouTube highlights how creators can create members-only content in a new video. Watch Video
Bloomberg interviews YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. This is a really good listen! Watch Video
The Creator Liaison interviews YouTuber Journalist Johnny Harris on Creator Insider. Watch Video
🎙️ Creator News
MrBeast overtakes T-Series as the most subscribed YouTube channel. See Tweet
Ludwig’s new Fast50 3-Day event raised over $250K for No Kid Hungry and Wings For Life. See Tweet
The OTK Games Expo returns for its second year. Watch it later today on their Twitch channel. Watch Trailer
Complex interviews Nadeshot to discuss the recent launch of the 100 Thieves x Adidas merch line. Read Interview
Creators for Palestine successfully raised over $1.5 million. See Celebration Video or Watch The VOD
During the Founding Fathers LAN event, FaZe Banks properly destroyed Nadeshot 20-5 in the OG Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 1v1 match on Rust. See The Winning Kill
🔴Streaming News
Discord alternative, Guilded, shared a platform update announcing plans to have user accounts require a Roblox accounts. Email logins will no longer be supported. Read Update
Discord Founder and CEO, Jason Citron, shares their vision for the future of the platform with a focus on developer support, platform performance, and cross-platform compatibility. Read Update
StreamElements shares its May 2024 State of Stream Report. Read Update
Starting on July 1st, Twitter will require all creators interesting in monetizing their content to verify their ID. Read Update
Check out the new SOOP live streaming website. Visit Site
🎮 Gaming News
Wholesome Direct starts June 8th at 9am PST. Watch on Twitch or YouTube
Xbox announced the Xbox Games Showcase will broadcast on June 10th at 10am PST. See Announcement
Netflix announced a Tomb Raider anime starring Haley Atwell as Lara Croft. The new show will debut on October 10th of this year. See Trailer
Riot Studio Head Anna Donlon shared a video to address the growing concerns around negative player behavior on Valorant. I wrote about this in a previous edition of the newsletter. Watch Video
Check out the trailer for the Return To Silent Hill movie. Watch Trailer
🥳You Made It To The End!🥳
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