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12 Things You Didn't Know About Sonic The Hedgehog
Splatoon 3: What We Want At E3 2021
Animated Emotes Are Coming To Twitch By The End Of The Year

12 Things You Didn't Know About Sonic The Hedgehog

Posted: 06 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Sonic is celebrating his 30th Anniversary this year, so, it's time to ask yourself: How much about the blue blur do you really know?

Splatoon 3: What We Want At E3 2021

Posted: 06 Jun 2021 08:00 AM PDT

While Switch's 2022 lineup is still largely a mystery, we know of one marquee game coming to the system next year: Splatoon 3. The next entry in Nintendo's colorful online shooter series is slated to hit the Switch sometime in 2022, and it looks like it'll shake up the familiar Splatoon gameplay in some notable ways. Although Nintendo's E3 Direct will focus largely on games coming this year, there's a chance the company will show off more of Splatoon 3 during the presentation, and here's what we hope we'll see.

What We Know So Far

Nintendo officially announced Splatoon 3 at the end of its February Nintendo Direct, and the game's reveal trailer gave us a look at some major changes for the series. The most obvious is the setting. Splatoon 3 takes place in an arid desert wasteland known as the Splatlands. At the heart of the desert is a new hub city called Splatsville, where players will gather between matches.

We also know the series' signature 4v4 Turf Wars will return in Splatoon 3, but this time, there will be new stages set in the wilds around Splatsville. Nintendo teases there will be new moves and weapons, as well; we got a glimpse at a new bow and a crab-shaped autobomb during the reveal trailer. It also appears that players will now launch themselves onto the map from the air rather than spawning in at designated locations.

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Animated Emotes Are Coming To Twitch By The End Of The Year

Posted: 05 Jun 2021 08:08 AM PDT

Soon, content creators across Twitch will be able to give their emotes a bit more life. In celebrating its tenth anniversary, Twitch is launching a few changes to emotes, including the option to make them animated.

According to a post on the Twitch blog, animated emotes will first be available to Twitch Partners "in a few weeks." Affiliates won't be left out but will likely gain access to animated emotes after Partners, with Twitch saying they would be available by the end of 2021. When they launch, creators will be able to upload a total of five animated emotes for their tier one subscribers to use.

Twitch is also adding a function to disable animated emotes for viewers "who may be sensitive to animations."

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