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Mixer Testing Video Broadcasting with USB Webcams on Xbox One. At Mixer, we’re continuously impressed by the number of gamers embracing and enjoying the easy-to-use broadcasting that Mixer offers on Xbox One – and are equally enthusiastic about our journey ahead with fans. We’ve heard from many who have broadcasted for the very first time, as well as those who love being able to share gameplay with friends over Xbox Live regularly. One piece of feedback commonly heard is around using an existing USB webcam to share video image alongside your gameplay (similar to using the Kinect camera today). Your feedback is key, and we’re making that request a reality—but we need your help! Starting today, support for USB webcams on Xbox One arrives for Xbox Insiders (Preview Alpha Ring)—including the ability to plug in and use them for broadcasting on Mixer! Those within the Alpha Ring of the Xbox Insider program will see this functionality as early as today, and rolling out to more Insiders in the coming weeks. Help us test this feature and get it ready for prime time by plugging in your USB webcams and giving feedback on your experiences. Don't forget Xbox Insiders, you'll need to report your feedback through the console specifically rather than Mixer support channels. We won’t release this feature broadly until we’re confident in the experience, so the more webcams we can get testing on, the better! If you’re not yet in the Xbox Insider program but interested in joining to help test this and other new features, it’s easy to get started. Just navigate to the Store on your Xbox One console, search for the “Xbox Insider Hub,” download the app and start testing new console updates, games and apps. Thank you for every bit of continued feedback – we’re looking forward to seeing more faces and personalities broadcasting on camera, soon! Note: Because many ‘off the shelf’ USB webcams do not offer echo cancellation like Kinect, this is presently limited to video capture only – those camera streaming will still require the use of a headset/microphone setup to include broadcast audio. The next generation of live game streaming. Welcome to Mixer. Mixer is the only next gen streaming service that offers viewers real-time influence and participation in live game streams. Streamers and viewers can connect like never before, engaging together to create a whole new streaming experience. Let viewers rock your Minecraft world. Now viewers can fully participate in your Minecraft stream. Summon zombies, gift weapons, place objects, and make night fall. For every Minecraft command, you can create an interactive button and let your viewers loose to help, hinder, or just mess with you. FTL (Faster Than Light) Technology. While other platforms leave you waiting 10-20 seconds, our streaming protocol delivers content with less than one second of latency. It makes game streams so fast, clear and easy that streamers and viewers are practically in the same room together. Be part of the game. Interactivity is the cornerstone of everything we offer. From selecting built-in soundboards and visual elements to 4-player co-streams, viewers can interact with their favorite streamers in ways that are deeper, more personal and (most importantly) more fun. Effortless streaming – anytime, anywhere. Mixer makes it easy to start streaming your gameplay. In just a couple of clicks, you can start broadcasting on Windows 10 or Xbox One—no extra software required. And coming soon, the Mixer Create app on iOS and Android will let you easily broadcast your gameplay on the go. In it together. A diverse community of unique individuals engaging together to create new possibilities—that’s what makes Mixer such a blast! How to use Mixer to stream Xbox One games. What on earth is Mixer , you ask? You thought everyone streamed on Twitch or YouTube? A relative upstart in the streaming game was scooped up by Microsoft and suddenly found itself in the limelight. And Microsoft recently changed the name of the service to Mixer. You might find yourself wondering how to get started with it, and how to share your Xbox One games (other consoles are also available) with the world. Well, you have two options: You can share directly from the console, or by using additional hardware and software for a more customized broadcast. That hardware will be a capture card, such as the Elgato HD60S and your PC, as well as some broadcasting software. Two of the most popular options are Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) which is free, and XSplit, which requires a subscription for the full feature set. You'll also need to sign up for a free account on the Mixer website. You can either sign up using your email or login with Twitter, Discord or your Microsoft Account. Updated June 6, 2017: We added information on broadcasting from Xbox One, co-streaming, the rebrand to Mixer and fresh images to match the latest user interface. How to stream on Mixer from the Xbox One. This one's easy, but you have to have your Microsoft Account and your Mixer account linked if you signed up in the old days of Beam. While you're inside any game on your console, simply press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide. Scroll down to the broadcast tab and select broadcast your game . You have some simple options to deal with first, such as naming your stream and setting up your audio and camera if you're using a Kinect. Hit start broadcast when you're ready, and off you go. How to stream on Mixer using OBS. On your Mixer dashboard select manage channel from the sidebar menu on the right-hand side of the screen. Select Setup stream from the screen that displays. When asked what you're using to stream, select OBS . (The best server should be selected automatically based on location and latency, but you can change this here.) Next, copy your stream key from the highlighted box. That's what you need to do on the Mixer website. Next, you should fire up your broadcasting software, in this case, OBS Studio. Select Settings in OBS Studio. Select the Stream tab on the left sidebar. How to stream on Mixer using XSplit. If you're using XSplit Broadcaster to stream, the latest versions of the app support Mixer natively. Just be aware that in XSplit, Mixer is still referred to as Beam and it has the old logo because it hasn't been updated, at least not at the time of this writing. In XSplit Broadcaster select Extensions. Scroll down and select Get more extensions. In the Plugin Store you see, click on the Show Outputs button. Select Beam. To add Mixer chat, select Show Sources in the Plugin Store. Select Beam Chat Viewer. You now have native support for streaming to Mixer added to XSplit. From here it's very easy to set up your stream: In XSplit Broadcaster, go to the Outputs menu. Scroll down to Set up a new output, and then select Beam. In the window that appears, click Authorize. You'll now be taken to Mixer to log in with your account information. Once you're all logged in, go to the Outputs menu again. Click on the settings cog next to your account. The settings menu will now open allowing you to customize your output, including audio and video bitrate, as well as name your stream. That's all there is to it. These basic steps will help you set up your Mixer account for streaming, but there are other things to consider, such as bitrate. Mixer recommends what you should use in your dashboard, in our case it's showing as 720p, 30 frames per second (FPS), and a maximum 2,500 Kbps bitrate. You'll need to take these into account in your broadcast software as you set up your stream. A lot of this will depend on your broadband upload speed and consistency. How to stream games on Mixer using FTL. FTL stands for "Faster Than Light," and it's Mixer's latest technology that promises sub-second latency on your streams. That means almost no delay between you and your audience, and Mixer is all about interactivity. FTL is still a work in progress but you can try it out for yourselves using XSplit, Elgato Game Capture or a custom version of OBS Studio known as Tachyon. If you're interested, we have a guide to getting set up. How to 'co-stream' on Mixer. "Co-streaming" is one of the best features to arrive along with the relaunch of Beam as Mixer. It means you and up to three other people can stream at the same time and broadcast through one channel. For example, if you're all playing on the same team in a first person shooter such as Battlefield 1 or Destiny, you can all show a different point of view while also broadcasting your party chats. It's insane! The set up can be a bit involved, but we have a comprehensive guide with everything you need to know. If you're ever lurking on Mixer, be sure to give Windows Central a follow! Introducing “Mixer” Hello! I’m Matt, one of the co-founders of Mixer and engineering lead on the platform at Microsoft. Huge welcome to all of you new visitors who are checking out Mixer today for the very first time. We think we have something pretty special here, and are excited to share it with you. Those of you who are already a part of our community….you’ve probably noticed a lot of changes today, starting with the name. Today marks a big evolution of our interactive live-streaming platform and a new name for the service: Mixer. But, more than just the name, we’re launching several of the features that you all have been asking for. Features that will unlock a whole new world of possibilities for social streaming, and help viewers find the content they’re looking for across the service. Why the name change? This was a tough decision, and not one that we made lightly. But, it was something that we decided on as a team. We believe so much in the power of the platform and want to grow it in every major market around the world. Unfortunately, that wasn’t something we could do with the Beam name. We chose Mixer as our new name because it represents what we love most about the service….how it brings people together. It brings people together through the core experience and “special sauce” that our fans already know and love: the ability to not just watch streams, but to also interact with streamers and play together in near real-time. In other words, Mixer is livestreaming that’s actually LIVE , compared to the 10 – 20 second latency you typically get on other platforms. What’s more, viewers can actively participate in what’s happening on screen instead of just watching from the sidelines. With Mixer, you can influence everything from quest selection to tools to movement, mixing it up with your favorite streamers to create a new kind of gaming experience. The Minecraft team is experimenting with the interactivity that Mixer offers as a possibility for official game integration. And, some Minecraft community members have already created interactive experiences using this technology that allow viewers to do things like spawn in zombies or change the weather. This gets to the heart of what Mixer means for us. We want to empower gamers and everyone who wants to share their passion – whatever it may be – to create and share more easily than ever before across PC, console and mobile. Mixer represents our vision for the next generation of multiplayer – watching and participating alongside your friends in gameplay streaming from anywhere in the world. One fantastic example of interactivity in action is from our friends at Telltale Games. Ever wondered what it’d be like to play a game with a dynamic interactive story where hundreds or thousands of other people are voting on a player’s choices? Well, Telltale Games has designed something truly unique. Their “Crowd Play” feature in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series , The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and BATMAN: The Telltale Series allows an audience to choose what happens at story moments and determine the trajectory and outcome of the adventure. They’ve already debuted games on the big screen in theaters and at gaming conventions where hundreds of fans have lined up to help vote on decisions from their mobile devices. In the online space, this type of “live audience” interaction is only possible on a service without latency issues since it’s important that the dialogue and gameplay feel smooth and natural. What’s especially exciting is that Telltale plans to bring this unique type of massive online player participation to streamers and players around the world in all their future projects. We’re thrilled to see developers and community members using Mixer’s interactive tools in such creative ways and can’t wait to see what other imaginative ideas creators will bring to life building on our Interactive 2.0 development kit. New Innovations for the Next Generation of Streaming. The Mixer service is built directly into the Guide on Xbox One and Game bar on Windows 10 to make it super easy for anyone to start streaming their gameplay. Anyone can share their gameplay with friends, or start building out an audience, in just a couple of clicks, and with no extra software required. Today, we’re excited to start rolling out several new features that will unleash a whole new world of possibilities for streamers to interact and engage more deeply with their audiences, and for viewers to find the content most relevant to them: Co-Streaming Launches Today. Starting today, we’re launching the first built-in cooperative streaming experience on a streaming platform where up to 4 streamers can combine their streams into a single viewer experience. Co-streaming enables multiple channel streams to be displayed on a single Mixer page. You and up to three other friends can deliver a stream that combines separate stream sources into one shared “split-screen” view, including a centralized chat experience. Co-streaming is available now for everyone. And in the coming weeks, Xbox One users will be able to invite friends to join a co-stream directly from the Guide. Co-streaming doesn’t require streamers to play the same game or even do the same activity, and you can join a co-stream with friends who are streaming from different types of devices. Four friends can broadcast a co-op session of League of Legends or PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds , and then just as easily stream a remote live-band jam session or play a multiplayer board game with their viewers. Viewers don’t need to flip back and forth across different streams to view the same group of streamers – they can watch all the action in one place, while enjoying all the innovative interactivity that Mixer offers. Mixer Create Beta Launches on Mobile Devices (iOS and Android). Mixer Create is a new mobile app that enables self-broadcasting, and we’re kicking off the beta today (available publicly on Android, and through Apple’s TestFlight service by invite only). Soon thereafter, we’ll add the ability to stream live gameplay from your mobile device as well. The ability to broadcast gameplay on-the-go opens up entirely new social gaming possibilities. In the future, you could imagine streaming Pokémon Go on your mobile device, through Mixer, and hunting with viewers! Once mobile gameplay streaming launches, you’ll be able to join a co-stream with friends who are broadcasting on PC, console or other mobile devices. Channel One. Channel One is an always-on, moderated channel of content that lets you see what’s happening across Mixer. We’ll highlight a wide variety of content, including big title releases, livestream events, tips and tricks, esports updates, and more. There’s always something new on Channel One, and it’s a great “first stop” for new visitors to see what’s out there and get acquainted with our service. Mixer Page on the Xbox One Dashboard. Launching today to Xbox Insiders, the new Mixer page on the Xbox One dashboard will feature some of the most unique, popular and engaging streams that are broadcast on Mixer, curated by our dedicated team. We’ll showcase the huge variety of diverse, creative content from our streaming community and allow viewers to easily find content relevant to them. And it’s a great way to see what many of our awesome Mixer partners are up to. We’re also committed to making Mixer the premier place to watch Xbox at E3 June 11-15. Today, we’re excited to announce that Xbox will be broadcasting the E3 briefing in 4K Ultra HD, with a special edition Mixer 4K broadcast for those with a 4K A/V setup ready to go. And, there will be some special digital bonuses for those watching and signed in on Mixer. Be sure to create your account in advance so you don’t miss out on any of the fun. We hope you enjoy these new features. Be sure to let us know what you think on our feedback forums! Another exciting announcement today is the introduction of the Mixer NYC Studio. Located at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York, the Mixer NYC Studio is a digital production studio designed for live audience, competitive and community gaming events. The state of the art facility includes broadcast capabilities to bring gaming and esports events held on the store’s 5 th floor to fans globally through Mixer, as well as serve as a destination for gaming fans to experience next-gen interactivity as players, creators and viewers, in an array of events at the center of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The studio is outfitted with professional-grade gaming stations, a control room that supports 2D and 3D graphic effects, a digital audio system bringing arena, concert sound quality, full interactive lighting control, an LED video wall, shoutcaster desks and player lounges, along with stage, audience and commentary setups. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Passes 3 Million Players on Xbox One. Since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) launched on Xbox One through the Xbox Game Preview program, it’s been awesome to see the excitement and passion on display from the Xbox community. Whether you’re streaming in the HypeZone on Mixer or battling for a chicken dinner with your squad, players on Xbox are helping build and improve the game on console. Today, PUBG Corp. and Xbox are excited to share that through the end of 2017 the PUBG community on Xbox One has already grown to over three million players. Thank you for your incredible support! The team at PUBG Corp. is determined to continue to improve the in-game experience for PUBG’s growing and active community and have already released four updates since the game’s launch in Xbox Game Preview on December 12. You’ll continue to see regular updates roll out for PUBG on Xbox One such as this week’s addition of first-person support for solo, duo, and squads gameplay and the team is just getting started, with more updates planned that include additional game optimization and the new Miramar map – keep up-to-date by visiting PUBG Corp’s official forums. Choosing speaker audio settings on Xbox One. If you're just plugging your Xbox into your TV, you won't need to change any audio settings since both sound and video go to your TV over the same HDMI cable. However, if you have an audio receiver or other sound setup, you may want to change your audio settings. In System > Settings > Display & sound > Audio output : HDMI audio - Keep this set at Stereo uncompressed unless your HDMI cable is plugged into a receiver that can process 5.1 or 7.1 uncompressed signals or bitstream formats. If your receiver works with these formats, select whichever one best matches your system. Optical audio - If you don't have an optical (SPDIF) cable plugged into an audio receiver, don't worry about this setting. If you do, choose a setting that works with your sound system. Bitstream format – Once you’ve set HDMI audio or Optical audio to Bitstream out , you can select one of these formats. These formats are typically used with compatible audio receivers or optical headphones. Formats labeled “HDMI only” will turn off Optical audio. Note If you choose the DVI TV connection setting over in Video output , you can only get sound over optical audio, not HDMI. Fall Update for Mixer on Xbox One. With the exciting announcement from Xbox today we’ve got some news to share as well for Mixer! With this newest update rolling out, your Mixer tab on the dashboard will now display broadcast previews so you can see what’s going on in popular streams. Quality options have also expanded – if your bandwidth supports a 1080p broadcast, it will automatically be upgraded for your Xbox One family of devices. The Broadcast & Capture tab in Guide is also now integrated even more with Mixer! Once you start your stream, a new fly-out will appear that includes more info like your profile stats. Something we know many of you will be excited about: this update also includes the option to now use your USB webcam to broadcast yourself alongside your gameplay on Mixer straight from the console! Microsoft’s Beam renamed to Mixer, adds co-op streaming (update) Split-screen viewing hits PC for all, Xbox One for Insiders. The logo for Mixer, the streaming service formerly known as Beam. Mixer. Beam, the Microsoft-owned livestreaming platform that’s integrated into Windows 10 and the Xbox One, will henceforth be known as Mixer, the service announced today. “Why the name change? This was a tough decision, and not one that we made lightly,” said Matt Salsamendi, co-founder and engineering lead at Mixer, in a blog post. “But, it was something that we decided on as a team. We believe so much in the power of the platform and want to grow it in every major market around the world. Unfortunately, that wasn’t something we could do with the Beam name.” It’s an understandable change for the service to make. Mixer offers something unique in the livestreaming market — interactive streaming, which allows viewers to affect gameplay for supported titles — and the company touts its low-latency streaming as a better alternative to the competition. (Mixer says that its streams run with less than one second of delay, while the latency is typically 10-20 seconds on other services.) But the vast majority of people who livestream video games use Twitch or YouTube, two platforms that are more popular than Mixer by orders of magnitude. Mixer plans to continue attempting to distinguish itself by adding features that other services don’t offer, and to keep focusing on streaming as a social experience. “We chose Mixer as our new name because it represents what we love most about the service. how it brings people together,” said Salsamendi. Four-player co-streaming of Rare’s Sea of Thieves using Mixer. Mixer The new Mixer tab on the Xbox One dashboard. Mixer Browsing through Mixer livestreams. Mixer An interactive livestream of a Minecraft game via Mixer. Mixer A “crowd play” session of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series using Mixer’s interactive livestreaming feature. Mixer Mixer’s homescreen. Mixer. Beam debuted in January 2016; Microsoft acquired the Seattle-based company in August. Microsoft added Beam to Windows 10 and the Xbox One earlier this spring. In addition to rebranding itself, Mixer also announced today a slate of features that are coming to the service. The list is headlined by what Mixer calls “co-streaming,” which is available today on PC for everyone and on Xbox One for Insiders. Co-streaming allows for as many as four Mixer users to team up and broadcast together, combining multiple “separate stream sources into one shared ‘split-screen’ view, including a centralized chat experience,” according to Salsamendi. The feature will give viewers the ability to watch, say, an Overwatch match from the perspective of four different teammates simultaneously. But the streamers in the party can each be doing different things — they don’t need to be playing the same game or anything. Mixer is also introducing a new mobile app in beta today, Mixer Create, that supports self-broadcasting at launch on Android and iOS. The company plans to add the ability to stream mobile games “soon thereafter.” (The existing Mixer mobile app is just for watching streams.) On the console side, the Xbox One dashboard will now feature a Mixer tab with a selection of livestreams curated by Mixer staff. The company also said today that it will stream Microsoft’s E3 2017 press briefing in 4K. Update: We’ve clarified some details regarding the Mixer Create mobile app. Introducing “Mixer” Matt Salsamendi, Co-founder and Mixer Engineering Lead, discusses Mixer – the next generation live game streaming service. Hello! I’m Matt, one of the co-founders of Mixer and engineering lead on the platform at Microsoft. Huge welcome to all of you new visitors who are checking out Mixer today for the very first time. We think we have something pretty special here, and are excited to share it with you. Those of you who are already a part of our community….you’ve probably noticed a lot of changes today, starting with the name. Today marks a big evolution of our interactive live-streaming platform and a new name for the service: Mixer. But, more than just the name, we’re launching several of the features that you all have been asking for. Features that will unlock a whole new world of possibilities for social streaming, and help viewers find the content they’re looking for across the service. Why the name change? This was a tough decision, and not one that we made lightly. But, it was something that we decided on as a team. We believe so much in the power of the platform and want to grow it in every major market around the world. Unfortunately, that wasn’t something we could do with the Beam name. We chose Mixer as our new name because it represents what we love most about the service….how it brings people together. It brings people together through the core experience and “special sauce” that our fans already know and love: the ability to not just watch streams, but to also interact with streamers and play together in near real-time. In other words, Mixer is livestreaming that’s actually LIVE, compared to the 10 – 20 second latency you typically get on other platforms. What’s more, viewers can actively participate in what’s happening on screen instead of just watching from the sidelines. With Mixer, you can influence everything from quest selection to tools to movement, mixing it up with your favorite streamers to create a new kind of gaming experience. The Minecraft team is experimenting with the interactivity that Mixer offers as a possibility for official game integration. And, some Minecraft community members have already created interactive experiences using this technology that allow viewers to do things like spawn in zombies or change the weather. This gets to the heart of what Mixer means for us. We want to empower gamers and everyone who wants to share their passion – whatever it may be – to create and share more easily than ever before across PC, console and mobile. Mixer represents our vision for the next generation of multiplayer – watching and participating alongside your friends in gameplay streaming from anywhere in the world. Crowd Play from Telltale Games. One fantastic example of interactivity in action is from our friends at Telltale Games. Ever wondered what it’d be like to play a game with a dynamic interactive story where hundreds or thousands of other people are voting on a player’s choices? Well, Telltale Games has designed something truly unique. Their “Crowd Play” feature in “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series,” “The Walking Dead: A New Frontier” and “BATMAN: The Telltale Series” allows an audience to choose what happens at story moments and determine the trajectory and outcome of the adventure. They’ve already debuted games on the big screen in theaters and at gaming conventions where hundreds of fans have lined up to help vote on decisions from their mobile devices. In the online space, this type of “live audience” interaction is only possible on a service without latency issues since it’s important that the dialogue and gameplay feel smooth and natural. What’s especially exciting is that Telltale plans to bring this unique type of massive online player participation to streamers and players around the world in all their future projects. We’re thrilled to see developers and community members using Mixer’s interactive tools in such creative ways and can’t wait to see what other imaginative ideas creators will bring to life building on our Interactive 2.0 development kit. New Innovations for the Next Generation of Streaming. The Mixer service is built directly into the Guide on Xbox One and Game bar on Windows 10 to make it super easy for anyone to start streaming their gameplay. Anyone can share their gameplay with friends, or start building out an audience, in just a couple of clicks, and with no extra software required. Today, we’re excited to start rolling out several new features that will unleash a whole new world of possibilities for streamers to interact and engage more deeply with their audiences, and for viewers to find the content most relevant to them: *Co-Streaming Launches Today. . Starting today, we’re launching the first built-in cooperative streaming experience on a streaming platform where up to 4 streamers can combine their streams into a single viewer experience. Co-streaming enables multiple channel streams to be displayed on a single Mixer page. You and up to three other friends can deliver a stream that combines separate stream sources into one shared “split-screen” view, including a centralized chat experience. Co-streaming is available now for everyone. And in the coming weeks, Xbox One users will be able to invite friends to join a co-stream directly from the Guide. Co-streaming doesn’t require streamers to play the same game or even do the same activity, and you can join a co-stream with friends who are streaming from different types of devices. Four friends can broadcast a co-op session of “League of Legends” or “PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds,” and then just as easily stream a remote live-band jam session or play a multiplayer board game with their viewers. Viewers don’t need to flip back and forth across different streams to view the same group of streamers – they can watch all the action in one place, while enjoying all the innovative interactivity that Mixer offers. *Mixer Create Beta Launches on Mobile Devices (iOS and Android). Mixer Create is a new mobile app that enables self-broadcasting, and we’re kicking off the beta today (available publicly on Android, and through Apple’s TestFlight service by invite only). Soon thereafter, we’ll add the ability to stream live gameplay from your mobile device as well. The ability to broadcast gameplay on-the-go opens up entirely new social gaming possibilities. In the future, you could imagine streaming Pokémon Go on your mobile device, through Mixer, and hunting with viewers! Once mobile gameplay streaming launches, you’ll be able to join a co-stream with friends who are broadcasting on PC, console or other mobile devices. *Channel One. Channel One is an always-on, moderated channel of content that lets you see what’s happening across Mixer. We’ll highlight a wide variety of content, including big title releases, livestream events, tips and tricks, esports updates, and more. There’s always something new on Channel One, and it’s a great “first stop” for new visitors to see what’s out there and get acquainted with our service. *Mixer Page on the Xbox One Dashboard. Launching today to Xbox Insiders, the new Mixer page on the Xbox One dashboard will feature some of the most unique, popular and engaging streams that are broadcast on Mixer, curated by our dedicated team. We’ll showcase the huge variety of diverse, creative content from our streaming community and allow viewers to easily find content relevant to them. And it’s a great way to see what many of our awesome Mixer partners are up to. We’re also committed to making Mixer the premier place to watch Xbox at E3 June 11-15. Today, we’re excited to announce that Xbox will be broadcasting the E3 briefing in 4K Ultra HD, with a special edition Mixer 4K broadcast for those with a 4K A/V setup ready to go. And, there will be some special digital bonuses for those watching and signed in on Mixer. Be sure to create your account in advance so you don’t miss out on any of the fun. We hope you enjoy these new features. Be sure to let us know what you think on our feedback forums! Another exciting announcement today is the introduction of the Mixer NYC Studio. Located at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York, the Mixer NYC Studio is a digital production studio designed for live audience, competitive and community gaming events. The state of the art facility includes broadcast capabilities to bring gaming and esports events held on the store’s 5 th floor to fans globally through Mixer, as well as serve as a destination for gaming fans to experience next-gen interactivity as players, creators and viewers, in an array of events at the center of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The studio is outfitted with professional-grade gaming stations, a control room that supports 2D and 3D graphic effects, a digital audio system bringing arena, concert sound quality, full interactive lighting control, an LED video wall, shoutcaster desks and player lounges, along with stage, audience and commentary setups. Check out Mixer.com/MicrosoftStore for the latest Mixer NYC Studio events, streams and how to join. Finally, we invite you to join us in celebrating Mixer’s launch with a full day of livestreaming fun at mixer.com/mixer! We will be kicking off the festivities at 11 a.m. Pacific Time today with a livestream from the Microsoft campus where we’ll share more details and demo all the great new features that are launching. Immediately afterwards, the Mixer NYC Studio will host a gaming marathon that continues throughout the day, featuring a variety of streamers competing for bragging rights in a multi-genre esports gauntlet including Forza Motorsport 6, For Honor, Rocket League, Gang Beasts and Overcooked. Plus, Microsoft Store locations will be celebrating today’s launch with Forza Motorsport 6 tournaments, giveaways and more. At 6 p.m. PT, co-founder James Boehm will be hosting a Co-streaming Partner Spotlight where he’ll be playing, co-streaming, chatting, and answering questions alongside many of our amazing Mixer partners. The celebration concludes with Mixerworks, an interactive fireworks show that begins at 9 p.m. PT and showcases how Mixer’s interactivity truly works by allowing you to create the display. Thank you to all our fans for your support in making Mixer such an engaging and welcoming community. And for all the new visitors today, please let us know what you think. You can reach us at @WatchMixer or at http://www.mixer.com. See you on the streams! The Latest Recently on Major Nelson. This Week On Xbox: February 02, 2018. Starpoint Gemini Warlords Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One. 🌊 Larry Hryb 🌊 ⚓ @majornelson. #freecodefridaycontest time. 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