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PUBG, Smash Bros and Brawl Stars: Our favorite Twitch streams of the year
We run through our best streams and best moments of the year!
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It’s been a fantastic year for games. Here on Abacus, we’ve streamed dozens of games on our Twitch channel. We’ve done China’s biggest games and some lesser-known ones. We’ve collaborated with our colleagues to play some party games together. We’ve even had special guests join us for a gentle conversation (along with some less-gentle Mario Kart).
So with the year coming to a close, let's revisit some of our favorite games and on-air moments.
Xinmei: PUBG Mobile
PUBG, the battle royale pioneer
It is to some degree my first ever real gaming experience. I was fascinated by the idea of Battle Royale (despite being traumatized by the movie as a kid) and was immediately drawn to PUBG’s realistic look and straightforward gameplay. But the biggest reason? It’s free to play on mobile, and it’s super newbie-friendly because it has, well... lots of easy-to-shoot bots.
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Ravi: New Super Mario Bros Wii
I'm not gonna lie, beating our colleagues in our Mario Kart 8 stream was pretty special, and talking to the creator of the Pebble smartwatch was a lot of fun. But there can be only one highlight this year: Watching Josh die a lot while playing Mario.
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We managed to get our hands on the China-only version of the Nvidia Shield, which is special because it has a few Wii games on it -- one of the extremely rare occasions when Nintendo allows its games to appear on another platform. I thought we'd have a nice, relaxing stream, playing the casual multiplayer New Super Mario Bros Wii. But that peace was rudely interrupted by Josh dying... over, and over, and over again.
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