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Another big winner in Apple’s awards was Genshin Impact , which took home the top prize for Game of the Year for iPhones devices . The free-to-play game managed to capture many with its Breath of the Wild feel despite fears that the game’s gacha mechanics would deter players. Genshin Impact is far from struggling; in fact, according to one report, the game is tantalizingly close to an amazing financial milestone. From the game’s release in September to the end of November the game brought in nearly $400 million dollars on mobile platforms al The crossplay feature was announced back in October during the Minecraft Live show . During the show, both Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons had a bunch of new announcements for upcoming features in the games. Beyond the free crossplay update for November, further content was revealed for Minecraft Dungeons going into December of 2020. Howling Peaks, which is the third DLC expansion for the game, will bring content similar to that of the previous two expansions. While Howling Peaks won't be free, a free update will be added alongside it that will provide quality of life changes and a bunch of new difficulty settings for veteran play Winners of Apple ’s App Store Best of 2020 were announced today with Among Us _ and Minecraft _ taking first place in key categories. Both games have been around for some time - Minecraft originally released on mobile platforms nearly 10 years ago and Among Us in 2018 - but the two games remain popular today. Among Us has been especially notable this year as its popularity unexpectedly skyrocketed years after its launch, capturing the imagination of many fa Goats are among the few brand new mobs that will be added to Minecraft with the _Caves & Cliffs _ update. These offensive animals tend to ram other beings they encounter, and given the fact that their habitat essentially covers mountainous areas, incautious players can experience freefalls from dangerous heights if they take a hit from goats. Powder snow is another new addition, which basically endues blocks of snow with behavior that of cobwebs allowing entities such as players and mobs to sink through Since the initial release of Minecraft Dungeons , there have been a couple of DLCs to expand on the game. The first was the Jungle Awakens update, and most recently was the Creeping Winter addition . Each DLC pack added new areas to explore and new bosses to take down, whether solo or in a group. They both cost $6 as separate pieces of content. However, for players that purchased the Hero Edition of the game, both updates could be automatically played. On the other hand, the crossplay update that's coming up will be free of charge for all play Fans are already discussing what they'll use the new content for, and in a game like Minecraft , the possibilities with this many Star Wars references are vast. It's also worth noting that this announcement comes as a complete surprise to fans, who weren't expecting any Minecraft and Star Wars mash-ups in the near future outside of that content's obvious inclusion on many players' wishlists for future updates. While the character skins certainly port in interesting ways in some cases - Baby Yoda is adorable , while actual Yoda's expressionless face is frightening - they open up a lot of options for the already robust amount of skins available in Minecra With everything that has happened over the last couple of months, many beauty/entertainment people have also taken to Twitch to promote their content – which has lead to an intense growth in viewership. This isn’t the first time that new content and users that have come to Twitch have suddenly overtaken the platform, and with how things currently are, it wouldn’t be a surprise if some of these channels and topics became much more popular in the years to c In the new State of Stream from November 2020 at Stream Elements , Twitch reported that while there was only a .5% month-over-month increase, it was still enough to bring in another milestone of nearly 1.7 billion hours watched. While some games did experience a drop in viewership, like Among Us or Grand Theft Auto 5, new games saw a major increase in views with releases that sparked viewership, like Minecraft’s Star Wars DLC that became available to purchase. That resulted in a 60% change in viewership for that particular game. Just Chatting has kept its number-one spot among the most-viewed content, with nearly 228 million hours watched – but that is an all-time high. There has also been a new streamer that has topped the charts over xQcOW, and that is Gaules, who has now sat atop the streaming charts three times. Another new streamer that has made his way into the top 10 is Sykkuno, popularized with his lets plays of Minecraft and Among Crossplay will be a feature in Minecraft Dungeons for nintendo Switch collectibles|Https://switchmixzone.com/ Switch, Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. In a tweet today from the Minecraft Dungeons Twitter account, the free update was confirmed to be landing on November 17 for everyone. There was no word on whether or not the update would be making its way to next-gen consoles like PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S. The game will however be available on next-gen consoles, both of which release this w