{"id":209522,"date":"2017-12-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/microsoft-launches-hypezone-stream-for-pubg-which-only-shows-players-close-to-winning\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:00:00","slug":"microsoft-launches-hypezone-stream-for-pubg-which-only-shows-players-close-to-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/microsoft-launches-hypezone-stream-for-pubg-which-only-shows-players-close-to-winning\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft launches &#8216;HypeZone&#8217; stream for PUBG, which only shows players close to winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"cool-concept\">Cool concept<\/h2> <p>I don&#8217;t use Mixer, Microsoft&#8217;s new answer to Twitch all that often, but I might pop in from time to time to see how their latest channel concept is going.<\/p> <p>It&#8217;s called &#8220;HypeZone,&#8221; and the idea is that it&#8217;ll only showcase <em>PlayerUnknown&#8217;s Battlegrounds<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>PUBG<\/em>) players who are close to winning &#8212; cutting out most of the fat, akin to the NFL RedZone channel that was founded in 2009. As soon as someone wins or dies, the stream switches to something else.<\/p> <p>If every channel was like this it would be pretty bad as the start game, as slow as it is in some cases, is an important part of a battle royale match, but having this option is perfectly fine. 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