Twitch hack reveals Amazon’s Steam rival could be cheekily named Vapour - SociallyKeeda

The massive Twitch hack that simply occurred additionally got here with an attention-grabbing revelation within the type of leaked particulars that appear to point that Amazon (which owns Twitch) is constructing a Steam rival.

The would-be on-line video games retailer is codenamed Vapour (or Vapor) – presumably a cheeky dig at Steam slightly than a severe candidate for a closing identify – and in keeping with the data spilled within the hack, it’ll combine Twitch options as you would possibly anticipate. This was uncovered by information miner Sinoc on Twitter.

Grabbed Vapor, the codename for Amazon's Steam competitor. Seems to intigrate most of Twitch's options in addition to a bunch of recreation particular assist like fortnite and pubg.Also contains some Unity code for a recreation referred to as Vapeworld, which I assume is a few form of VR chat factor. pic.twitter.com/4KeeEOspyQOctober 6, 2021

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Think of Twitch however with a constructed-in video games platform the place you should buy the newest titles, and have your video games library in the identical place that you just do all of your stream viewing.

Sinoc additionally found code for what’s apparently an app by the identify of ‘Vapeworld’, which would seem to be some form of VR chat app full with numerous belongings together with 3D emotes. Presumably this could be built-in with Vapor inside Twitch, given the reference within the identify.

The (claimed) presence of these items within the leaked materials doesn't essentially imply it’s something past ideas and potential concepts for the long run, in fact.

Analysis: Could this occur, or is it prone to be Vapourware?

Vapour – or no matter it might find yourself being referred to as, if something ever comes of it – is sensible from Amazon’s viewpoint, provided that Twitch represents an immediate group as a buying viewers on faucet. With some intelligent technique – and unique video games or content material, perhaps – it’s not troublesome to think about how this could be a method of in a short time constructing a compelling rival to Steam.

Such a platform would, in fact, add to Amazon’s gaming strengths, with Prime Gaming (beforehand Twitch Prime) already providing free in-recreation goodies (and freebie video games for that matter).

Whether Vapour will find yourself on the pile as a missed (or maybe that ought to be ‘mist’) alternative, or if it’ll really ever come to something, clearly stays to be seen. Although PC Gamer, which noticed the above tweet, factors out a bit of proof which seemingly reinforces the likeliness – specifically an Amazon patent submitting from 2017 describing an interface for ‘joining games from a spectating system’, with the power to ‘order, purchase, or otherwise obtain demo or full versions of games’.

There are a couple of digital dots right here, because it have been, however we’d be silly to be too hasty to hitch them. Epic has, in fact, already gone toe-to-toe with Steam for years now, backed with a ton of money for exclusives, and Valve has managed to climate that storm so far…