According to a patent filed in July and published publicly just last week – snappily entitled “systems and methods of dynamically modifying video game content based on non-video game content being concurrently experienced by a user” – Activision wants to keep track of what you watch and use that data to make personalised recommendations to you.
Activision wants to recommend games to you based on the livestreams you watch.
“There has yet to be disclosed systems and methods for actually integrating, effecting or modifying video game play concurrent with a separate video stream or broadcast video,” Activision opines.
Activision has claimed its Call of Duty HQ launcher provides easier file management and seamless switching between games, despite criticism from players.