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Games industry marketers toss around "unique" and "innovative" like so much wedding confetti. Words that should describe an exciting quality are applied even to minor tweaks on established formulas, at once losing their impact and distracting from just how rare genuine innovation can be. If you're looking for unique, however, Rival Peak is the real deal; a sui generis fusion of video game, livestream and reality tv show, supported by cutting-edge technology and hosted on the world's biggest social platform. While multiple companies are involved in its creation, Rival Peak's origins can be tr...

Dec 23, 2020 18:00 EST After experiments such as Netflix's interactive shows, of which Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is arguably the most famous example, there's a new project called Rival Peak that's exploring a different side of the intersection between games and television. Described by its makers as a 'Massive Interactive Live Experience', Rival Peak is a reality show that started airing on Facebook earlier this month where viewers can choose to interact in various ways, chiefly picking who will get eliminated. So far, it probably sounds familiar. Only this is all created by the Unity e...