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On the surface, both PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite are rather similar games. Both are battle royale multiplayer machines that drop players off on a deserted island in groups of 100 so they can take eachother out in insane free-for-all style.

According to several sites today, Russian authorities have blocked off it's citizens from having access to Twitch, along with several other sites owned or operated by Google and Amazon The news started trickling in via social media and Reddit, the biggest one making traction right now is a post from streamer Angry Roleplayer who took[...]

This morning it was announced that Twitch and the NBA 2K League have come to an agreement for a multiyear deal to stream the league's competitions on the social streaming service The deal gives Twitch the first media rights deal for the league, which will debut on May 1st and feature over 100 NBA 2K players[...]

Last week, we talked about how Twitch and the Overwatch League were partnering up to have an All-Access Pass that would get you better ways to interact with the league games and give you special in-game items you couldn't get anywhere else Today, we finally got a look at the skins that they'll be presenting[...]

In the crossover event we never predicted would happen and probably should have, The Walking Dead will partner with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in a four-hour tournament involving some high-profile Twitch streamers The event is being called Survival Sunday's Battlegrounds and will take place on April 15th and will feature two teams that will represent The Walking Dead and[...]

Today, Blizzard and Twitch released a new announcement detailing new ways the two would partner up to make the Overwatch League a much more interactive experience, which includes introducing an All-Access Pass for viewers April 14th is being declared "Twitch Day at the Overwatch League", which will celebrate the partnership they've had so far and introduce[...]

Home Movies is getting its own marathon on Twitch this month as the social streaming service will partner with Shout! Factory again to air the entire series on the show's 19th anniversary for a Bingefest. The marathon will run from April 26th-28th where all 52 episodes of the four-season run and will include special content between[...]

Twitch is going to be getting some interesting content for the platform on April 11th, as Neill Blomkamp will be bringing over all the short films that he and his Oats Studios team have created for a livestream Kicking off at 11am PDT on Wednesday at Twitch.TV/OatsStudios, the crew will be showing each of the short films[...]

Twitch streamer Summit1g has experienced some backlash from his fanbase after making the decision to stream a few rounds of Fortnite with controversial YouTuber Jake Paul The Paul Brothers have attempted to join the Fortnite community before, and it didn't work out well then either. Unfortunately for Summit1g, the hostility toward Jake Paul has been transferred over to him in[...]

As part of the usual promotion tour you might expect from a film, Rampage will be taking a detour through Twitch with a special livestream this morning! Starting at 9 a.m PDT for two hours, the social streaming service will broadcast Rampage: Big Meets Bigger, featuring a seven-foot long retro video game controller, old-school tube TV,[...]

Stunlock Studios, Twitch, and Nexon have teamed up today to announce the debut of the Battlerite Pro League, the game's official competitive eSports league Battlerite Pro League, Season 1 will feature a showdown of the best-of- the-best in Europe, North America, South America and Korea with sign-ups beginning today and the competition starting on April[...]

The latest organization to get in on the plans of making their own Twitch channel specifically designed to show off esports games is Super League Gaming, who today announced plans to launch SuperLeagueTV as the first network dedicated to "dedicated to amateur esports and competitive amateur players." The organization has had a lot of success[...]

For those of you curious as to what kind of games you'll be getting in April from Twitch Prime, the company has revealed the five games you'll be able to pick up this month for free, just by having a membership Those five games will be: Tales from the Borderlands, DubWars, SteamWorld Dig 2, Kingsway, and[...]

If you're one of the many who have been using the Twitch app both to stream and watch broadcasts, you'll be happy to know that the app got an update today that essentially changes most of the app First off, the update numbered 1.21 gave everything a cosmetic change, as you look at the menu[...]

A bit of a surprise coming from Activision at the end of the week as the company made the announcement on Twitch that they would start broadcasting weekly streams of current games from their library The publisher started today on their own channel with roughly a 90-minute feed of Call of Duty: WWII during the game's current Operation:[...]

So like real pirates, the Twitch community of players have slowly started figuring everything out and are sharing their findings with you and each other This latest Reddit post from a user named NYMTV shows off the map he recently made of the entire sea, which includes animal spawns, forts, and outposts so you can[...]

KFC has partnered with the social streaming service Twitch for a special PUBG event between March 24th and 25th involving four specific streamers: Sacriel, Sequisha, Anthony Kongphan and Dr Lupo Whenever one of these four wins a game during those two days, you can now blast their chat using the KFC emote below for a chance to win your own KFC[...]

Next week, fans of the CGI-animated show ReBoot will get to relive the glory days of the show on Twitch, as the social streaming service has partnered with Shout! Factory to air a marathon of the original series starting March 28th One of the last truly awesome Saturday morning shows before the morning blocks started[...]

Are you the kind of Final Fantasy XV player that likes to collect weird and miscellaneous items that have absolutely zero bearing on the game but is still fun to own? Because Twitch and Square Enix have partnered together to bring you that kind of thing! Twitch Prime members who are currently playing Final Fantasy XV: Windows[...]

If you've been enjoying using the new Twitch Extensions as either a streamer or simply as a viewer, chances are you might be wanting to use them for anything mobile related Today, the social streaming service announced that the Extensions would now start coming to the Twitch app Right now, only a few (which are[...]

credit//Epic Games Brothers Jake and Logan Paul started up a Twitch channel and attempted to get in on the fun of Epic Games' Fortnite As anyone with a brain could have predicted, it did not go well The Paul brothers aren't known as gamers, but contentious YouTube vloggers But the lure of Fortnite is strong — even Drake has gotten in[...]

Twitch and Mr Rogers' Neighborhood are no strangers, as the two came together last year with PBS to stream a marathon of the show last year This week, in celebration of Fred Rogers's 90th birthday, the social streaming service will be broadcasting another marathon of the iconic children's educational program Starting on March 20th, which[...]

After getting much praise and hype and even a fair share of criticism on social media for breaking about a dozen different single-streamer records on Twitch, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins is finally getting some of the mainstream press he probably deserved days ago Some of the news that's coming to light is both making aspiring gamers really[...]

A bit of cool news for those of you with Twitch Prime accounts as the company has decided to launch a brand new program that will reward you for being a member called "Free Games with Prime" The system itself acts a bit like Xbox Games Pass or PlayStation Plus, where being a member will get[...]

credit//Epic Games Despite being PUBG's zany cousin/knockoff, Fortnite has gone on to become the most-watched game on Twitch Part of that is likely down to accessibility and lack of cheaters, as Fortnite is available on more platforms than PUBG, and doesn't have the same cheating problem that has plagued Bluehole's battle royale game since launch[...]

According to the latest charts and information dug up by Fortnite Intel, Epic Games' battle royale title has officially surpassed PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds as the most watched game on Twitch The website posted an article today cataloging how far each game has progressed since Fortnite's launch, and over the last 90-day period, Fortnite managed to overcome PUBG[...]

In recent days, people have been buzzing about what will and won't be considered a violation of the new Community Guidelines coming to Twitch, which will be put into effect this coming Monday, March 5th Below is a brief snippet of the updated FAQ that Twitch uploaded today, which goes over the kinds of content[...]

From March 1st to March 29th, The Division will host one new global event per week, which will add modifiers to all activities in-game and give players a chance to earn gameplay rewards and cosmetic items for taking part. And if you swing on by the Division Twitch channel you'll get additional goodies throughout the month by connecting your[...]

Today, Twitch formally announced that their annual convention TwitchCon will be returning from October 26th-28th, and that it will be located at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California After spreading their wings a bit in Long Beach last year, the company will bring the con closer to their home base of San[...]

Today in disheartening news, Twitch gaming streamer Simone "Aqualadora" Scott admitted to committing animal cruelty while working as a veterinary technician Aqua was being interviewed on RajjPatel's stream during a roundtable when he asked the question, "What's the worst thing you've ever done to someone?" And as you can see from the video below, she[...]