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In April, Twitch announced the Twitch Affiliate program, which allows streamers to earn revenue from the sale of games and in-game items that are advertised on their streams And as of today, streamers in the program are automatically enabled to start earning money from sales Well, that's one way to make YouTube jealous and drive[...]

Twitch is just making all kinds of headlines and partnerships these past few months, and the latest to join in on the dance is OpTic Gaming The two have signed an exclusive multi-year broadcasting contract, which will cover most of their first-person and third-person shooter eSports teams. credit//Chesnot/Getty Images) That's a hell of a catch for both sides[...]

Well, that's one way to expand a business! Twitch announced earlier today that they've officially expanded their Twitch prime service to over 200 countries and territories, many of whom only had limited access to the service This includes the ability to get a free month of Twitch Prime to any stream you wish when you[...]

Twitch made the announcement this morning that tickets have officially gone on sale for Twitchcon, and depending on where you are in life with budgeting, you may not be able to attend this year if you could afford last year Single day passes have jumped up by $50 across the board, while three-day passes have been[...]

You can watch the entire competition below via Twitch. Dota 2 has to be one of the biggest games for rage quitting in the history of gaming The art of doing it has its own fanbase, memes, subgenre and Reddit forums So instead of shy away from it, why not revel in it? Held during The Manila Masters, organizers[...]

  Oh snap! Twitch just got it's next big fighting tournament that a lot of people are going to be interested in seeing The social video platform site has teamed with Bandai Namco in an exclusive partnership to broadcast the Tekken World Tour  In other words, all Tekken 7 eSports events happening under this banner across the[...]

In which I can't get enough of typing the word Twitch into headlines Much as I like Twitch, and I really do like Twitch, this one is a bit of an odd announcement in so much as they're creating their own holiday It's for a good cause, granted. Twitch just announced TwitchUnity which is going to be a[...]

Twitch announced today that they will be hosting a free 18-day, 886-episode marathon of the beloved PBS Kids series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, from The Fred Rogers Company This shared viewing experience on the Mister Rogers channel starts on May 15th at 12:00 p.m PT and ends on June 3rd. The marathon features the most comprehensive collection[...]

TwitchCon is just around the corner and today, everyone's favorite streaming platform, Twitch announced the start of its official TwitchCon 2017 Call for Content Members of the Twitch and broader content creator community are invited to submit session ideas for consideration via TwitchCon.com Call for Content submissions will close on July 3 at 8:59pm PDT/11:59pm[...]

Those keynote talks and many of the other panels tomorrow can be watched via Tribeca's Twitch channel The two later Keynotes from Lavine and Lake will have them joined by film directors Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) and Neil Burger (Limitless) respectively. If you're sitting there scratching your head and wondering "what is Tribeca Games Festival?" well,[...]

This morning, Twitch sent out the news that they have come to an agreement to renew their broadcasting partnership with Team Liquid for an exclusive long-term deal The current partnership has been running since 2011 with few hiccups, bringing more attention to both brands with exclusive eSports coverage not shown on other streaming sites Along with[...]

  Social media platform Twitch announced their new Affiliates program last week The program would allow non-partnered streamers to make revenue through donations to their channels Today, head of Twitch PR Chase confirmed that the Affiliate Program went live today and that invitations are rolling out as we speak. Remember when we teased the Twitch Affiliate Program coming[...]

Streamers and Youtubers Criken, Vaatividya, and Bed (currently going by BedBanna) have been running an ongoing series of, well, essentially in-character

This one is one of those stories that simultaneously reinforces just how terrible the internet can be, but also how fantastic individuals are.

Twitch made their second announcement today to tell us how they'll be celebrating Science Week The festivities start off with a 13-episode marathon of one of the world's most beloved science series, the original Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, and conducting a series of interviews with notable personalities from the scientific community Among those taking part in[...]

  Twitch has continued to demonstrate their commitment to being the best place for content creators This latest move, its new Affiliate Program, invites non-partnered qualifying creators to earn revenue through on- platform tools previously only available to Twitch partnered creators The Affiliate Program will soon launch worldwide. "Twitch is built upon looking to our content creators with both large[...]

Twitch, the leading streaming service, recently rolled out an announcement about their new subscription levels Alongside the current $4.99 option, partnered content creators will have new $9.99 and $24.99 subscription levels that will allow viewers to offer additional levels of support. "Subscriptions are a defining part of the Partnership program since it enables fans to show appreciation for their[...]

Twitch announced two new discovery features to more easily navigate the high volume of League of Legends channels. Starting today, a new user interface will appear at the top of the League of Legends directory, which viewers can use to sort by the rank of player accounts and filter by the champions played[...]

Streaming service turned tv platform Twitch ran a fourteen-day long Power Rangers marathon, and it did absurdly well Twitch released a handy infographic of their results earlier this week, and it looks like a ton of people tuned in to watch Power Rangers Twitch streamed 831 episodes of the show, which span 23 series Their top rank[...]

Were you hoping to see a stream or a series on Persona 5? Chances are you might be seeing many of those videos come down or not even happen as Atlus issued a warning today to all YouTube and Twitch streamers who may potentially play the game If your content gives away any of the[...]

A Twitch streamer by the name of Cheese broke the Super Mario 64 speedrun challenge of completing the game with all 120 stars That's already a pain in the ass thing to do if you're not speedrunning the game, so 14-year-old me is giving this guy a crippled thumbs up from the past Honestly, it's[...]

Social Media and stream platform Twitch revealed the trailer for their upcoming Big Buck Hunter documentary called Ironsights. This mini-documentary will be the first original documentary produced by Twitch Studios, the in house production company responsible for the Twitch Weekly and convention content. Twitch intends to experiment with creating original narrative and documentary content with Ironsights, so if it does[...]

Streaming platform Twitch today announced that it will stream three of the latest TV shows from the Amazon Video Spring 2017 Pilot Season The pilot episodes of sci-fi drama Oasis, dramedy The Legend of Master Legend, and comedy Budding Prospects, will stream back-to- back in 120-minute blocks over 24 hours on April 5 The pilots[...]

If you're snowed in and have some time on your hands this week, Twitch has got something for you — starting at 11:00 AM PDT today, they'll be streaming all 831 Episodes of Power Rangers in one giant marathon  That'll take 17 days, apparently  There have been 23 seasons of Power Rangers, which began in[...]

Social video platform Twitch announced yesterday that it will be rebranding the Curse App as the Twitch Desktop App as a communication tool designed to function as a natural extension of Twitch's main platform The Desktop App will feature community servers, voice/video messaging, and game content distribution So it's basically taken all of Twitch's social features alongside the[...]

Yesterday, Twitch unveiled its new integrated social feature called Pulse The system is designed to be an ever present way for streamers to engage with their audiences better In a post from the company, Pulse is "an always-on way to share clips, stream highlights, schedules, photos, and more so followers are more informed, engaged, and[...]

The past weekend saw the Sixth-Ever Best of NES Big 20 Race take place on Twitch, featuring a who's who of NES streamers and professional speedrunners looking to claim mild internet glory The goal of the competition: to beat a series of classic NES titles the in the fastest time possible 20 players went head-to-head, streaming from[...]

And you can watch it live. "We're partnering with Twitch, and we're going to bring people into the studio with us as it happens," Baker said "This is gonna be unedited People are gonna see when we screw up As the guitar part is being recorded, when you finally have that CD in your hands, you're[...]

In a feat that not a lot of people can boast, Piotr Delgado Kusielczuk, better known as "The Mexican Runner" on Twitch, has set the bar for every old-school NES collector and gamer He has successfully defeated all 714 games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and he has the video footage to prove it. Without using[...]

Twitch just dropped the news that Season 3 of Rocket League will be broadcasted on their service, which is currently taking registrations until Feb 22 The series will include the new Oceania field for play and the collective pot for the winners will be set at $300,000! The Rocket League Championship Series has received a lot[...]