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Epic Games has Unleashed Fortnite's Ninth Season Today
The company HighSpeedInternet.com is looking for a dedicated player who is willing to play the game between June 7th and July 31st for 50 hours, all of it live on Twitch using their internet service We have the details below and you can apply to do it here, but it's not a bad reward if[...]
ToeJam & Earl’s Super Funky Telethon Happening May 26th on Twitch
The event will broadcast live from Van Nuys on Mixer, YouTube and Twitch from 12pm to 4pm PDT, sponsored by Attack Media, Limited Run Games, Corptron, G-Fuel, and Corn Nuts (Yes, Corn Nuts still exist!) Here's the full info on what the broadcast will entail. credit//HumaNature Studios Prepare for four hours of groovy nostalgia with special hosts[...]
Dungeons & Dragons Announces D&D Live 2019: The Descent
With just two weeks to go before Dungeons & Dragons hosts D&D Live 2019: The Descent live on Twitch, the company has released the full streaming schedule This is basically a who's who of D&D as you're getting about as good of a D&D experience over two days across five different stages with multiple shows[...]
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Twitch revealed the games they have coming in May with their Free Games With Prime program, and they have some killer titles coming next month Starting May 1st, you'll be able to snag Whispering Willows, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, The Little Acre, Majesty 1, and Majesty 2 That leaves you until April 30th to pick up[...]
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According to a report by StreamElements, Twitch has hit a new content milestone for a 35% increase in Twitch viewership hours over last year Additionally, the platform had a record-breaking month this January, so the game streaming service is doing pretty well. So while Twitch is doing better than ever, it's a bit too soon to[...]
Twitch Sings is Now Available to Play for PC Worldwide
During Twitch Con Europe in Berlin today, Twitch CEO Emmet Shear officially announced that Twitch Sings is now available for PC This is a live karaoke experience you can stream on your channel or just play for fun as you're trying to hit the right note popular songs licensed through their library Players interested in[...]
Critical Role Successfully Funds Their Kickstarter Campaign at $8.8 Million
During this evening's episode of Critical Role on Twitch, the group's Kickstarter officially reached full funding at $8.8 million for their animated series The crew came back from the break to offer a toast to the community for their help and efforts, as they achieved full funding in just over 30 days with (as of[...]
Twitch and Streamlabs Partner Up For Exclusive Sub Face Masks
Today, Twitch has announced a new exclusive to their service as they've partnered up with Streamlabs to add subscription face masks These are special AR masks that will pop up when people subscribe to a channel at a certain level, if they're activated by the streamer to use the extension You can even use bits[...]
Former Twitch PR Director Heads to  StreamElements as Comms Head
For years if you did any business with Twitch in their PR department, most like you knew Chase Just "Chase" Recently, Chase departed the company, and now we know where he landed This week, StreamElements announced they have officially hired Chase to become the company's new Head of Communications Here's a little more info on[...]
Twitch Announces a Brand New Co-Cop Experience With Squad Stream
Twitch has announced a brand new effort to get their streamers gaming together more frequently like they're on the couch with Squad Stream The company is looking to harken back to the thrill of playing with your friends while incorporating the Twitch experience To do that they've added a new system where up to four[...]
Ninja Claims That Stream Sniping Could Kill Fortnite
A new clip of Ninja talking about stream snipers has been making the rounds this weekend as the Twitch gamer says it could kill Fortnite You can watch the clip below as Tyler "Ninja" Blevins talks about how he quit playing H1Z1 and PUBG because of stream snipers, and while he doesn't say it outright,[...]
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If you're a YouTube or Twitch creator and you're not paying attention to the European Union's Article 13 that's up for a vote, now's the time to start If you're not familiar with the article in question, the BBC did a fine job explaining it in detail here You can also see Colin and Samir break[...]
Square Enix Has Disabled Streaming For Left Alive In Japan
According to a number of streamers, the reasons it's been done is because reviews of the game have been low ever since the game was released in the country, and rather than showing off what the game looks like and plays like before it gets released in the West, the company decided simply to cut[...]
Twitch Launches a Twitch Sings Competition With Prizes On The Line
Twitch announced today that they will be holding a singing competition with some prizes on the line with Twitch Sings: Stream Star The competition, which you can sign up for right now within the game, will have players showing how well they can perform in the game's live karaoke, where Twitch will then pick finalists[...]
Interview: A Chat With the Cast of Sirens Of The Realms
Sirens recently wrapped up its third season on Twitch (Tuesday's at 7pm PST) on one hell of a cliffhanger and two of the party's members clinging to life As we wait to see when Season Four will kick off, we chat with Phoenix and the entire cast of the show about its beginnings, their chracters,[...]
Twitch Signs Multi-Year Sponsorship Sales Deal With Team Liquid
This morning, Twitch and Team Liquid announced they had made a new sponsorship sales deal for the next few years The shorthand version of the deal gives Twitch the exclusive rights to manage sales and to "broaden Team Liquid's connections with brands seeking to design disruptive and thoughtful partnerships with one of the world's most[...]
Twitch Heads Back to San Diego For TwitchCon 2019
Twitch has officially released the dates for the North American version of TwitchCon 2019, confirming that the event is returning to San Diego this year It's been a few years since the convention was held in the city, going back to 2016, but the con will take place in the San Diego Convention Center from[...]
Critical Role Announces Split From Geek & Sundry
Starting this Thursday, February 21st, both the primary show as well as their talk show Talks Machina will move from the website and their Twitch channel over to their own official channel The news kinda came unexpectedly at the end of business today as the group posted an update on their site about the move and[...]
Deadmau5 Apologizes for Homophobic Language After Twitch Ban
Don't expect Deadmau5 to be throwing concerts in Fortnite anytime soon, as the musician has been banned from Twitch for using a homophobic slur If you're not familiar with the story, DeadMau5 was banned from the platform after saying "fucking cock-sucking stream sniper f–" during a PUBG match, which he then went online and posted in a now[...]
Twitch Rivals Will Launch Two Apex Legends Challenges in February
Respawn Entertainment and Twitch have decided to partner up for a new esports competition as Apex Legends steps into the Twitch Rivals arena In a two-part competition that will air live on twitch on February 12th and 19th, 48 Twitch streamers will be competing live for $200k in prizes That's enough to give the game 16 three-player squads,[...]
Twitch and Blizzard Launch Overwatch League 2019 All-Access Pass
Blizzard and Twitch have come together again to offer another All-Acess Pass for the Overwatch League's 2019 season, with a couple of changes The first being that the pass is now just a one-time $15 purchase which will run until December 31st. You'll get 200 League tokens to use on your Battle.net account to buy a[...]
Pathfinder Twitch Show Dragons and Things Partners With Paizo
A cool new deal has come up for the Twitch-based Pathfinder show Dragons and Things, as they've officially partnered with the game's publisher Paizo Two Kings Entertainment LLC announced the partnership today, which will allow the creators to expand their schedule with "new and innovative content using the Pathfinder and Starfinder" as part of the programming[...]
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For the second time in a month-long period, Twitch is under criticism from its community of streamers for promoting other streamers' content over theirs The new controversy comes from the company promoting Pokimane's channel in ads before you can see other people's content, which was promoting an event she was taking part in during the[...]
Shaw Brothers Will Host a Kung Fu Movie Marathon on Twitch
GammaRay and Celestial Pictures will be hosting a Twitch stream featuring 44 full-length features from the Shaw Brothers Studio's kung fu collection. The marathon will be happening from February 4th-8th on Gamma Ray's official Twitch channel and will include classic funk fu flicks like King Boxer, Crippled Avengers, and Five Deadly Venoms. There will also be double-feature[...]
Hbomberguy Raises Over $340k for Transgender Youth During Twitch Stream
A really awesome and monumental Twitch stream happened over the weekend as Hbomberguy ran a successful charity stream for transgender youth Playing nearly 60 hours of Donkey Kong 64, they managed to raise over $340k during the event which had fellow streamers, developers, and even a celebrity or two showing up in support for the cause. Hbomberguy,[...]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Crashes Twitch Stream, Shares Fondness for Nintendo 64
Not only does she dance, she is also a proud gamer. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-CortezPhoto by Rachael Warriner / Shutterstock.com After Hollywood conglomerate Aaron Sorkin told freshmen-elected Democrats to "stop acting like young people," the Democrat US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district spurned the advice and shared her geek cred with potential voters jumping on a Donkey[...]
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If you'd like an insane feel-good moment for your weekend, look no further than this Twitch video of a streamer losing his mind over a rather large donation Right as streamer Exotic Chaotic was diving into a new game of Fortnite, some generous soul came in and dropped a donation of $75,000 cash! Not bits, not[...]
Nike to Debut New Shoe Exclusively on a Twitch Livestream
Some interesting news coming out today from Nike as the company announced that they will do an exclusive Twitch stream to show off something new Tomorrow, January 15th, and 9am EST, the company will be showing off their latest shoes, with both a pre-show and post-show hosted by FreshStock Both FreshStock and the press conference will[...]
Fortnite Streamer Banned After Failing to Stream Snipe Ninja
That's the fun lesson this kid is learning today as not only did he get schooled by the streamer, but Twitch banned his account for violating their rules about stream sniping! Below is Ninja's POV, followed by the view of the streamer formerly known as Boxdy You can hear the excitement from him and his[...]