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Twitch apparently made a mistake this week that angered the community when they unbanned MrDeadMoth, only to re-ban him a day later If you're not familiar with the streamer in question, this is the Australian streamer who allegedly committed domestic abuse against his girlfriend live as he was playing Fortnite, and then was arrested by police after[...]

Not having to give priority to in-house series – as well as a move towards partial ownership of the shows it buys – will put "New FOX" in a better bargaining position than the other "Big Four." CDF Gaming #23 eSports Are you one of those people who think to themselves, "Why would anyone want to watch other[...]

Blizzard appears to be taking a step toward controlling their own chat system on Twitch by testing out a new system of accountability According to DotEsports, the company is testing out a system where they will require anyone wishing to use their chat to link their Twitch account to their Battle.net account The move will[...]

If you're not into the traditional New Year's Eve specials this year, Ninja will be throwing one live on Twitch from Times Square himself Ninja will be streaming for 12 hours starting at 4pm EST to ring in the new year, and has some special events planned, as well as a few he's attending himself[...]

Elastic Games' asymmetrical horror game Last Year: The Nightmare has hit the top rankings on Twitch in terms of overall viewership The game peaked at #3 on Twitch yesterday, having firmly edged out both Dota 2 and PUBG with 75,000 viewers The horror game has consistently held to the top 20 since, well ahead of Minecraft, Battlefield V,[...]

Twitch appears to be pulling one of their own end-of-year celebrations as they will air the Twitch Holiday Spectacular on Twitch Weekly The special will apparently feature yet-to-be-named special guests from the community and will feature milestones and achievements on the platform from 2018 The show actually started at 10am PDT today, but the company didn't release[...]

Ninja is about to step up to a new level of exposure with football fans as he will be doing live commentary for Thursday Night Football on Twitch In case you didn't know, Twitch has been airing Thursday Night Football live on their service for the past few weeks and it's been doing some pretty[...]

Today, streaming platform Twitch announced a week-long marathon of Inspector Gadget The stream will air all 65 episodes from the 1983 series from December 17th at 10am PST until December 24th at 9am PST in five-hour blocks You'll find the stream available on Twitch Presents. In case you were unaware, the classic animated TV series follows the[...]

Today, police have arrested the 26-year-old Australian Twitch streamer known as MrDeadMoth (name withheld by officials) on charges of domestic abuse The video itself is disturbing so we have decided not to link to it but it is out there if you want to watch it However, there is explicit language and while you don't see[...]

Hosenbeck and Cattigan will "host" the 2019 Rose Parade live on FunnyOrDie.com and its social platforms as well as on Twitch, with Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live) returning as Cord and Tish's field reporter. Funny or Die's The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish will air live globally on New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, starting[...]

Streamlabs have launched a new set of augmented reality Facemasks for Twitch and YouTube streamers this week with the goal of helping them get more revenue The program will work like the Snap integration that Twitch has however, it will have a few differences to it First off, the viewers are given complete control over which[...]

Twitch takes their partnership between the NFL very seriously, as shown by a recent suspension of Fortnite streamer KingRichard Last night, the streamer was playing Fortnite as usual, but with one little addition that got him in hot water, which was streaming parts of last night's NFL game between the Saints and the Cowboys His[...]

Good news for European Twitch streamers this week, as Twitch announced today they'll be expanding to Europe with a second event The social streaming platform will be giving European streamers an easier time getting to a con by providing one of their own, which they've dubbed TwitchCon Europe, and it will take place in Berlin, Germany in April from[...]

This week, Streamlabs launched a brand new app store, specifically designed to work with Twitch streamers to add more content to their feed Most every app in the store comes with a monthly subscription fee and ranges from having games to choosing music to hosting and highlighting other feeds Below is the list of apps the[...]

If you need proof that people really wanted a better battle royale game, look no further than the current Fortnite numbers on Twitch According to both StreamElements and StreamHatchet, ever since Black Ops 4 was released, the numbers for Fortnite have started to take a tumble Taking a look at the numbers in hours over the past[...]

So if you're a streamer on Twitch, it goes without saying part of your success relies on getting viewers The last thing you should do is push them away That's the lesson that professional speedrunner Michael "mmDust" Duarte may be learning shortly after some comments he made at TwitchCon this weekend During a panel called[...]

If you happened to be watching Twitch today for any live coverage of TwitchCon, chances are you could swear you saw the same thing on every channel Opening day of the event saw massive long lines to get into the event, which, of course, nearly every single Twitch streamer decided to go onto their feeds[...]

During TwitchCon today, both Harmonix and Twitch revealed a brand new interactive karaoke service called Twitch Sings The concept itself is pretty simplistic as the streamer will be able to basically do live karaoke on their feed with the lyrics and generic muzak versions of songs playing underneath, while the chat room will be challenging[...]

It looks like you'll be able to throw your own gaming tournaments on Twitch as Amazon has launched a new extension called the GameOn Tournament Organizer The new extension will allow players to start tournaments live on their feed with viewers who are watching them play a select number of games that are customized to[...]

This morning, Twitch announced that they'll be holding four new celebrity Twitch Talks, taking place between October 26th-28th during TwitchCon These talks will include Tony Hawk, Kevin Smith, and Felicia Day, along with a chat between streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins and Twitch Co-founder and CEO Emmett Shear We have the full schedule for you below including time[...]

Another studio is making TwitchCon feel like a major gaming event beyond the streaming content as SEGA announces their plans for the event Some of the games on tap for their booth will be Rome II, Total War: Warhammer II, Two Point Hospital, and Total War: Three Kingdoms You can check them out all three[...]

This morning, Twitch announced the latest set of Esports events happening at TwitchCon 2018, along with exhibitors and sponsors We have the brief list of events for you to check out below, but it's looking more like TwitchCon is turning into its own gaming convention year by year You can check out the full list[...]

Ubisoft and Twitch have partnered up to give out some Assassin's Creed Odyssey exclusives to those who happen to have a Twitch Prime account A special Aegean Pirate Pack will be available for players to add to their game from now until December 5th, which are basically special skins and armor sets with a special theme to let[...]

Today, Twitch next their next line of free games available to Twitch Prime subscribers, and all of them are both awesome and horrifying The four games you will be seeing this month are Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, System Shock, SOMA, and Sanitarium Of the four on that list, the one we're looking forward to seeing people play[...]

This morning, Twitch announced they will have a new partnership with the NFL exclusive to Prime Video where Thursday Night Football becomes interactive Starting tonight, September 27th, when the Rams face off against the Vikings, you can log into your Prime Video account and watch the game, as well as have access to several interactive[...]

This week, Amazon announced a brand new event this fall as they will present GameOn Masters: Gear.Club 2018 Featuring Pagani.

Yet another service has been shut down in China as the social streaming service Twitch has officially been closed off by the country The BBC has reported that the country has slowly been cutting off access to the website and its content, as documented by bloggers and others on social media But it wasn't until[...]

He's the streamer who has broken the Twitch concurrent viewer record twice now, and that first record broadcast came from a Fortnite session featuring himself and Drake playing the popular battle royale game Ninja went on to break that very same record a few months later during a charity event in Las Vegas which totaled in at[...]

Conventions are still reeling from the events that took place in Jacksonville back in August, and TwitchCon is the latest to address security The company sent out an email notice letting attendees know about their weapons policy as well as making it clear that everyone will be subject to bag searches and screenings We can't[...]

Twitch just formed a new interesting partnership with PUBG Corp to bring special streamer-themed items to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds The move is being done to hype Broadcaster Royale, a competition hosted by OMEN HP which puts several Twitch and YouTube streamers/players against each other to see how is kind of the streams Oh, and trying to collect[...]