Twitch to Broadcast New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards
Many of the top video game critics in New York will be coming together next Tuesday for the 3rd Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards ceremony. This is a festive event where game developers...
View ArticleTwitch Hits One Million Monthly Active Broadcasters
Thanks to all the great content the Twitch community has produced, the desire for others to join in on the experience has become infectious (in a good way). As a result, we now have more than one...
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Apex 2014 – Powered by Twitch
Twitch and Apex are proud to bring you Apex 2014 – powered by Twitch. Apex is one of the strongest events in the world for the ever-growing Smash Bros community, and last year broke out as an...
View ArticleTwitch Hits One Million Monthly Active Broadcasters
Thank you to each and every one of you beautiful people! In January, 1 million of you came to Twitch to share video of your gameplay. You are the heart and soul of Twitch and you’re why we come to work...
View ArticleExperiment with Advertising on Partner Channels
Starting today, you may begin to see a notice on Partner channels when an advertisement can’t be loaded. This message is dismissible and will only last the length of the advertisement(s) you didn’t...
View ArticleTwitch Community Catches the TwitchPlaysPokemon Fever
By now you probably know about this simplistically awesome phenomenon: Twitch chatters controlling the outcome of a game of Pokémon Red/Blue. It reached the eyes and instant admiration of Twitch staff...
View ArticleRecent Chat Issues and TwitchPlaysPokemon
TwitchPlaysPokemon is a bonafide phenomenon. So far we’ve seen millions of unique viewers and over 100k peak concurrent viewers. It has captured the attention of the gaming community and even made its...
View ArticleTwitch Sponsors Winter Brawl 8
Winter Brawl 8, one of the East Coast’s biggest fighting game tournaments, takes place this weekend and includes competitions across many of the world’s top fighting games. Today I’m happy to announce...
View ArticleZombie Studios Wants You to Scare the Daylights out of Its Players
TwitchPlaysPokemon has captured everyone’s attention (and an occasional Pokémon) by letting you play a hand in the adventure. While it’s definitely a rough proof of concept as the first of its kind,...
View ArticleBroadcasting, Chat, and More Coming to Xbox One
It’s official. On March 11th, Twitch broadcasting comes to Xbox One. “Wait, that’s the same day as Titanfall!” you say. Yes, yes it is. But that’s not all! Along with broadcasting functionality, the...
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Twitch Becomes Official Live Streaming Partner of EGX
Twitch, the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers, today announced its role as the official live streaming partner of EGX London and EGX Rezzed, Gamer Network’s upcoming video game...
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Some Chat Updates Now, More on the Way
As chat is undoubtedly a VERY important feature to our community, we’re working on a series of chat updates to improve server-side and client-side performance and functionality. These updates will roll...
View ArticleTPP Victory! The Thundershock Heard Around the World
WE DID IT! TwitchPlaysPokemon was victorious in just 16 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds. With only 122 million chat messages. When can we do this again? (Oh, tomorrow, awesome!) This note was...
View ArticleService Update: London (LHR) POP Upgraded + 200%
A couple of weeks back, we completed an upgrade of the Twitch London Point of Presence (POP). As a result, we can serve you with an additional 200% of capacity and accept more ingests (broadcast)...
View ArticleMajor Nelson’s First-Ever Twitch Broadcast from Xbox One
You may already know that Twitch broadcasting is coming to Xbox One on March 11. Did you know that Major Nelson already has his hands on a Twitch-enabled Xbox One and will broadcast for the very first...
View ArticleTop Twitch Games for February 2014: “I Want to Be the Very Best” Edition
Update: Order adjusted based on correct data. While League of Legends and Dota 2 continue to MOBAlize strong viewership, something called “TwitchPlaysPokemon” drove a massive, half-fanatical,...
View ArticleTwitch Mobile Broadcasting and Capture SDK Announced
NOTE: For the full press release, click here. Today we announced the Twitch Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK). This new game developer tool will enable the live broadcasting, capturing and...
View ArticleTwitch Named Official Live Streaming Partner of E3
Today we announced that Twitch will be the official live streaming partner of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The partnership with the tradeshow’s owner, Entertainment Software Association...
View ArticleVideo Walkthrough – Twitch Broadcasting on Xbox One
The good folks at IGN put together a very thorough video walkthrough of the Twitch broadcasting experience on Xbox One. You’ll be able to see it yourself on March 11, but until then, enjoy: The post...
View ArticleReminder: Twitch Terms of Service
Last July (2013), we updated our Terms of Service to reflect the ever-changing ways that Twitch is being used by our broadcasters and viewers, including rules for conducting promotions on Twitch. There...
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