Custom Cheermotes: coming to a Twitch channel near you!
Starting today, you’ll be able to Cheer for some of your favorite partners using Cheermotes that they created specifically for their channel! Cheermotes are animated emotes that are powered by Bits....
View ArticleUpload to win Twitch Swag and more with the League of Legends: Montage...
Attention League of Legends streamers! We’re searching for the best League of Legends montage to make us kreygasm. Upload and submit the best League of Legends moments from your recent gameplay for a...
View ArticleUpload to Win: St. Patrick’s Day Upload Challenge! Will you be a lucky winner?
Calling all Twitch streamers! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll be making the switch from purple to green. So bring out the shamrocks and join in the fun by creating St. Patrick’s Day themed...
View ArticleTwitch Prime members are in for the night of their lives in Zombie Night Terror!
Something strange has happened — people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty, walking corpses! From March 16th — March 20th Get Zombie Night Terror for free with Twitch Prime. If you’re not a...
View ArticleIt’s getting faster and easier to find what you love on Twitch
At Twitch, we always look to the community for inspiration. Throughout the years, we’ve built new features, made updates, and added whole new content categories based on your feedback, working quickly...
View ArticleLord Zedd’s Monster Maker
Get inspiration by watching the rest of the marathon on /TwitchPresentsFor years, Lord Zedd stopped at nothing to defeat the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. You can’t blame his failures on a lack of...
View ArticleUse the Auto quality option for stress-free streams
Watch streams stress-free with Auto qualityStarting today, you can stop worrying about missing live moments on stream when you use the new “Auto” quality option to watch streams.The Auto setting helps...
View ArticleA few tips for posting on Pulse & Channel Feed
A little while back we launched Pulse on the Twitch Front Page, and you guys have been posting away like mad. It’s been great to see everyone sharing, connecting, and making us lul. Well, now that...
View ArticleCocoaPods for Development-Time Modularity
At Twitch, we use CocoaPods, but not just for consuming external libraries like 1PasswordExtension and google-cast-sdk. We also use them for development time modularity (to keep our code properly...
View ArticleTwitch Crates are Coming Soon!
About a month ago, we announced you’d soon be able to buy PC games and in-game content directly on Twitch. That day is fast approaching! We also dropped some tantalizing hints about Twitch Crates, and...
View ArticleA faster, better way to handle special event streams
From charity events to early looks at upcoming games, special event streams are exciting for both streamers and fans. The only problem? Sometimes it’s hard to keep your viewers in the loop so they...
View ArticleOur team (and this dog) present to you: 1080p streaming on Twitch
Your Twitch streams will soon look finer than ever thanks to our new 1080p/60fps video support.For starters, we’re no longer limiting our ingest bitrate to 3.5 megabits. We officially recommend 3–6...
View ArticleTwitch Prime members, let the game Candle light the way through a beautiful...
From March 30th — April 3rd, get Candle for free and discover an adventure with challenging puzzles. If you’re not a Twitch Prime member, you can sign up for a free trial at twitchprime.com.Play as...
View ArticleEmote Effects: Let everyone know how you feel about the clips you share
Emote Effects: let everyone know how you feel about the clips you shareSome moments on Twitch make you #ResidentSleeper. Others have you making a total #PRChase face. Your favorite global emotes were...
View ArticleNew Amazon TV pilots are coming to Twitch
A family man turned superhero who sort of sucks at his job… A chaplain sent into space to help colonize a planet… Three men who leave San Francisco to grow marijuana in a shantytown…What do these...
View ArticleOkay, you got us… here’s the REAL way to share what you think about Clips
Last week we introduced Emote Effects, completely excessive overlays you could add to your Clips by editing the title, and, well, Happy (belated) April Fool’s Day!To those of you who spotted this gag a...
View ArticleSegment-based rate control of video encoder for live ABR streaming
Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) streaming is becoming the most popular and successful technology to enable reliable delivery of live and on-demand video over public Internet. In ABR streaming, the video content...
View ArticleThe Sims 4 Bowled Over Challenge, Hosted by HollieBB
The Sims 4 Bowling Night Stuff has arrived! What better way to get the ball rolling than with a new challenge? HollieBB invites this league of creators to knock us out by building their ultimate...
View ArticleTwitch Crates Gear Giveaway
The Grand Prize: Razer Stargazer Advanced Webcam, Razer Ripsaw High-def Game Capture Kit, Razer Seiren Microphone, Twitch t-shirt, hoodie, and beanieStarting today, when you purchase a game or in-game...
View ArticleBuy Games on Twitch and Get Rewards
Today we’re unveiling an exciting new experience on Twitch, one that gets great games into your hands faster, rewards you with goodies, AND lets you support your favorite streamers. Now, when streamers...
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