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Microsoft teams up with Facebook Gaming, but how does that impact Xbox and xCloud and just who are the competition?
Read More »Without Mixer is Microsoft’s entire gaming strategy weakened?
Crucible – can Amazon’s new team shooter fuse the power of Twitch and AWS?
Amazon Games Studios' Crucible launches tomorrow, looking to bring together the full might of the companies varied gaming assets
Read More »ESL and DreamHack enter streaming deal with Twitch
The agreement will see some esports tournaments organised by ESL and DreamHack live streamed to the service exclusively on Twitch in 2021 and 2022.
Read More »Games industry unites to launch COVID-19 awareness campaign, #PlayApartTogether
"It’s never been more critical to ensure people stay safely connected to one another"
Read More »Half-Life: Alyx records 43,000 concurrent users on launch day
"It's clear that the numbers are held back due to VR requirement"
Read More »Livestreaming views up 10%+ on last week with more increases expected
"We expect to see these numbers rise"
Read More »YouTube confirms streaming exclusivity deal with Activision
"The company turned to Google Cloud because of its highly reliable global footprint, advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities"
Read More »Former Facebook exec Damian Burns is Twitch’s first EMEA managing director
"Twitch is going from strength to strength in EMEA and I am excited to be part of this success story"
Read More »Russian firm sues Twitch for £2.1bn following illegal streams of premier league football matches
"Our suit against Twitch is to defend our exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League matches"
Read More »Royal British Legion launches Legion Games to ‘aid and support the Armed Forces community’
"Gaming is another fun and social sport that brings people together"
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