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Riot is finally allowing its casters and analysts to monetise their personal streams and YouTube channels. Traditionally Riot has banned on air talent from doing this, meaning some of the biggest names in the scene couldn’t make any extra cash based on their streaming. However over the weekend Mitch “Krepo” …
Read More »Twitch star summit1g to return to professional CS:GO
Jaryd "summit1g" Lazar, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, has announced that he will return to competitive CS:GO in the next season. Mythic will be his team of choice, joining former member of Team Liquid Eric "adreN" Hoag and former Winterfox player Alexander "LeX" Deily. They aren’t yet …
Read More »Twitch’s Chaply: “don’t make a mobile esports title”
Twitch's esports program manager talks at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Read More »TwitchCon heads to Long Beach for 2017 event
Twitch has announced that its annual event, TwitchCon, will move to Long Beach, California for 2017. The event will now be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center between October 20th and 22nd. The first two events were held in San Francisco, however the costs of San Fran …
Read More »Azubu acquires Hitbox
Azubu has announced that it has acquired rival streaming platform Hitbox. The deal, which was reported by the LA Times, is apparently worth “tens of millions of dollars in cash,” and sees Hitbox merge into the Azubu company. In early 2017 the company will launch a new service that combined …
Read More »ESL Pro League to be streamed exclusively on YouTube according to report
The next season of the ESL Pro League CS:GO competition will be streamed exclusively on YouTube according to a report. Slingshot eSports cites sources with a knowledge of the deal, who say that the deal between YouTube and the World eSports Association (WESA) will see season five of the Pro …
Read More »Twitch opens up to non-gaming content with IRL section
Twitch has announced a new section called IRL that allows streamers to broadcast non gaming related content. Until now Twitch has only allowed gaming or creative content, although the introduction of the food section and the many Bob Ross marathons made this rule a little pointless. Now that rule has …
Read More »Twitch loosens guidelines with new IRL category
Twitch has today launched a brand new content category called IRL. Designed to enable Twitch creators to share content from their everyday lives in addition to traditional gameplay videos, Twitch hopes IRL will encourage users to interact with their fans more closely and create tighter-knit communities. Twitch says the category …
Read More »MLG Las Vegas to be streamed on YouTube and MLGTV, no sign of Twitch
MLG has announced that it has partnered with YouTube to broadcast the MLG Las Vegas Call of Duty and Overwatch tournament this weekend. Matches, news, and analysis from the event will be shown on the MLG YouTube channel throughout the weekend, along with a stream on the MLG EVE player …
Read More »Twitch reveals new AutoMod tool
Twitch has revealed a new feature, known as AutoMod, that aims to keep Twitch chat at bay without the need for real life human moderators. Previously large Twitch streams needed real people to monitor the chat and remove any nasty or inappropriate content and ban users, however through the power …
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