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After Twitch announced that it handed control of Evil Geniuses and Alliance over to the players yesterday we now know who is in control. A press release from Evil Geniuses revealed that former Dota 2 team captain and winner of The International 5 Peter “ppd” Dager will act as the …
Read More »Twitch gives Evil Geniuses and Alliance their independence
Twitch today announced that it has given control of both Evil Geniuses and Alliance over the the players and player selected management. Previously both teams were founded and owned by GoodGame, a company that was purchased by Twitch a few years back. Because of the purchase this meant that Twitch …
Read More »A look at the debut of ECS one of the biggest new leagues of 2016
The first year of the eSports Championship Series has had its ups and downs. The first season of the league was generally considered to be a massive success, and a surprise win for G2 Esports added another contender for the major that was due to take place just after the …
Read More »The eSports Industry Awards will be re-broadcast on Twitch at 7pm tonight
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards will be re-broadcast on Twitch tonight with an on demand VoD being available immediately after. Starting at 7pm GMT on Wednesday November 23rd the broadcast will be available on the eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at …
Read More »Watch the eSports Industry Awards at your leisure on Twitch
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards is now available to watch on demand on Twitch Originally broadcast on Wednesday November 23rd the star-studded show is now available on The eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at the bottom of this page. After the …
Read More »Twitch will represent TSM and Cloud9 in sponsorship sales
Streaming platform Twitch has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with both Team SoloMid and Cloud 9 to collaborate on many areas related to sponsorship and sales. According to the press release Twitch will now represent both teams in “sponsorship sales and [will] further fuel the growth of …
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.6 introduces Twitch MetaStream
Promises deep Twitch integration with a host of overlays, graphs and features for streamers
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard opens new Austin studio
Studio located with new Twitch team, looking to hire local game development talent
Read More »Amazon Prime subscribers get free Twitch sub and ad free viewing
Since Amazon bought Twitch in 2014 the two have remained fairly separate entities, but with Twitch Prime that all changes. Announced at TwitchCon, Twitch Prime will give every Amazon Prime subscriber the benefits of the old Twitch Turbo service and one free subscription. From now on every Amazon Prime subscriber …
Read More »Amazon Game Studios details three big projects and new Stream+ gambling plan
After what feels like a long period of pretty significant investment, we finally know what the first big projects to emerge from Amazon Game Studio will look like. Leading the lineup is Breakaway, an eSports orientated 4×4 team sports brawler” which seems tailor made to try and make the most …
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