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Streaming giant reaffirms support for LGBTQ+ creators
Read More »Twitch announces campaign to celebrate Pride Month
Twitch launches Bits-powered extensions to push streamer income
Viewers will be able to fund creators in a far wider variety of ways
Read More »Twitch lets ‘more than 25’ staff go in round of redundancies
Company claims it wants to up its headcount by 30% in 2018
Read More »Twitch offering monthly free games to Prime subscribers
PlayStation Plus style service has impressive lineup for first two months
Read More »Overwatch League fans can unlock in-game items by watching live games on Twitch
Hero skins and Twitch emotes will unlock with fan participation during matches
Read More »Twitch launches Indie Amplifier program
Streaming platform aiming to give indie games a boost on the platform
Read More »Sea of Thieves was watched for 14m hours off just 2m hours of play
Huge Twitch hit should drive sales on PC
Read More »Snoop Dogg streams Early Access battle royale game SOS
West coast rapper streams the gameshow themed survival game
Read More »Twitch announces hat trick of new hires, including Sara Clemens as new COO
Twitch has announced a hat-trick of key hires. The streaming platform has today announced Sara Clemens as COO, Mark Weiler as SVP, head of platforms & services and Amir Shevat as VP of developer experience. In a press release announcing the hires, Twitch says that the hires reflect the company’s …
Read More »Twitch signs third-party broadcast deal for Blizzard’s Overwatch League, for a reported $90m
Late on Tuesday, Blizzard announced a two year streaming deal between Twitch and Blizzard’s Overwatch League that will see every match broadcast on Twitch’s streaming platform. The league, which kicks off on Wednesday 10 January, will be broadcast from Twitch.tv/overwatchleague, with Twitch becoming the third-party streaming provider for Overwatch League’s …
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