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Twitch and Bandai Namco Entertainment America have announced an exclusive partnership to create the Tekken World Tour. The multi-year deal will not only see Twitch become the exclusive broadcasting platform for the new competitive games league, but the livestreaming service will also manage Tekken 7’s league operations, circuit events and …

It’s a lovely day in sunny Britain, and if you’re not enjoying the outside for yourself, you can grab an ice lolly and watch the Tekken UK championship finals today, live from the MCM Comiccon in London’s Excel Arena. The show will be broadcast live on Twitch, meaning at 1pm …

Live streaming services Hitbox and Azubu have merged to form Smashcast, turning the newly-formed LA-based company into the world’s largest independent eSports broadcaster outside Asia. The platform, which will utilise Hitbox and Azubu’s 20m monthly active users, hopes to be a main competitor to Twitch, and will be the only …

Paul Denino, a popular Twitch streamer who broadcasts under the name Ice_Poseidon, has achieved an unlikely milestone: he’s the first person to be “swatted” on an airplane. He then quickly achieved a second: he’s the first person to be banned by Twitch for being swatted on a plane. “Swatting” is …

Update 1.9 improves workflows, includes new cloud features and improvements for Twitch Metastream

The worldwide gaming audience for gaming video content will reach 665m in 2017, according to the latest report from SuperData, which is more than double the population of the US. The market research firm also expects the worldwide audience to keep growing, with viewership expanding by 21 per cent between …

Twitch is planning to roll out a revamped subscription system for partnered streamers that could see a significant bump in revenues for popular streamers. This feature is due to roll out soon, and Twitch partners will be able to opt in later this month. This will add several new tiers …

Twitch’s existing $4.99 subscription is to be supplemented by two higher subscription tiers. The streaming service will offer $9.99 and $24.99 subscriptions, which are being pitched as a way to support streamers you love". In return subscribers will get stuff like exclusive emotes. As we build this program, our goal …

In revealing the deal, NiP’s CEO Hicham Chahine has said: “At Ninjas in Pyjamas, we value long-term partnership. And it is with this spirit we have decided to stay on Twitch with our live streaming content.” “The agreement gives us the opportunity to reach our established streaming audience for the …

Team Dignitas has moved away from exclusively streaming on Twitch and will now stream on Facebook Live as well.  The first Facebook Live stream from the team came last night, when League of Legends players Chan-ho “Ssumday” Kim and Sang-hyun “Chaser” Lee held an AMA on the platform. Later today …