Today Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software announced that you can grab yourself a few goodies in Hogwarts Legacy including the exclusive Merlin's Cloak simply by watching livestreams on Twitch…
February 6, 2023 | 06:43 EST
In the past few months, Twitch streamers have been dealing with an increase in hate raids, especially for those in marginalized communities. However, a newly-revealed tool hopes to use machine…
December 1, 2021 | 09:45 EST
A hacker has reportedly leaked...well...all of Twitch. The information included in the leak apparently includes source code for the entire site, historical creator payout reports, clients for…
October 6, 2021 | 07:16 EDT
Over the past month or so, Twitch streamers have been seeing a worrying rise in hate raids, where bot accounts fill someone's chat with hateful slurs, Nazi imagery, and sometimes their real-life…
September 1, 2021 | 10:55 EDT
A new change to Twitch's subscription system is set to benefit people living outside the United States. Starting on May 20th, Twitch will be lowering the prices for streamer subscriptions in certain…
May 17, 2021 | 12:46 EDT
Who is #TheFallenOne, and why does this story matter? The Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout community is already a popular and tight-knit subculture of the gaming landscape. In two weeks, Fall Guys has…
August 21, 2020 | 10:56 EDT
After a very contentious series of events, the U.S. Army is heading back to Twitch to do what people normally do on the platform: stream footage of some random guy who's talking while playing a game…
August 17, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
According to an industry leak, Amazon is to rebrand its Twitch Prime gaming service as Prime Gaming. This is intended to bring the service in line with other Prime benefits such as Prime Music and…
August 10, 2020 | 08:18 EDT
Twitch Prime's next bath of games that you'll get by subscribing to the service has been revealed. This month seems to have a focus on horror games, specifically. The first game you'll be…
September 30, 2019 | 01:51 EDT
A climate change gaming partnership has been announced by the United Nations. Sony, Microsoft, Google, and a boatload of other gaming publishers and developers will be working together to reduce…
September 23, 2019 | 01:28 EDT
Esports star Dominique McLean, better known by his online name SonicFox, has raised over $22,000 for The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is a non-profit organization formed in 1998 that focuses on…
August 27, 2019 | 04:20 EDT
After Rage 2 drops on May 14 and you complete your first playthrough, there will still be plenty to keep you raging on and on. Bethesda Softworks' roadmap with their post-launch plans shows the game…
November 1, 2019 | 09:45 EDT
According to a GameSpot report, Twitch streamers who plan to rage against the machine when Rage 2 releases on May 14 will be able to have their viewers help revive them they die in the game. Upon the…
November 1, 2019 | 09:45 EDT
Borderlands 3 will be featuring a brand new piece of online interactivity with their ECHOcast Twitch Extension. Officially announced today, the ECHOcast Twitch Extension is basically an overlay that…
April 29, 2019 | 08:16 EDT
Popular Twitch Streamer Karina “Karupups” Martsinkevich, known for cosplaying various game characters, has received a temporary ban from Twitch for wearing blackface. The Twitch stream was originally…
April 15, 2019 | 06:01 EDT
Twitch Prime has given away a host of freebies to subscribers recently, and this trend continues via a team up with Nintendo. By subscribing to the Twitch Prime games can get up to a whole year of…
March 29, 2019 | 06:20 EDT
For a while now, Twitch has offered a handful of games and various digital goodies to Twitch Prime subscribers, which includes all Amazon Prime members. This month is no different, so here are the…
March 4, 2019 | 02:41 EST
Earlier this week, Tencent announced new streaming rules for all Chinese gamers in response to growing concern from Chinese internet regulators. Esports Observer reported the list of banned…
February 24, 2019 | 10:25 EST
SuperData is a company that provides “relevant market data and insight on digital games and playable media.” For 2018, it compiled some key games industry statistics into a “Year in Review” segment.…
January 16, 2019 | 05:39 EST
The Twitch Prime January 2019 lineup is here and it brings in a mix of games for the month. Two of the new games have a solid action focus and the other two make for titles where you're trying to fly…
January 3, 2019 | 10:00 EST
A surprise Twitch Prime Devolver pack has been announced! This package of seven games from publisher Devolver Digital is available for a short while to anyone who is subscribed to Twitch Prime.…
December 28, 2018 | 11:00 EST
An announcement has gone out regarding the Nintendo Creators Program ending very soon on the company's official Twitter. Details on the closure are expanded in a linked news post on the company's…
November 28, 2018 | 09:49 EST
In April 2017, Twitch added a function that allowed viewers to support streamers by purchasing games and in-game items straight from Twitch. This system will no longer be available after November 27…
November 16, 2018 | 11:06 EST
Every month, subscribers to Twitch Prime receive a load of games and in-game loot. Remember, if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, you receive Twitch Prime as part of your subscription package. Below…
November 2, 2018 | 08:11 EDT
E3 2018 begins in just under a week, and this is a time that many gamers are looking forward to as we get a glimpse of what we should be expecting going forward and what so many companies have been…
June 4, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Overwatch League viewers can receive free League Tokens just by watching live matches on Twitch and some new skins can be unlocked by Cheering during matches according to a post on the Twitch blog.…
February 21, 2018 | 05:11 EST
As Steam continues to leave the doors open to developers big and small, its marketplace has become less and less about discovery. Since Valve's storefront is no longer a golden ticket to success by…
February 19, 2018 | 01:15 EST
Twitch has secured third-party platform rights for the Overwatch League for two years as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. Blizzard Entertainment & Twitch have already partnered up to bring 20…
January 9, 2018 | 02:34 EST
Twitch was bought by Amazon three years ago and has largely been a separate entity, aside from the Amazon Prime benefits for Twitch. Today, Twitch has announced "Gear on Amazon," which allows…
September 15, 2017 | 09:32 EDT
Twitch's community has raised $75 million for charity since 2012 according to a post on the company's official blog. The streaming service initially launched as a public beta in June of 2011 as a…
July 22, 2017 | 11:45 EDT
Last July, controversy erupted when some YouTube and Twitch personalities were found allegedly promoting websites for gambling in-game items from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in which they were…
July 21, 2017 | 06:40 EDT
To say that the world surrounding YouTube and indie gaming is a murky swamp may be the understatement of the year right now. YouTubers have had to deal with the #adpocolypse and the fallout from the…
July 18, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
July 14th a group of big-hearted gamers will embark on a quest to stream 120 hours of Final Fantasy gameplay to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. TheSpeedGamers are veteran…
July 13, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Twitch and Blizzard Entertainment have entered into a partnership to bring Golden Loot Boxes in Overwatch to Twitch Prime and exclusive eSports content to Twitch according to a blog post from the…
June 21, 2017 | 08:30 EDT
E3 is just around the corner and as always before the big floor opens where developers can show off their games to press, and for the first time the general public, a lot of the big publishers get…
June 6, 2017 | 08:00 EDT
Twitch and Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. have announced the Tekken World Tour. The two companies have partnered together to create an official esports league for Tekken 7. The tour will…
May 25, 2017 | 07:32 EDT
The ESA has announced that E3 2017 will be teaming up with producer Geoff Keighley to bring the E3 Coliseum to The Novo at L.A Live on the 13th and 14th of June. The E3 Coliseum will act as a main…
May 15, 2017 | 12:30 EDT
The Injustice 2 Championship Series has been announced by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Presented by PlayStation 4. Amateur and pro-gamers will be able to compete in the upcoming superhero…
May 8, 2017 | 01:50 EDT
Popular streaming website Twitch allegedly has announced an expansion of their paid Twitch subscriber services in an email sent out to a select few partnered streamers. These new tiers will allow…
April 18, 2017 | 09:40 EDT
On Friday, July 14th at 6PM CST a group of gamers from Arlington, Texas called TheSpeedGamers will attempt to stream 120 hours of Final Fantasy in a marathon charity event. This Final Fantasy…
April 3, 2017 | 08:54 EDT
When most people think of Amazon Prime [Affiliate Link], there's a good chance their minds immediately connect the service to free two-day shipping and/or Amazon Prime Video. However, Prime does much…
March 17, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
Back in 2016, Amazon acquired Curse, a gaming company that among its numerous wings had the Curse App, an application focused on communication between players and some limited matchmaking and…
March 10, 2017 | 02:45 EST
Major streaming website Twitch has announced that the company will start selling games and DLC, turning the streaming website into an online storefront third-party developers and publishers. This…
February 27, 2017 | 11:20 EST
Twitch is introducing a new program to help game developers engage with players as announced on their blog. The new program is called Drops and will let developers put special items into their games…
February 23, 2017 | 10:38 EST
Yandere Dev, the developer of Yandere Simulator, recently concluded what he calls the "Twitch Saga" by posting a final update video on the matter after he received a response from Twitch. I covered…
February 20, 2017 | 02:00 EST
Strategy fans looking for the perfect Valentine's Day antidote are in luck this week as SEGA's Make War Not Love 4: The Aftermath offers the opportunity to watch the communities of Dawn of War II,…
February 14, 2017 | 01:15 EST
Following the response from Twitch regarding the streaming ban of Yandere Simulator, we reached out to both Twitch and Yandere Dev for any further comment on the matter and to ask a few questions.…
February 14, 2017 | 12:45 EST
The developer of Yandere Simulator has uploaded a video to the game's official YouTube channel detailing a response e-mail that he received from Twitch relating to the game being banned for streaming…
February 11, 2017 | 09:40 EST