Video game streaming service Twitch launched Communities in February of last year. These were ostensibly hub page for specific games or topics that members could create to help people find content. Now the company will shut these pages down mid-September in favor of a new tagging system. Twitch will also add 10 new categories for […]
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We’re playing Dead Cells on Twitch — come mess with us
Dead Cells is out on everything tomorrow, and I think it’s one hell of a game. It is one of my favorite releases of 2018 so far, but I still haven’t tried out one of its biggest features: the Twitch integration. So tonight, I want to give you a chance to control parts of my […]
Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack 3 LEAKED: Free skins release date NEWS
Fortnite fans appear to have discovered the contents of the next Twitch Prime Pack. Twitch Prime Pack 3 was expected to launch shortly after the release of Season 5. But three weeks into the new season and the latest Twitch Prime Pack is nowhere to be found. However, one Fortnite fan believes they’ve discovered the […]
Ridesharing livestreams on Twitch raise privacy worries
When you step into a ridesharing car, you probably assume that whatever you do inside the vehicle won’t be recorded for posterity. But what if it turned out that you were not only on camera, but live on the internet? Like it or not, that’s happening — and not always with permission. The St. Louis […]
E3 2018: 4.4 million watched press events on Twitch and 15 million tweeted
The social media results are in for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles in June, and the results show that it continues to be one of the biggest events of the year for gaming. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade group that puts on E3, said that […]
Twitch Prime’s “free game every day” for half of July adds up to a ton
Enlarge (credit: Amazon) Amazon’s Prime Day promotions are often a good indicator of which way the company’s many-headed borg is facing, and this year, one Amazon entity is screaming quite loudly: Twitch. Ars’ Jeff Dunn has already summed up a bunch of discounts and offers to expect this coming Prime Day, but in Twitch’s case, […]
Twitch details upcoming stream discovery features
Twitch has been accused numerous times of springing changes on users without much warning, and it’s now bent on rectifying that by being open about its processes. The livestreaming site has announced that it’s publishing a roadmap showing you just what changes are coming to stream discovery. You’ll now know what projects are in the […]
SYTYCD Sneak Peek: Twitch Takes the Stage for a Fierce, Funny Dance Battle
To butcher a classic quote from The Wire: You come at the Twitch, you best not miss. In this exclusive clip from Monday’s So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 8/7c), auditioner Ryan Green takes his life into his hands by agreeing to a hip-hop dance battle with judge/Season 4 finalist/all-around dance god Stephen “Twitch” […]
Twitch allows everyone to customize streams with multiple tools
Twitch’s work on Extensions — video overlays and visual embellishments for streams — keeps plugging along. Today the broadcasting service announced that now every user can turn on up to three different video overlays and a trio of below-player Extensions for their channel. It all sounds pretty easy to use, too. Just head over to […]
We’re experimenting with Twitch content to catch up on zillions of video games
Ars Frontlog, episode 001. FF to roughly 7:00 for gameplay. Ars Technica’s gaming trust has always strived to recommend the best in clever and killer video games. But a rising trend has made that mission more difficult: a seemingly endless fountain of content. This statement of fact is by no means a complaint. There are […]
