For millions players of the video game Fortnite, the withdrawal symptoms are over.
The Epic Games title, which went into a publicity-savvy “black hole” on Sunday, returned to full power Tuesday with a full-length trailer for its newest iteration. Live game play of the new chapter got under way after the trailer…
Gamers will now have easier access to President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign activities. The Commander in Chief has joined Amazon’s Twitch video livestreaming site.
President Trump now has a verified account on the platform, already has almost 40,000 followers. His first Twitch effort came with his…
Esports content creator and Twitch personality Nick "NICKMERCS" Kolcheff has signed a multi-year deal to continue to stream exclusively on Twitch.
The deal was brokered by UTA and The Kinetic Group. NICKMERCS is appearing this weekend at TwitchCon and will be hosting meet-and-greets with partners and his fanbase, the…
Streamers attempting to cover the recent Democrat presidential candidate debates ran into copyright issues with CNN, whose complaints forced take downs on YouTube and Twitch.
The take-downs included conservative and liberal sites, according to a report from ReclaimTheNet. Those affected included David Pakman, Kyle…
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, gaming’s biggest star, has switched allegiances. Starting Friday, he’ll move his livestreaming activities from his home at Twitch to Microsoft’s competing Mixer, detailing his online exploits at http://www.mixer.com/Ninja.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Ninja was Twitch’s biggest…
The Fortnite World Cup Finals saw 16-year-old Kyle Giersdorf (screen name: “Bugha”) crowned the first solo champion, taking home $3 million. In an indication of how big and enthusiastic the esports audience has become, the event drew 2 million concurrent live streams on Twitch and YouTube.
Thousands of fans also…
Who knew that Twitch was game for original scripted programming? The online social video service is a natural destination for gamers who stream live content of their conquests and competitions but now the apparatus (and its live audience) are also being used by a series called Artificial to create meta entertainment…
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins wracked up 226.85 million streams via Twitch this year, more than doubling his nearest competitor and aggregating more views than the second and third-place finishers combined.
TEO Analytics and esportsobserver calculated the total viewing hours across the top ten Twitch channels for the entire…
UPDATED with more info, suspect and victim’s ID’s: Officials in Jacksonville, FL have confirmed that two people were killed in addition to the gunman during a mass shooting at a Madden 19 video game tournament Sunday in the northern Florida city. Eleven others were reportedly wounded.
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office…
Your young gamers may have some new online friends in popular titles like Fortnite, Overwatch and World of Warcraft – some of the world’s hottest porn stars.
The adult stars have turned to video games as a brand-builder, streaming their online gaming sessions out to the world as an incentive to lure more followers…
Cinedigm announced the launch today of the free gaming- and eSports-centered WHAM Network on Twitch, online and on mobile devices. It will cover industry news and the celebrity gaming scene, provide gamer-focused original series and offer in-depth coverage of live events.
The new 24/7 channel will put a spotlight on a…
Social video service Twitch laid off about 25 people as it adjusts staffing to position the company for its next phase of growth.
Esports consultant Rod Breslau reported the layoffs on Twitter, saying employees from the Twitch Studios and in the community and marketing teams lost their jobs yesterday. The process…
