According to stats tracking websites TwitchTracker and SullyGnome, chess is now bigger in viewership than several AAA titles, including Overwatch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Black Ops, and Rainbow Six: Siege.
The move was a cause for alarm for many streamers, who don't trust Twitch to score streamer's brand friendliness fairly.
Chess viewership is growing online at a rapid pace, and not just for the Twitch chess experts. Alongside the streams and videos from chess grandmasters grinding out Blitz and Bullet games, there are a
Twitch thought they were challenging the gender binary, it turns out they were offending everyone instead.
4Conner released a last goodbye video over the weekend, in which he apologized for his racist, sexist, and homophobic comments and announced he would be quitting Twitch. Later, he also deactivated his Twitter.
Following the recent controversy surrounding GameStop, stock trading app Robinhood, and Wall Street, Democratic Representative of New York's 14th District Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — known to the public more commonly as AOC — hosted a stream on her Twitch channel to discuss the situation.
Starting at 10am PT on Wednesday, January 27th, Team Liquid will stream a crazy suite of events that'll really put the ‘launch' in project launch. They'll include: Blue Boldly Goes Into Space: T
Former Overwatch player turned content creator Ryu “Ryujehong” Je-hong has been suspended of "all team-related activities" with his org Gen.G, Co-President and COO Arnold Hur announced Tue
In changing PogChamp from one face to another, Twitch may have inadvertently opened up a whole new problem that sounds like a PR nightmare.
YourPrincess was one of the Twitch Rivals captains that drafted a team for the upcoming event, but shortly after the draft multiple players selected for her team dropped out of the tournament. Read up more on the story here:
On Monday Jan 11, Spanish Fortnite streamer, Grefg, started up a Twitch live stream to officially reveal his Fortnite skin getting added by Epic Games. And as his stream continued, he peaked at 2.5 million viewers. Read about his story here:
UPDATE 1/8: Following a suggestion made by Sean "Day[9]" Plott, Twitch will be replacing the PogChamp emote with a new emote every day.
The Inven Culture editorial team has put together a playlist featuring copyright-free tunes that are Twitch stream friendly. Our first playlist focuses on electronic tunes that will get you the perfect uplifting vibe for your stream.
Riot Games recently announced their joint with the Fair Play Alliance and Anti-Defamation League. Read more on who they're joining in this endeavor and how it can shape gaming here:
Ben "CohhCarnage" Cassell, the family-friendly Twitch streamer most well known for embracing an active community of back-seat gamers, Twitch community has also had a change of heart about Twitch donations.
December 9, Twitch updated their "Hateful Content and Harassment Policy" to better protect the creators and community on their platform. This updated policy will apply only to content that is created
On Wednesday evening, Twitch, one of the largest live streaming platforms in the world, announced they were suspending one of their most popular personalities after an event that took place over the weekend.
Following VALORANT's success, tournament organizer LVL Global has invested in a brand new show, with the fitting title “RALOVANT” — a wordplay on the game and the word “relevant”, led by Su Collins and Ender.
Verizon will showcase power of mobile gaming on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro with a League of Legends: Wild Rift event on October 22. Read more about the event and the players here:
United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known more commonly as AOC, is looking to start a Twitch stream of popular new party game Among Us as a way to incentivize voting amongst US citizens.
