Layoffs are hitting Amazon’s entertainment businesses. Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500 jobs. In a memo to employees shared on the company’s… Read More
In an effort to fight online medical disinformation and raise money for research, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is tapping into video games. The Stream for Fred Hutch charity program… Read More
Amazon’s livestreaming platform Twitch is still the uncontested leader in its field, with millions of hours watched so far in 2023, but it’s taken a distinct audience hit year-over-year following… Read More
Twitch announced on Monday that it would lay off “just over 400 people,” part of a new round of layoffs at its parent company Amazon. “Like many companies, our business… Read More
As live events start coming back after a pandemic-induced hiatus, one of the major organizations in Seattle’s local livestreaming scene has taken the opportunity to reorganize its events and community.… Read More
Amazon Games announced that its cloud-based game streaming platform Luna is officially out of beta, and is now available to any interested user in the mainland U.S. Initially announced in… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox department announced on Wednesday that Xbox users can once again stream their gameplay directly from their consoles to Twitch. While a Twitch app was available for the Xbox… Read More
It’s been a strange year in a strange business. The video game industry came into 2021 with a lot of momentum, with millions of new customers, high sales, and venture… Read More
Twitch’s audience numbers have begun to tick back up now that summer’s over; “virtual YouTubers” are pulling in surprisingly big numbers; and Amazon’s MMORPG New World, in its first full… Read More
If you were using the web version of Twitch early Friday morning, you might’ve gotten the chance to see it get redecorated with a picture of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’… Read More
The Amazon-owned livestreaming network Twitch has confirmed that it’s been hacked, in what one BBC analyst called “the biggest leak I have ever seen.” Early Wednesday, an anonymous poster on… Read More
Sept. 1 saw a day-long strike by some of the most popular streamers on Twitch, and according to numbers released on Thursday morning, it took a deep cut out of… Read More
Twitch’s growth rate has been slowed but not eliminated in the summer months; Facebook Gaming continues to grow its share of the livestreaming market; there’s a new competitor elbowing its… Read More
— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer and interim chief technology officer at communications company Liberty Latin… Read More
Twitch hit another viewership record last month, buoyed by hot content like watching people sleep and a roleplaying mod for an eight-year-old sandbox game. It’s possible we’ve all finally gone… Read More
Twitch users may now face punitive measures by the service for actions that occurred offline, on other platforms, or before they started using Twitch at all. Twitch, owned by Amazon,… Read More
Last year was transformative for the international livestreaming scene, with Mixer bowing out, Twitch’s meteoric rise, and the continued growth of Facebook Gaming. In 2021, the landscape continues to heat… Read More
Editor’s note: Post updated with recap of the Twitch stream below. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian replaced Chamath Palihapitiya. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is heading back to Amazon’s Twitch for a third… Read More
U.S. livestreamers may see major changes to their business model as a result of legislation in Congress’s latest COVID-19 relief bill. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which passed late… Read More
In 2020, the international livestreaming scene has been a lifeline for millions of people who’d otherwise have gone stir-crazy while social distancing, and it’s been reflected in the audience numbers.… Read More
U.S. Rep. Alexandria “AOC” Ocasio-Cortez returned to Twitch on Friday night for a 5-and-a-half-hour broadcast, where she played the interactive mystery game Among Us with Jagmeet Singh, a member of… Read More
— The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce announced Rachel Smith as the business association’s new CEO. She starts in January. “The jobs, prosperity, and community solutions that our region’s employers… Read More
Pandemic life continues to spur the livestreaming audience to new heights, with Twitch setting an all-time audience record in October, Facebook Gaming reporting significant overall growth, games such as Genshin… Read More
Among Us, the viral hit PC and mobile murder mystery game, has come under attack from a particularly vicious spambot. Starting on Thursday evening, hundreds of players in public matches… Read More
As part of a plan to encourage voting in the November election, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went live on Twitch Tuesday night to play the sudden hit indie game… Read More
Microsoft abruptly shutting down Mixer back in June has ended up as a boon for Amazon’s Twitch platform. That’s according to a new report from Stream Hatchet and Streamlabs, which… Read More
If you live in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Joe Biden is coming to a town near you via train. And you can join the ride via Twitch, as the Democratic presidential… Read More
Twitch’s biggest streaming star is back. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the professional gamer who jumped from the Amazon-owned platform last year to set up shop on Microsoft’s Mixer, has signed an… Read More
Musicians relying on digital streaming to connect with fans during the pandemic have another option to do so thanks to a new Amazon Music and Twitch partnership. Twitch’s live streaming… Read More
Canceled vacations and closed-down cities have fueled an uneven but dramatic rise in the overall audience for live-streaming platforms. Many of the big games on Twitch saw significant drops in… Read More