Amazon has a new set of tools for game developers that lets them build in-game competitions, with prizes that can be fulfilled by Amazon itself. The new service built on… Read More
Twitch said it will offer a slate of free games monthly to members of Amazon Prime, adding another benefit to the fast-shipping program. The new program, called Free Games With… Read More
Twitch, the game streaming service owned by Amazon, snagged three key executives with experience at many of the world’s top tech companies. Sara Clemens comes from Pandora, where she was… Read More
In what could be a preview of what watching sports online might be like in the future, the NBA today announced a live streaming deal with Twitch. Starting Friday, the… Read More
For the first time, Twitch is opening up an official merchandise online store — and of course, it’s powered by Amazon’s e-commerce engine. The social video platform, acquired by Amazon… Read More
In the midst of the giant PAX West gaming convention in Seattle this past weekend, one panel dedicated its conversation to not playing games. More specifically, the discussion on Monday… Read More
Hold onto your caps! PAX West kicked off this morning in Seattle, and all eyes were on Nintendo’s Super Mario Odyssey, the highly anticipated new Mario game featuring Mario’s friendly… Read More
Amazon-owned live video streaming giant Twitch made one of its biggest announcements of the year on Wednesday as it revealed more than 20 new extensions to help content creators increase… Read More
Mixer, the game streaming service that Microsoft acquired last year, unveiled mobile apps for iOS and Android that let players stream on the go and share experiences in their favorite mobile games.… Read More
A new trailer for “Breakaway,” the multiplayer action game from Amazon Game Studios, encourages participants to “play like the world is watching.” And that’s certainly the overall goal as developers… Read More
Game streamers want to make more money. Developers want more users downloading their apps. Now a new Seattle startup is helping make both happen at the same time. GawkBox today… Read More
Apple hinted at the possibility of live screen broadcasting from the iPhone and iPad in July with the appearance of a non-functioning “start broadcast” button in the iOS 11 beta.… Read More
The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of community outreach, after a backlash over a broadcast this week… Read More
Amazon-owned game-streaming giant Twitch today expanded its Twitch Prime program to more than 200 countries and territories. Twitch Prime, which rolled out last year, is a bundle of Amazon Prime benefits specifically aimed… Read More
Nine months after Microsoft’s Xbox group acquired Beam, the game streaming service is getting a new name and a host of new features. The service will now be called Mixer,… Read More
Innervate, a Seattle startup offering a suite of tools to help gaming companies market their products, has raised an undisclosed investment from Trilogy Equity Partners, Founders Co-Op, and angel investor… Read More
The popularity of competitive gaming — also known as eSports — continues to rise, and some predict that it may surpass traditional sports within the next few years. Global brand agency… Read More
Twitch is continuing its push into social media, announcing Thursday that it will rebrand the Curse app, a communication hub for the gaming community, as an extension of Twitch. The… Read More
Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool called Pulse. The feature allows users to post messages, photo… Read More
Inside the Seattle Police Department, a special three-person unit known as a “fire team” sets out every week on a mission to protect civilization from alien threats. The workings of… Read More
Twitch is adding an e-commerce element to its game streaming platform. The Amazon-owned company announced today that it will sell video games directly on its site, which is already used by nearly… Read More
Amazon has tapped former Sony exec John Smedley to lead a San Diego game studio, which will develop new projects using some of the Seattle company’s most powerful businesses. The team… Read More
Amazon today released Lumberyard Beta 1.6, the newest update to its game engine that runs on Amazon Web Services. The updates brings more than 337 improvements and fixes, Amazon said. The key… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled new game streaming technology that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and shows the fruits of an acquisition the company made earlier this year. At a Windows… Read More
A lot of Twitch fans are about to become Amazon Prime members. Amazon and its live streaming company Twitch Friday announced Twitch Prime, a new bundle of Amazon Prime benefits specifically… Read More
Amazon Game Studios, the gaming development arm of Amazon, today revealed its first titles that feature deep integration with Twitch, the live streaming company that Amazon acquired for $1 billion in 2014. The… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday morning in San… Read More
Amazon-owned Twitch today announced the acquisition of Curse, a gaming content and resource hub visited by more than 30 million people each month. Founded in 2006, Bay Area-based Curse had raised… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox group announced Thursday that it has acquired Seattle-based interactive game streaming service Beam, bringing the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant into an arena dominated by Amazon’s Twitch. Microsoft said in… Read More
[Correction: This post has been updated to reflect that two pilots, not three, will stream on Twitch, and one of the shows is different than previously reported.] Amazon Studios plans to… Read More