Twitch has announced a new Affiliate Program that allows smaller channels to earn revenue. It will launch later this month, granting fans the ability to donate cheers to affiliated channels and drown streamers in ego-inflating internet kudos. Features including channel subscription will be added in time.

On Monday, a legally blind and deaf Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player was bullied off a match. In response,…

Millions of people watch games being played on Twitch. This spring, they’ll be able to purchase the games they watch…
Some days, I wake up and everything feels just okay. By the time I get down to my office, I have some water and take…
World of Tanks streamer Brian “Poshybrid” Vigneault’s recent death during a 24-hour charity stream rattled the…

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Today, League of Legends publisher Riot announced an unprecedented $300 million deal with Major League Baseball…

After five years of giving people a way to share their gaming with the masses, Twitch expands into the real world…
Twitch’s crusade against garbage live chats saw a victory on Monday. The streaming platform released an automated…
Tech in Asia reports that China’s Ministry of Culture has new regulations banning the streaming of games that the ministry has not approved. This is bound to hurt indie games that are available via Steam, which is still not blocked in the country.
Red Dead Redemption and its Undead Nightmare expansion arrive on PlayStation Now on December 6. Subscribers to Sony’s streaming game service can get their Marston on via PS4 or PC. I could have headlined this “Play Red Dead Redemption on PC Next Week,” but I’m not a monster.
Disclosures on places like YouTube and Twitch are murky territory, but EA is pushing for increased transparency.
The Xbox One has built-in game streaming, so why not Windows? During today’s Windows 10 event, Microsoft announced…

Plenty of Overwatch players do commentary over matches they’re streaming, but TheUnsteady has the voice of an…