State Of Stream State of Stream: Mobile dominates stream charts in emerging markets, with Garena Free Fire topping charts on two platforms
October 19, 2022 News Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – October 19 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on the mobile games making waves on streaming platforms, and esports events
September 23, 2022 Data & Research State of the Stream sees Fall Guys fall and Ninja go Rogue Fall Guys drops from Twitch’s top 10 and famed streamer Ninja goe all-platform in 2022’s State of the Stream.
September 21, 2022 Feature Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – September 20 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
September 15, 2022 Language Localisation Blend considers localisation "non-negotiable" in current gaming market Study explores localisation’s value in-game and on gaming sites
August 30, 2022 Goodbye Facebook Gaming Meta closing Facebook Gaming app before end of year The app’s servers are shutting down on October 28
August 22, 2022 Twitch Vs Youtube Gaming State of the Stream's report reveals Fall Guys reaches over 42 million watch hours on Twitch Fall Guys and Monster Hunter Rise have the highest per cent of growth in streamers on Twitch and Youtube Gaming respectively, according to data from StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg
August 15, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – August 15 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
August 2, 2022 Streaming Giants New report reveals Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is the seventh most streamed game of Q2 2022 Mobile gaming is doing well on YouTube, despite lagging somewhat on Twitch
July 14, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
June 10, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
May 6, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
April 7, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – April 8 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
March 4, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – March 4 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
December 23, 2021 2021 In Review Snap Finger Click's Martijn van der Meulen on Epic vs. Apple, player habits, and non-digital releases Snap Finger Click's co-founder on 2021's challengers and opportunity
May 19, 2021 Sweet Music Enthusiast Gaming to launch 'Higher Power' remix in partnership with Coldplay Streaming on Luminosity Gaming's Twitch channel
May 7, 2021 Watching Twitch mobile app hits 22 million installs in Q1 2021, up 62% 81 million total installs made in 2021
March 4, 2021 Open Book Twitch to be more transparent with its safety efforts "Creating a Transparency Report is an important measure of our accountability"
February 17, 2021 Keep Watching Twitch and Facebook Gaming break viewership records More than two billion hours were viewed on Twitch in January
February 16, 2021 Jobs In Games "Investors will not give fuel to a fire that isn't already burning," says Shotcall CEO Thomas Gentle Shotcall CEO and co-founder Thomas Gentle discusses his route into games.
January 29, 2021 Bebo Social network Bebo is making a comeback - but it's now owned by Amazon The site is set to relaunch in Feb 2021
January 21, 2021 Trump Card Twitch permanetly bans Trump following the Capitol riots “Twitch has clear rules that prohibit hateful conduct, harassment, or incitement of violence on our service, and we consider off-service events when making enforcement decisions"
January 12, 2021 Smashed It Streamer TheGrefg breaks record with over 2.3 million concurrent viewers on Twitch The Fortnite influencer hit the milestone this week
January 8, 2021 Banned Twitch bans Trump following Capitol riots "Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President's incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community"
January 7, 2021 Outta Here Twitch removes PogChamp emote following Capitol Hill riots "We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today"
December 10, 2020 Best Behaviour Twitch updates hateful conduct and harassment policies Comes into effect on January 22nd
December 7, 2020 Be Inclusive Twitch removes "blind playthrough" tag to encourage more inclusive language "You can still use 'First Playthrough' or opt to use it in combination with 'No Spoilers' for the same sentiment"
November 12, 2020 Sorry Twitch apologises to streamers over how it dealt with copyright claims "We are actively speaking with the major record labels about potential approaches to additional licenses that would be appropriate for the Twitch service"
November 11, 2020 Pgc Digital PGC Digital: Why Twitch's 3.2 million monthly streamers offer "endless free user testing" Snap Finger Click design director Joanna Haslam shares studio's experience
October 23, 2020 Pay Up Stadia creative director Hutchinson insists streamers should pay royalties Google has distanced itself, the tweets "do not reflect those of Stadia, YouTube or Google"
October 20, 2020 Come One Come All Update: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitch stream peaks at 430,000 viewers A range of popular streamers will join her
October 9, 2020 For Equality Employees speak out about systematic sexism, racism and abuse at Twitch Streaming platform denies the allegations levelled against it
October 1, 2020 Sountrack Twitch launches new music tool packed with free-to-use tunes Soundtrack will provide streamers with a comprehensive library of rights-cleared music
September 29, 2020 Imposter Syndrome Among Us surge in popularity sees 655% rise in downloads, tops 120 million installs globally Social deduction title generated 78.2% of all downloads during August and September.
August 21, 2020 Dropping By Twitch introduces a new version of Drops "Now, once the initial integration is complete, anyone on the game developer team can create a Drops campaign"
June 29, 2020 Allegations Twitch is investigating sexual abuse allegations against streamers It will dish out permanent bans
March 27, 2020 "global Fight" Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19 12-hour charity stream for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
March 6, 2020 Cancelled TwitchCon Amsterdam cancelled amidst coronavirus concerns The convention was set to go ahead in May
October 24, 2019 A New Chapter Fortnite’s “The End” event viewed by seven million concurrents New records set across Twitch and Twitter
September 19, 2019 New Partnership The Internet Gaming Database joins Twitch The company specialises in information about games
August 13, 2019 Whoops Twitch CEO apologises to Ninja for pornography recommendation on his old channel The platform was using the Ninja landing page to push other streams
August 9, 2019 Twitch Studio Twitch launches first-party streaming software Twitch Studio Previously, streamers had to use third-party software such as OBS and XSplit to power their broadcasts
June 19, 2019 Bebo X Twitch Twitch acquires Bebo to expand esports platform Bebo launched in 2005 before Facebook spearheaded the social media frenzy
April 16, 2019 Twitch Sings Twitch karaoke game Twitch Sings is now available to everyone The company has been trialing a beta version of the game among partnered streamers
April 3, 2019 New Job StreamElements names former Twitch veteran Chase as head of communications Chase will be heading up the communications division at StreamElements
April 1, 2019 Switch Prime Twitch Prime members can grab up to a year's worth of Nintendo Switch Online A free year of Nintendo Switch online will now be added to Twitch Prime
March 28, 2019 Clash With Ash Clash Royale YouTuber Ash CWA on the ever-changing mobile esports scene and dealing with influencers "The biggest misconception I've seen from companies when it comes to making competitive games is that they need to act immediately"
March 18, 2019 Interactive Media GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming Pipeworks, Katapult and more studios are first to sign-up