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
Twitch Stats
Viewers watched more than 9.36 billion hours of Twitch in 2018
Twitch's viewership has grown year on year
Twitchcon Europe
TwitchCon heading to Berlin in 2019
The new TwitchCon instalment will take place in Berlin
Banned
China bans games streaming platform Twitch
The ban comes after the site experienced a popularity spike
Oops
Twitch, Nintendo, Vainglory and others blocked in Russia amidst Telegram crackdown
Attempts to ban messenger app result in other websites and services going offline
Watch This
Twitch pulls in 82% of viewership hours of top 20 streamed games in Q1 2018
Twitch and YouTube Gaming generated 2.5 billion viewing hours
Job Losses
Twitch lays off staff as company restructures
But firm claims it still wants to grow its headcount overall
Take No Prisoners
Twitch tightens community guidelines to combat hateful conduct
The platform has revealed a 'zero tolerance' policy on hateful behaviour
Celebrity Partnership
Netmarble taps Conan O'Brien for Lineage 2: Revolution Twitchcon promotion
TV show host appears on stage to make Western release date announcement
Paradise Lost
Where is mobile gaming’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?
Have we gone too clever, got too niche?
Influential Donations
Twitch community raises $75 million for charity
2017 has already seen $9.1 million in donations and may surpass 2016 record
Influencer Marketing
Why influencers are a key part of games marketing and how to work with them
An overview of the space and how to harness these social media stars in your marketing campaigns
Summoning A Crowd
Broadcast of Summoners War eSport tournament hits top five on Twitch
M2: Mobile Masters Invitational 2017 racked up 35,000 concurrent views
Two Masters
Can Brawl Stars save mobile eSports?
Supercell’s biggest challenge
Under Construction
“We want to be the best listeners on the planet”: How Amazon is pitting Lumberyard against Unity and Unreal
Amazon Games VP Mike Frazzini discusses the company's big plans for developers
Crossing The Streams
Why mobile game devs should be thinking about streaming
Chartboost's Pepe Agell offers his reasons
Twitchbook
Twitch takes on social networking with newly rolled-out Pulse platform
Post updates, share videos, emote, and without even streaming
Twitter Esports
Twitter partners with ESL and DreamHack to bring eSports streaming to its social network
Who needs Twitch?
Final Clash
Clash Royale's inaugral North American championship finishes with the Crown Duel on December 17th
$15,000 and a trip to Helsinki up for grabs
Influencing Influencers
7 influencer marketing tips for mobile games publishers
How to deal with influencers to market your game
Logging On
Amazon Lumberyard opens new Austin office
Working closely with Twitch team there
Watch & Buy
How Twitch helped Clash Royale drive $1.5 million in additional revenue
Synergetic campaigning
No Guts No Vainglory
Amazon Appstore becomes major sponsor of Vainglory US & EU Summer Season
Season structure also altered to be more eSports friendly
State Of Esports
It's not about mobile game eSports. It's about is this a good mobile game for eSports?
The story so far
Competition =/= Sport
Updated: To be an eSport, you have to design a game for spectators as well as players, says Mobcrush
Koh Kim discusses the rise of the spectator
Vainglory Spring Season
Vainglory Spring Season Championship events to be held in Hollywood and Berlin in June
June 3-5 in Hollywood, June 10-12 in Berlin
New Way To Stream
BlueStacks' Twitch integration provides wire-free Android game streaming from your PC
Open for all
Vainglory Growth
Super Evil Megacorp and Twitch sign three-year deal to grow Vainglory's eSports presence
Multi-million dollar investment from both companies
Tune In, Join In
How the deep Twitch integration of Amazon's Lumberyard engine will drive a new type of community and gaming
VP of Games Mike Frazzini on its multiplatform community approach
Kids Today
How the market is redefining video entertainment for millenials
Those young'uns with their YouTubes and Twitches
Online Focused
Amazon announces Web Services and Twitch-integrated Lumberyard game engine
Console now, mobile to come
Youtube Panel
Developers and journalists on working with YouTubers and the mobile media
The way of the future
Live On Air
Indie Mavens discuss livestreaming as a marketing tool
The next big thing
Watch This
With over 1 million Twitch viewers a month, Super Evil builds out Vainglory’s eSports potential
Mobile MOBA’s latest trick
Livingroom Superstars
Pocket Gamer's Twitch channel breaks 5 million views milestone
Catch a rising stream
Fight, Fight, Fight
YouTube Gaming seeks to steal players from Twitch's yard
Google looks to crush Twitch with new platform
Secret Recipe
Twitch and Reddit can be a UA goldmine, says Miniclip following 10M downloads of Agar.io
Saad Choudri shares the success behind Agar.io
Levelling Up
Amazon's Mike Hines on moving from players and IAPs to fans and alternative revenue streams
A new way to play
Switch
Twitch rakes in more revenue than YouTube, says report
Superdata reveals Twitch's rise to the top
Time To Go Native
Despite Everyplay, Kamcord, Twitch and YouTube Gaming, Apple can win the gameplay video war
Carter Dotson explains the strategy
No Lights No Camera Just Action
Mobcrush on why mobile is the native channel for live game streaming
Mobile DNA matters
Twitching
Pure-play mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $4.9 million
Looking to out-niche Twitch
Watch Us
AppSpy and Pocket Gamer's 12 hour charity Twitch stream now in full swing
Playing the best games ever made
Gogglebox
Pocket Gamer's Twitch channel smashes 3 million views milestone
The kids are streaming
Second Stream
Gaming Live provides alternative to Twitch
Coming soon to iOS and Android
Twitch Time
Mobile game devs need to take advantage of Twitch, says EEDAR's Patrick Walker
Clash of Clans ranked 43 out of 2,800
Jobs
Vainglory looks to Twitch, hiring George 'Zekent' Liu as video community manager
Building community
Interview
Turrican and Rogue Squadron dev Julian Eggebrecht on taking 4 years to make the perfect iOS fish tank sim
The big ambitions behind TouchFish
Gameloft brings Twitch streaming to iOS versions of Heroes of Order & Chaos
Third game from the publisher to support streaming platform
Mobile Mavens
Primed with a Twitch: Will Amazon ever be a serious gaming company?
Our Mavens go Prime