Tag Archives: Twitch

YouTube is set to release its Twitch game-streaming competitor ‘YouTube Gaming’ tomorrow, and it’s coming to Australia (kind of). Many tech industry pundits expected YouTube to purchase the popular game streaming service Twitch, but due to apparent anti-trust concerns, YouTube withdrew from any potential purchase allowing Amazon to buy the …

Lovers of Game streaming service Twitch got a bit of an update over the weekend, which has given the app a new way to appreciate game streams. Watching other people play computer games isn’t everyones idea of a good time, but don’t knock it – eSports is a growing industry. …

The popular streaming network Twitch has updated their app to allow viewers on mobile devices to see when they have been mentioned in chat. The network allows gamers to stream their sessions around the world live for their friends and (depending on who they are) fans to view real time …

Google is preparing YouTube to take on Twitch later in 2015 year with a “YouTube Live” service, according to reports. The Daily Dot, citing those wonderful unnamed sources say that Google has assembled a team of up to 50 engineers with experience in the streaming sector to back and build …

Game streaming service Twitch, who were recently purchased by Amazon – apparently gazzumping Google at the post if rumours are to be believed – has now added Chromecast support to their Android app. According to the Twitch Blog, the support has been an oft-requested feature, so now streamers can now …

UPDATE: It appears that the purchase has actually gone through, with Engadget reporting that Amazon has purchased Twitch for $970M in cash. After earlier this year reporting in May this year that Google was looking at purchasing the gaming network service Twitch for $1Billion (US), the Wall Street Journal is now …

A rumour began circulating in May, that Google was looking to purchase game video streaming service Twitch for 1 Billion dollars, that deal has apparently now gone through according to Venture Beat who have spoken with sources who are ‘familiar with the matter’. At roughly the cost of one 2012 …

Reports are coming out from the Wall Street Journal and Variety that Google is looking to acquire live video-streaming service Twitch, and integrate it with its YouTube service. The reports, which seem to come from two sources close to the talks between both companies, indicate that the discussions are still …