Gamers can broadcast gameplay to the popular livestreaming site.

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Google reportedly buying game livestreaming startup Twitch for $1B [update]

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 19, 2014
Updated June 18, 2025
2 min

Updated Monday at 11:31 a.m. Pacific.

Google has reached a deal to buy game livestreaming firm Twitch for $1 billion, according to a report by Variety.

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