Mixer will transition its audience to Facebook Gaming.
Mixer will transition its audience to Facebook Gaming.
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Microsoft will shut down Mixer on July 22, transition users to Facebook Gaming

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft said today it will shut its Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and transition its streamers and audience to Facebook Gaming.

Microsoft also said it will provide the Project xCloud streaming games service to Facebook Gaming players, enabling them to play high-end games on any device via streaming technology. The move is a blow to Microsoft’s attempt to compete with Amazon’s Twitch and Google’s YouTube services, but the partnership with Facebook could broaden the reach for its gaming services.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.