Nick Eh 30 takes his 4.6 million subscribers from YouTube Live to Twitch

Twitch suffered a blow when Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced he was would livestream exclusively on Microsoft’s Mixer back on August 1. But it’s striking back with by snagging one of YouTube’s biggest gaming stars: Nicholas “Nick Eh 30” Amyoony.

Nick Eh 30 will move his live broadcasts to from YouTube to Twitch beginning September 1. He’ll keep his schedule of streams at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., where he streams Fortnite (he used to do other games). With 4,643,087 million subscribers as of this report (this doesn’t even count how many watch him but don’t subscribe), Amyoony is YouTube’s top live streamer. He will still keep his video-on-demand material on YouTube, and it will receive regular updates. It’s a sign that we’ve moved into a new phase of the streaming wars — instead of new platforms appearing, they’re now fighting for viewers and exclusive content.