Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer in the first big shot of livestreaming’s content war
Microsoft just mixed up the streaming world. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, a livestreamer whose fame rose with the explosion of Epic Games’ battle royale phenomenon...
Lightstream raises $8 million to expand its livestreaming tools
As more companies bet on livestreaming apps to attract new audiences, a startup that makes it easier for users and creators to livestream has...
Facebook’s esports dreams face the privacy PR nightmare
It’s no secret that Facebook’s mishandling of consumer data has landed it in hot water. This forced the social-media behemoth’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg a...
Twitch viewers watched 9.36 billion hours of content in 2018
StreamElements, a company that creates tech for streamers, released a report called “State of the Stream” that has details on Twitch and YouTube Gaming‘s...
Mixer’s Season 2 is the next phase in its battle with Twitch, YouTube
Since Microsoft acquired livestreaming service Beam in August 2016, it has worked to turn the platform into a destination for gamers. Now known as...
Intel and StreamLabs partner to create dedicated livestreaming hardware
The latest CPUs from Intel have made it easier than ever to livestream. If you want to get serious about your Twitch, Mixer, or...
NVENC vs. X264 — Does CPU or RTX GPU encoding work best for Twitch?
If you want to livestream to Twitch, Mixer, or YouTube Live, you’ve had two options when it comes to video encoding. You can set...
Death’s Door: Aftermath turns the Twitch Plays Pokémon model into a streaming game
Twitch Plays Pokémon broadens how we think about what is and how to play a video game. We’re now seeing other developers build on...
Mixer adds Fortnite to its NFL Red Zone-like HypeZone streams
One of the coolest features on livestreaming platform Mixer is expanding to a new game today. Microsoft revealed that it has added a HypeZone...
Mixer relaunches streaming app on iOS and Android
Microsoft’s Mixer division is launching its Mixer livestreaming app for Android and iOS today. The company said the new app is the result of...