Twitch CEO Emmett Shear hands the Red Cross a $90,000 check for Typhoon Haiyan relief aid.
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Twitch community raises $90,000 for Typhoon Haiyan victims

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Game livestreaming company Twitch organized a relief effort that raised $90,000 for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

In addition, some 7,500 participants in Extra Life used the Twitch platform to collectively raise $1.22 million in donations for the year. The donations show that Twitch’s livestreaming platform can be used for more than just watching and playing games.

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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.