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Twitch helps raise $1.5M from gamers for charity

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Twitch video community for gamers has helped raise more than $1.5 million for the charities.

Video game philanthropists use Twitch to hold charity events that raise money. That makes Twitch, which is a promoter of gaming as a spectator sport, an interesting new outlet for charitable donations.

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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.