Twitch holiday spectacular 2018.
Twitch holiday spectacular 2018.
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Twitch takes a look back at great moments in livestreaming in 2018

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Twitch has come a long way since it debuted in 2011 as Justin.tv. And now the company is making us feel teary with its livestreamed Twitch Holiday Spectacular, which is a special edition of Twitch Weekly that features guests from the community and highlighted big moments and milestones from 2018.

The livestreaming division of Amazon said that the number of partner and affiliate streamers who can generate revenue on Twitch grew more than 86 percent from  2017 to 2018. This included more than 248,000 streamers gaining affiliate status and more than 7,800 streamers becoming partners.

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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.