Twitch’s mobile broadcasting coming to Gameloft’s Asphalt 8 racer on iOS

Twitch livestreaming isn’t just a far-off concept for mobile — it’s coming to one of the Apple App Store’s top racing games this week.

Mobile developer Gameloft is incorporating Twitch broadcasting into its Asphalt 8: Airborne driving sim for iOS on Thursday. This will enable players to stream live gameplay to their Twitch channels along with voice over and video from an iPhone or iPad’s front-facing camera. Twitch is already a massive hit with over a million people using it to broadcast their gaming action from PC and consoles. The site has over 45 million monthly unique viewers, and it introduced its latest development kit two weeks ago that enables mobile developers to reach that potential audience. Twitch could help fuel further growth of the $16 billion smartphone- and tablet-gaming industry.