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Twitch has announced Clips; a new feature that allows viewers to save 30 second video clips from any live stream. When something amazing happens on stream, all users have to do is press the Clip button, this will save the previous 25 seconds of the stream along with the next …
Read More »Twitch unveils TwitchCon, inaugural event set for September
Twitch has announced it will host the first annual TwitchCon this September in San Francisco, California. Twitch.tv host Marcus Graham revealed the news on the video broadcasting firm’s weekly update show, stating the conference will take place September 25th and 26th at the Moscone center in San Francisco – where …
Read More »Twitch Plays Pokemon ends in victory
Twitch Plays Pokemon – a livestreamed crowd-play event with thousands of individuals attempting to control and play through one game – has ended in triumph, and a new journey is already underway. According to this TPP stats page, the game lasted a bit over 16 days and saw 36m total …
Read More »PS4 Twitch integration allows users to freely broadcast content
PS4 owners will have the ability to share and broadcast live gameplay footage from their hardware through Twitch, the live streaming video platform has revealed. In a statement released during Sony’s big night at Gamescom, CEO Emmett Shear announced that Playstation 4 users need only press their Dualshock 4’s Share …
Read More »Twitch: ‘New generation of gamers don’t want to read’
Game Informer and Gamereactor may be entering the UK, but according to TV giant Twitch, gamers don’t want new magazines, they want video. The US firm is like ‘YouTube for video games’, but specialises in live video and eSports. Its 23m unique monthly users watch 6bn minutes of video a …
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