On Wednesday, Twitch was subjected to a hacker attack: among the stolen data was information about an application codenamed Vapour. It has already been dubbed a Steam rival.

Today, analytics tools allow you to evaluate the effectiveness of not only purchased traffic, but also streams on Twitch. About this in your column on App2Top.ru told the service provider Xsolla.

The chess boom continues in Twitch. In February, the hours of views of streams on the chess theme jumped 21 times compared to last year. This was largely due to the success of the TV series “The Queen’s Move” released at the end of October.

The Ninja streamer spoke about the downside of popularity to The New York Times. He was tired of trolling and attention-hungry children, spoke out on the topic of racism and explained why he does not stream with girls in principle.In an interview with The New York Times, Tyler Blevins admits that he did not expect a warm welcome after returning to Twitch.

During the New Year holidays, the Rust survival simulator, released back in December 2013, updated several of its own records at once. Firstly, the peak online gaming on Twitch has surpassed the mark of 1 million viewers. Secondly, the number of simultaneous players on Steam has exceeded 240 thousand.The developers announced about overcoming the milestone of 1 million simultaneous viewers on Twitch on January 3.

Streamers should deduct part of their revenue to the developers of the games they broadcast, according to Alex Hutchinson, creative director of Stadia Games and Entertainment. His statement provoked thousands of angry comments, and Google representatives hastily disavowed his statements.How did it all start?

Almost 500 thousand people decided to watch how the American congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) plays Among Us for the first time in her life. This is one of the biggest broadcasts in the history of Twitch.

Young American politicians are using video games to attract new voters. So far, it is not massive, but yesterday Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) decided to play Among Us. In a matter of hours, more than 100 thousand people subscribed to her Twitch.”Would anyone like to play Among Us with me on Twitch to encourage people to vote (I’ve never played it, but it seems to be a lot of fun),” wrote 31-year-old Ocasio-Cortez, a…

The indie game Among Us became a real phenomenon on Steam only two years after its release. At some point, the developers even wanted to close the project due to unprofitability, but changed their mind in time.Brief chronology

The streamer Shroud, who returned to Twitch a couple of weeks ago, predicted a quick death for the popular title Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. The reason for this may be the fast-paced gameplay.

In 17 days, the teenager managed to spend $ 20 thousand on subscriptions and donations on Twitch. It took his family a month to get the money back. By the way, Twitch itself has not responded to the situation.

Tencent is preparing to launch the Trovo streaming platform. This is a service similar to Twitch, but focused on mobile, Bloomberg reports.

In the era of the coronavirus, Twitch has become even more in demand. And streamers use it. Since February, 89% more videos containing messages from sponsors have appeared on the site.

Zynga has introduced a new type of monetization in Words With Friends. A link to the Amazon Prime service has appeared in the word game. His subscribers will be offered free exclusive rewards in the title.

The new multiplayer shooter from Riot Games has become an event on Twitch. More than 1.7 million viewers watched the launch of the closed beta of Valorant yesterday. This is one of the record peaks in the entire history of the service.

Newzoo analysts have made a forecast for the global esports market for 2020-2023. According to their data, this year the segment’s revenue will exceed $1 billion for the first time.

In August, the popular Ninja streamer preferred Mixer to the more popular Twitch platform. The estimated amount of his deal with Mixer became known — $ 20-30 million.

Activision Blizzard and YouTube have signed a streaming deal. It gives the latter exclusive rights to broadcast the publisher’s esports matches. These rights used to belong to Twitch.

In the 4th quarter of 2019, Twitch‘s views began to fall. The indicators of Twitch, YouTube Live and Mixer were compared in a joint report by StreamLabs and Newzoo.