The Channels You Follow — Now in the Directory

by Matthew DiPietro

Previously only available from the “Following” directory in the left navigation of the site, you now have access to all your followed channels in a persistent right-hand navigation across all Directory…

ShadowPlay Twitch Streaming Functionality Enters Beta

by Brooke Van Dusen

Twitch and NVIDIA are excited to announce that as of today you can download and stream to Twitch directly through GeForce Experience. What’s more, this is the first integration that utilizes…

Service Update: Major Video System Update and Prague Is Online

Over the past year, we’ve been hard at work on massive improvements to the video system. Our goal is to improve the video system’s stability and scalability so that we can offer the best quality video to as many users on…

New Video System: Update after One Week in Full Service

FIRST: We’re keenly aware and sympathetic to the notion that less latency will make social interaction better. We care very much about interactivity and continue work to deliver less overall latency. We assure you we have not directly…

Got Embed? Make Sure to Check/Update Your Site’s Twitch Embed URL

by Jason Maestas

For over a year, we’ve been building a new in-house video system that will allow us to scale to the rapid growth of our platform. Part of this process involves updating the…

Top Twitch Games for November 2013

The next generation of gaming is here, but it’s the cross-gen titles that are getting all the love. As always, we sort this list by the overall number of minutes watched per game. This allows us to give you a more accurate view of the Twitch community, as it helps…

Early Access Titles a Hit on Twitch

Video games are weird.

We used to fret over whether or not to slap $5 bucks down on the counter and reserve a copy of a game. Now we fund game development based on what we’d read on the back of the box. In the final telltale sign that we’re…