Top stories published by Twitch Blog in January of 2014

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Jan 3, 2014

LethalFrag — Two Year Live Stream Challenge Comes To An End

In December of 2011, Matthew McKnight, aka LethalFrag, posted on his blog that he’d soon embark on an epic quest to stream every single day for two years straight and at least two hours per session, starting on Janurary 5th…

Twitch Blog

Jan 15, 2014

Twitch 2013 — A Retrospective

by Matthew DiPietro

When video game historians look back on gaming a decade from now, 2013 will be the year they cite as the tipping point of streaming. Every major event, publisher, developer, and media outlet in the gaming industry had a presence on…

Twitch Blog

Jan 30, 2014

Blizzard Stream Awards, Powered by Twitch

by Kevin Johnson

This is a guest post from Kevin Johnson, Senior Manager, Community Development, Blizzard

2013 was a great year for Blizzard games thanks to the passionate Twitch community. In order to give…

Jason Maestas in Twitch Blog

Jan 16, 2014

Look & Feel of Settings Pages Updated

by Jason Maestas

We’ve updated the look of your Twitch Settings pages to better match the rest of the site. You can check out this makeover at http://twitch.tv/settings.

Twitch Blog

Jan 13, 2014

AGDQ 2014 Raises $1 Million for Prevent Cancer Foundation

Every time the communities behind Speed Demos Archive and Speed Runs Live get together for their twice-annual Games Done Quick charity marathons, we always expect it to be bigger and better than the last. However, Awesome Games…

Twitch Blog

Jan 29, 2014

Gamers for Giving Event to Benefit Children and the Military

by Chase

Gamers are a giving bunch! We’re happy to help announce the 6th Annual Gamers for Giving event brought to you by the Gamers Outreach Foundation. Taking place this February 8th and 9th, you…

Jason Maestas in Twitch Blog

Jan 22, 2014

Service Update: Los Angeles POP Upgraded

by Jason Maestas

We recently upgraded our Twitch Los Angeles Point of Presence (POP), increasing its serving capacity by roughly 400%. This upgrade also increased ingest (broadcast) capacity.

Twitch Blog

Jan 15, 2014

Apex 2014 — Powered by Twitch

Twitch and Apex are proud to bring you Apex 2014 — powered by Twitch.

Apex is one of the strongest events in the world for the ever-growing Smash Bros community, and last year broke out as an incredibly well rounded Fighting Game Community (FGC) event…

Twitch Blog

Jan 3, 2014

Awesome Games Done Quick — A Speedrunning Marathon for a Good Cause

Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 is nearly upon us!

Speed Demos Archive presents Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, a 7 day (January 5–11) video game speedrunning marathon benefiting the Prevent…

Twitch to Broadcast 17th D.I.C.E. Summit and Awards

by Matthew DiPietro

We’re proud to announce that the venerable D.I.C.E Summit and Awards will be broadcasted live on Twitch on February 4–6, 2014. Check out http://www.twitch.tv/dice for a stellar lineup of game…

February 2014

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