A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch’s CEO in the chat

A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat On Tuesday, Twitch streamer Fandy took a break from streaming games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and League of Legends, to broadcast herself giving birth. The eight-hour-long stream captured the livestreamer going into labor and eventually giving birth to her child inside a […]
Twitch is making it easy to rewind streams

Twitch is making it easy to rewind streams Twitch is launching a feature this week I’ve wanted for a very long time: the ability to scrub back on a livestream right from a streamer’s main channel page. You can already look back at previous parts of livestreams as they’re going on by clicking through to […]
Twitch is getting vertical livestreams

Twitch is getting vertical livestreams Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates at TwitchCon Europe, including the ability to host a vertical livestream and an open beta test that lets creators stream at a higher quality. The rollout of vertical streams should make livestreams easier to watch in portrait mode on your phone. Down the […]
Twitch is limiting streamers to 100 hours of Highlights and Uploads

Twitch is limiting streamers to 100 hours of Highlights and Uploads Twitch is planning to cull some of the content archived by streamers to save on storage costs. On Wednesday the streaming platform announced that it will introduce a 100-hour storage cap for Highlights and Uploads starting April 19th, warning that users will have their […]
Dr Disrespect’s Midnight Society studio shuts down before releasing its first game

Dr Disrespect's Midnight Society studio shuts down before releasing its first game Dr Disrespect’s Midnight Society studio shuts down before releasing its first game Meanwhile, YouTube is allowing Dr Disrespect to remonetize his account. Midnight Society, the game studio co-founded by Dr Disrespect (real name Herschel “Guy” Beahm) has shut down, killing the first-person shooter […]
