Neowin News Feed for: Twitch

Twitch and Kick streamer banned thanks to a highly requested Windows 11 exclusive feature

Sayan Sen — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:18:01 +0000

One of the most highly requested Windows 11 exclusive features has helped expose a popular Twitch streamer who accidentally streamed explicit content. Read more...

Australia adds Twitch to its teen social media ban

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:18:02 +0000

The Australian government has added Twitch to its list of social media platforms that children under 16 will no longer be able to use. Read more...

Twitch is getting vertical livestreams, the ability to rewind streams, and more

David Uzondu — Sat, 31 May 2025 17:34:01 +0000

TwitchCon Rotterdam has wrapped up, and the platform has spotlighted several major upcoming features, including vertical streams, an expanded beta for 2K streaming, and more. Read more...

OnlyFans, BitChute, and Twitch improve child safety ahead of Online Safety Act enforcement

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:52:01 +0000

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has issued a stern warning to tech firms to make sure they're prepared to comply with the Online Safety Act. Read more...

Will Twitch's success inspire other platforms to tighten content rules?

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:54:02 +0000

Ofcom's analysis shows a significant increase in correct content labeling on Twitch since the policy's introduction last year. Read more...

Twitch quietly raises subscription prices on mobile

Omer Dursun — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:20:01 +0000

Twitch announced that it will increase the monthly price of Tier 1 subscriptions on its mobile apps starting in October. The increase will only affect subscriptions purchased through the mobile app. Read more...

Subscribe to a Twitch streamer and get three months of Apple TV+ for free

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:10:01 +0000

You can get three months of Apple TV+ for free when you subscribe to any Twitch streamer. You can also qualify for the promotional offer that kicks off on July 30, even if you gift a sub to someone. Read more...

Twitch rolls out TikTok-like ‘Discovery Feed', new app redesign coming later this year

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 01 May 2024 14:16:02 +0000

Twitch is rolling out the 'Discovery Feed' feature similar to TikTok on the mobile app, which gives you a scrollable feed of clips and live streams from creators and streamers on the platform. Read more...

The upcoming Microsoft-published game Towerborne will hold its first Twitch event March 7

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:12:01 +0000

Developer Stoic Games has revealed it will hold its first Twitch event to reveal more info on its upcoming action-adventure game Towerborne, which will be published by Microsoft, on March 7. Read more...

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs from Twitch, Prime Video, and MGM divisions

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:30:02 +0000

Amazon is going through another large round of mass layoffs today, including over 500 team members at Twitch and "several hundred" people at its Prime Video and MGM Studios divisions. Read more...

Telegram declares reasons behind the removal of Russian fines on some tech giants unclear

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:42:01 +0000

Recently some Western companies including Google were relieved of some fines imposed by Russians. Out of these, Telegram commented that it was unaware of the reasons why the charges were dropped. Read more...

Twitch rolls back policy change on sexuality, saying "went too far"

Omer Dursun — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:22:01 +0000

Twitch has reversed new policy changes allowing some artistic nudity in just two days, citing problems distinguishing digital art from explicit content and complaints from viewers. Read more...

Twitch will end service in Korea on February 27, 2024, citing "prohibitively high" costs

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:36:01 +0000

Twitch has announced it will no longer be available in South Korea after February 27, 2024. The game-oriented streaming service cited "prohibitively high" costs as the reason for its shutdown. Read more...

Amazon is laying off more team members, including over 180 in its game division

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:24:01 +0000

Amazon is making another round of layoffs, which will include over 180 employees in its games division along with an unspecified number of team members in its music streaming division. Read more...

Twitch announces new features and improvements including Stream Together

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:40:01 +0000

As part of Twitchcon 2023, Twitch has announced a number of new and upcoming features and improvements for its popular streaming service for creators, including Stream Together and more. Read more...

You could win a black 1TB Xbox Series S in a new interactive Saw X livestream Sept. 27

John Callaham — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:32:01 +0000

Microsoft is teaming up with Lionsgate to promote the upcoming release of Saw X with a Twitch interactive live event where people could win a black 1TV Xbox Series S console among other prizes. Read more...

TwitchCon 2023: Twitch is the latest platform to get Instagram and TikTok-like features

Omer Dursun — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 18:44:01 +0000

Twitch announces new features at its TwitchCon 2023 event today. These include a new Discovery Feed, Stories, and Guest Star, among others. Some of these seem to be inspired by Instagram and TikTok. Read more...

Twitch cleaning up operations with content classification labels

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:14:01 +0000

Twitch has introduced new content classification labels that streamers have to apply to their stream. They cover a whole range of items including violence, profanity, tobacco use, gambling, and more. Read more...

Blizzard reportedly staged Diablo 4 Q&A with fake accounts

Omer Dursun — Sat, 27 May 2023 22:00:01 +0000

Twitch streamer alleges Blizzard staged Diablo 4 Q&A by using fake accounts for softball questions. Fans question transparency and demand accountability. Here's what happened in the Blizzard stream. Read more...

Amazon to lay off another 9,000 employees on top of 18,000 earlier worker cuts [Update]

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:14:02 +0000

The 9,000 Amazon workers to be laid off will be in addition to the 18,000 employees that were cut back in January 2023. AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch workers will be affected. Read more...

Twitch gets a new CEO as Emmet Shear steps down after over 16 years of service

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:46:01 +0000

After working for 16 years as Twitch CEO, Emmet Shear is stepping down from his role and is being replaced by Dan Clancy. However, this does not mark the end of his journey with Twitch. Read more...

Twitch now has a tougher stance against broadcasting deepfake porn

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:38:01 +0000

After an incident last January where a streamer displayed a browser window that contained deepfake porn of other streamers, Twitch is now taking a harder stance when it comes to such content. Read more...

Russian courts fine Twitch $57,000 over "fake" Ukraine content

Steve Bennett — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:14:01 +0000

Russian courts have recently issued a $57,000 fine to Amazon-owned Twitch for failing to remove content about its military campaign in Ukraine which it reportedly says is falsified. Read more...

Amazon servers were down for a brief period of time, yet again

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:58:01 +0000

Amazon cloud servers situated in the Oregon and North California regions faced a short outage yet again after the east region servers were down last week, although, Amazon has fixed the problem now. Read more...

Twitch suffers massive data breach, sensitive details leaked

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:16:01 +0000

Twitch has reportedly been the target of a massive data breach. The publicly leaked data contains encrypted credentials, source code for some software, and payout details related to popular streamers. Read more...

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NMPA files copyright infringement lawsuit against Roblox, increases DMCA requests to Twitch

Subir Kathuria — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:02:02 +0000

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Roblox. It has also aggressively started sending takedown notices to Twitch for removing unlicensed content. Read more...

Twitch decreases subscription fee in many countries to reflect living cost

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:00:01 +0000

The change will initially come to Mexico and Turkey on May 20. According to the initiative, the new Tier 1 subscription will be priced at 9.90 TRY in Turkey and 48 Pesos in Mexico. Read more...

Twitch will now let users have threaded conversations

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:08:01 +0000

The feature, which was tested last year, is now available to everyone. You can activate it using keyboard shortcuts or by hovering the mouse button over a comment and clicking the arrow icon. Read more...

ID@Xbox indie showcase will broadcast on March 26 featuring over 100 games

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:48:01 +0000

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Second Extinction, and more upcoming games will be shown off at the ID@Xbox indie showcase on Twitch next week. The event is slated to include over 100 indie games. Read more...

Unsurprisingly, live streaming grew more than 70% in 2020

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:00:01 +0000

The latest report from Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet shows that live streaming platforms saw a major surge in growth thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many to stay at home. Read more...

Twitch becomes latest social platform to suspend President Trump

Boyd Chan — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:56:00 +0000

Following suspensions from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, outgoing US President Donald Trump now finds himself banned from yet another major platform after yesterday's events in the US Capitol. Read more...

Twitch draws flak over improper use of licensed music

Jefferson Mangubat — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:14:01 +0000

Twitch has been criticized by various music groups for allowing unlicensed music to be used for its Soundtrack feature and for disregarding thousands of music infringement notices, among other claims. Read more...

Apple TV, Disney+, and more to be available on the PlayStation 5 at launch

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:18:01 +0000

Sony has announced the media apps that will be available on the PlayStation 5 console when it launches next month, including Apple TV. There will also be a Media Remote available at launch. Read more...

Twitch now lets streamers use licensed music without worrying over DMCA claims

Jefferson Mangubat — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:36:01 +0000

Twitch has introduced Soundtrack, a new feature that allows streamers to use licensed music without violating the owner's copyrights. The new feature is available in beta starting today. Read more...

Twitch Sings service to close down by the year's end

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:44:01 +0000

It has come to light that live-streaming platform Twitch is going to shut down its online karaoke game service, Sings. The Amazon-owned subsidiary is going to start removing content from December 1. Read more...

Twitch's Watch Parties feature is now rolling out to everyone worldwide

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:44:01 +0000

Twitch's Watch Parties are now live for every creator worldwide, allowing everyone to watch Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows together with their fans with a Prime membership. Read more...

Amazon brings Twitch into Amazon Music, lets artists connect with listeners live

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:08:01 +0000

Amazon has announced that it's bringing together two of its biggest services, Twitch and Amazon Music, to give artists and fans a way to connect through live experiences in the Amazon Music app. Read more...

Amazon introduces Prime Gaming, a rebranding of Twitch Prime

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:00:02 +0000

Amazon has introduced a "new" pillar of its Prime membership, Prime Gaming, which includes perks such as free games and in-game content. It's essentially a rebranding of Twitch Prime. Read more...

Ubisoft battle royale Hyper Scape launches August 11 on PC and consoles

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:00:02 +0000

Hyper Scape's open beta on PC is coming to an end soon, and Ubisoft has announced that the full release will happen on August 11, delivering the battle royale experience to PC and, finally, consoles. Read more...