How to stream on Twitch from a PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, or Xbox
Here's how to create an account and stream on Twitch using a PC, Mac, Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation, with info on free software to help you get started.
Mixer partners with Lightstream Studio to make your game streams even better
Microsoft’s Mixer service — formerly known as Beam — has partnered with Lightstream Studio to allow its users to produce professional-quality broadcasts without needing any extra software.
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Twitch streamer Ninja smashes viewer record with some help from Drake
Popular Twitch Fortnite streamer Ninja has broken the site's concurrent non-tournament viewer record with a little help from Drake, Travis Scott, and NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster.
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Bigscreen Opens Up Alpha Testing For Gear VR Shared Room Streaming
As of the time of this writing Bigscreen is only available on PC VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR platform, but that’s all about to change. Starting today, Bigscreen is starting its Alpha Testing signup phase for the Samsung Gear VR mobile version of Bigscreen.
Bigscreen remains to be one of the best and most popular ways to use your desktop interface from inside of a VR headset. What sets it apart from the competition (such as Virtual Desktop) in that space is that it’s a multiplayer shared-room experience and it lets you access the entirety of your PC — not just web browsers or things in the cloud.
The Gear VR version of Bigscreen is planned for a Q2 2018 release, which is actually really soon. Bigscreen will have a lot of its features carried over to the mobile version, but at launch it will focus on its social, multiplayer features that allow for cross-platform hangouts with PC VR users. Later on in Q2 after launch singleplayer features such as a video player, 3D painting, PC-to-mobile streaming, and more will be available.
As a result, Darshan Shankar, Bigscreen CEO and Founder has outline four main features for Bigscreen mobile:
- Public and private rooms with 4-12 people per room in cross-platform multiplayer, although mobile users can only join at this time, not create rooms yet,
- Attend live movie screenings such as Top Gun and Stargate,
- Eventually a video playaer so you can watch videos stored locally on your device. This will also support streaming soon too,
- And finally, there will eventually also be the aforementioned PC-to-Mobile desktop streaming as well, so you can access your entire Windows PC.
The mobile edition of Bigscreen will eventually come to other platforms as well, such as Google Daydream and Oculus Go. If you want to signup for the Gear VR Alpha Test, you can do so at this link.
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Twitch will punish its users for bad behavior on other platforms
Game streaming website Twitch will now punish users who have used other platforms as a way to direct harassment at fellow Twitch users. The policy change is effective as of March 5.
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Latest Xbox One update lets Mixer viewers control your game
An update currently rolling out to Xbox Insider members allows viewers on Mixer to control your game remotely using either a digital on-screen controller or one plugged into their PC.
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Google may be reattempting to enter the console market with a streaming service
The latest Google-themed rumor conjures up Yeti, a project that includes a game streaming service for Chromecast, and a possible stand-alone gaming console. So far, there is no indication of what kind of games Google will stream.
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Twitch gets into prerecorded video with Video Producer tools, signs big stars
Twitch has unveiled Video Producer, a new tool suite allowing creators to schedule prerecorded content for broadcast, and it has partnered with Disney to bring exclusive videos from several star gamers.
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Canadian man faces criminal charges for allegedly spamming Twitch chat
A Canadian Twitch user has been brought up on criminal charges for excessively spamming the platform's chat service with offensive messages.
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New Twitch show ‘Stream On’ makes your dream of fame a reality
Stream On is a new competitive game show from Twitch Studios created to give one streamer the chance to make it a full-time job. The show will include interaction with Twitch viewers in the chat.
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