Twitch Brings Live Broadcasting Capabilities to Xbox One

Twitch TV
On Monday at its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced that it has integrated with live-streaming site Twitch to allow live streaming and viewing from its upcoming Xbox One game console. The integration will allow Xbox Gold Live customers to instantly broadcast their game streams to their own Twitch channels, as well as view the streams Continue Reading →

30 Year-Old Missile Command Points Record Beaten

Missile Command
Some numbers just stick out. Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 straight games. UCLA Men’s Basketball won 88 in a row. And for the classic gaming niche, Victor Ali’s 80,364,995 points on a single quarter in Missile Command looms just as large. This past weekend, however, seemingly out of nowhere, a challenger rose up and Continue Reading →

Twitch Raises $15 Million to Be the YouTube of the Videogame World

Twitch TV
Twitch, which was started by the people at Justin.TV, has raised more money to continue building an online video platform where viewers can watch live footage of videogames being played. The experience can be analogous to watching a professional basketball or football game on TV, especially as videogames increasingly become a rival to other major Continue Reading →

‘Halo’ Player Wins $10,000 Scholarship to Study Game Psych

Kelli Dunlap
The next time someone says there’s no future in playing video games, you can point them here. Twitch.TV awarded five $10,000 scholarships to students after receiving hundreds of applications for their scholarship program, announced in June. One of the winners is Kelli Dunlap, a 26-year-old doctoral candidate at the American School of Professional Psychology in Continue Reading →