Category Archives: Twitch

Top Games for July 2015 – Rocket League Edition

What electronic sport is newly popular with the cyber athlete you ask? I present to you cars playing soccer. Rocket League, the sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (kinda bummed that they didn’t go with 2 Supersonic, 2 Acrobatic), crashed the party and double jumped into the 5th spot of our Top 20. Added play bonus: If you grind enough, you may soon sport the Twitch Glitch flag like Jericho. Continue reading Top Games for July 2015 – Rocket League Edition

Make a video. Win an all-access Purple Ticket to TwitchCon!

Do you love Twitch? Want to celebrate video games and broadcasting at the ultimate Twitch convention? You’re in luck!

Twitch is offering to fly out one special fan (and their friend) to San Francisco with an all-access pass (that means VIP party access, meet and greets with top broadcasters, tour of the event with Twitch staff, & more!) for TwitchCon, but we want to learn more about you before we pick somebody. Here’s the challenge: Continue reading Make a video. Win an all-access Purple Ticket to TwitchCon!

Video game streaming service Twitch is ditching Flash and switching to HTML5

Video game streaming powerhouse Twitch is becoming the latest big-name company to ditch Adobe’s ageing Flash in favor of better alternatives. The streaming service today announced that it was rolling out a redesign to its video player controls, replacing the old Flash versions with new Javascipt and HTML5 options. This isn’t the end for Flash on Twitch just yet — for now the site’s videos still use the software — but the streaming service says this is a step toward releasing its “much-anticipated” full HTML5 player. Continue reading Video game streaming service Twitch is ditching Flash and switching to HTML5