It’s almost here! MINECONis arriving this weekend and from July 4-5, players of all ages and from all corners of the globe will gather in London to celebrate Minecraft and its community. MINECON 2015 is shaping up to be the biggest MINECON yet with Minecraft-related discussion panels, gameplay sessions, keynote speeches from members of the community, building contests, costume contests, and many more exhibits. The team at Mojang invites you to tune in to the show throughout the weekend via the official livestream, which will be hosted on Xbox One and Xbox 360 through the Twitch app and on Twitch.tv.
Three streams will be live at twitch.tv/minecon throughout the weekend:
twitch.tv/mojang – The main MINECON stream, from the Studio in the Expo Hall (North Halls)
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Thank you one and all for making E3 2015 amazing. Thank you game publishers for making the games we love. Thank you viewers for tuning in. And thank you partners for taking part in this E3 like never before. See below for a handy infographic we drew up to highlight all the goodness.
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft dueled it out two weekends ago at E3 to determine the biggest name in gaming. But audience data shows that the real winner was streaming giant Twitch, which announced today it again broke streaming records over the expo weekend.
With more than 21 million unique viewers and 11 million total hours watched, Twitch’s five-day event coverage more than doubled from the previous year. In total, Twitch covered eight different press conferences, and hosted 85 other segments featuring upcoming games and content. Continue reading Twitch dominated E3 streaming→
Included is this update are tips for applying to the partner program. The tips go through things like what Twitch looks for in a partner, which stats are important, and more. Head over to the Support Center to check out the write up. We suggest anyone who is looking to partner with Twitch to give it a read.
