BBC’s historical battle reenactment show might just be esports
The show has been re-booted after over a decade.
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Watch this amazing speedrunner beat Spyro 2 in well under 10 minutes
We couldn’t do it this fast now, let alone when we were kids.
You can now post animated ‘cheering’ emotes in Twitch chat—for a price
You can now bling up your chat messages with animated emotes.
The most influential people on Twitch in 2015
These streamers summed up the platform this year.
Gaming’s semiannual speedrunning extravaganza raises $1.2 million for charity
Hundreds of gamers spent last weekend plowing through video games as fast as possible, breaking records, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers, and raising a staggering amount of money for charity
Mega Man 4 race comes down to wild photo finish
Few things better encapsulate the feel of speedrunning than taking skilled players and making them race
This is what it takes to get your mic cut at Summer Games Done Quick
It really takes something special to overshadow all the goodness on display at Summer Games Done Quick, the speedrunning extravaganza that has raised millions for charity
Did Twitch actually buy a talent agency? Good Game highlights legal conundrums for esports
Amazon's $970 million acquisition of streaming mega site Twitch in August 2014 was a landmark moment in the burgeoning industries of esports and livestreaming
A map of what people are actually watching on Twitch
Twitch, the online game-streaming website, has grown immensely this past year.