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Minecraft Gets Twitch-y Thanks to new Partnership For Integrated Streaming

Twitch and Mojang have joined forces to provide an integrated streaming experience in the indie game Minecraft, the companies announced at MineCon today. Players who play on PC and Mac with an existing Twitch account will be able to stream their games to their Twitch.tv channels "soon," according to the press announcement.

Matthew DiPietro (Vice President of Marketing at Twitch) said in the same press release that Minecraft had "struck an extremely powerful connection" with Twitch users. The popularity of Minecraft is growing and it shows that people enjoy watching video games, even though they are not the most popular eSports titles. We can expect a moment of watershed for both the players and the spectators once the ability to easily broadcast gameplay directly to Twitch is live."

While this announcement is for PC and Mac users It's important to remember that the Xbox One will be getting its own version of Minecraft, and Twitch is integrated into Microsoft's next-gen system. GAME-BOAT.COM This means that there is a chance for Twitch streaming from an Xbox One version of the game. Except, of course the creeper shows up and causes destruction to everything. Sssssssss.

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Twitch Announces a Minecraft Partnership at MINECON 2013.

Mojang's Minecraft PC and MAC users will soon be able to broadcast their games on Twitch with a click of a button

SAN FRANCISCO 2 November 2013 Twitch, the world’s most popular video platform and a community for gamers, today announced at the sold-out MineCon convention an agreement of partnership with Mojang to provide broadcasting functionality for Minecraft. Twitch integration into the PC and MAC versions lets gamers broadcast directly to their Twitch channels. Soon, Twitch functionality is available.

Developed and published by Mojang, Minecraft launched on May 17, 2009. Since it's launch, it's become the most popular PC Sandbox adventure game with more than 13 million units sold in sales on PC with more than 33 million units in sales across all platforms. It has been awarded a variety of important awards including five Game Developers Choice Awards at the 2011 Game Developers Conference. MINECON 2013, Mojang's annual Minecraft convention, was a huge success. More than 7,500 people attended eager to see the next steps in one of the most ingenuous games ever, and to meet the team behind it.

Twitch has seen its popularity rise with Twitch's Top 20 Games page showing it every month. This has been the trend since Twitch launched in 2011.

Matthew DiPietro (VP of Marketing, Twitch) stated that "Minecraft has struck an extremely powerful chord with the Twitch Community." "Its constant growth in popularity proves that people are drawn to watching video games, besides the most popular eSports titles. If Twitch allows you to broadcast live gameplay expect a thrilling event for both players as well as viewers.

Since its launch in June 2011, Twitch has grown to become the main live video platform for the entire video game industry. Twitch is embraced by media companies, developers and professional gamers. The next major appearance of the platform will be on PlayStation(r), Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCE), next-generation computer entertainment system, and Xbox One. This is the all-in-one entertainment and gaming system from Microsoft Corp.

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