{"id":79166,"date":"2017-02-27T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=79166"},"modified":"2017-04-10T10:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:13:01","slug":"twitch-to-launch-marketplace-for-games-give-streamers-cut-of-purchases","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/twitch-to-launch-marketplace-for-games-give-streamers-cut-of-purchases","title":{"rendered":"Twitch to Launch Marketplace for Games, Give Streamers Cut of Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitch plans to launch a platform for users to buy games from.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ever since our first baby steps onto the internet, our goal has been to make Twitch the ultimate hub for gaming on the web,&#8221; the company said in a blog post. What started as a simple streaming platform has become a living, breathing social community. &#8220;Soon we\u2019ll be taking another step to further strengthen the community and benefit streamers and viewers alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/205813495?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>People already use Twitch as a way to demo games. Soon you\u2019ll see an option during streams to purchase if a game is available on Twitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you buy, if the streamer is a partner who has opted into the program, he or she gets a 5% share of the revenue,&#8221; Twitch says. &#8220;So now you can help support your favorite partnered streamers just by getting a game on their channel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The marketplace launches this spring, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitch.tv\/coming-soon-get-it-on-twitch-9c829cae6ac1#.d4vi0s1ei\">according to Twitch<\/a>. Payments will be made using an Amazon account. Several game creators are on board as launch partners, including Ubisoft, Digital Extremes, and Versus Evil.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/11\/29\/facebook-messenger-gaming-platform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitch plans to launch a platform for users to buy games from. &#8220;Ever since our first baby steps onto the internet, our goal has been to make Twitch the ultimate hub for gaming on the web,&#8221; the company said in a blog post. What started as a simple streaming platform has become a living, breathing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":79167,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[133,174,91,265],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-79166","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News","tag-ecommerce","tag-gaming","tag-streaming","tag-twitch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/79166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/79166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/79167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79166"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=79166"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=79166"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=79166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}