Twitch now lets you change usernames

An often requested feature on Twitch is finally here. The service now lets you change your username once every 60 days. All you need to do is head to your Profile Settings to enable the change. Once you abandon your old username, Twitch will hold on to it for a minimum of six months and they may opt to return this to the pool of available usernames. The only thing they won’t recycle is partner usernames, except, they say, under special circumstances. And they still won’t accept direct requests to take usernames of inactive accounts, though.

And for those worried about losing their streamer stats, Twitch advises players to export these before changing the username. And you will need to update any links to your channel page as the URL will change and it won’t redirect to the new one.

Magnificent Seven and Twitch Online Gamer Epic Showdown

With The Magnificent Seven starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt out in theaters next Friday, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Twitch, the world's leading social video platform and community for gamers, have teamed up to create an epic showdown featuring seven of the top Counter-Strike: Go online players. Fans can join in on the action as these seven gamers test their skills as Saviors vs. Bandits through a special Western-themed map.

With this event, Twitch is broadcasting the first ever "Counter-Strike: Go" exhibition game with seven of the most-followed players in the company's history.

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Twitch introduces closed captions for its live shows

Twitch is helping out deaf and hard of hearing viewers catch what’s happening during its live broadcasts with new closed captions included into the videos. And it isn’t even using speech-to-text software to possibly butcher sentences. Twitch has hired professional stenographers to type out the captions on the fly for things like their weekly show that airs every Friday, TwitchCon 2016 events, and Kappa Theater panels.

If you’re a content creator on Twitch, you won’t have access to the professionals but you can provide captioned content. The details are here in Twitch’s Help Center.

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Twitch debuts PlayStation Vita app

Twitch has finally thought of bringing its streaming video app to the PlayStation Vita. The new app works similar to what they rolled out for the PS3. It lets you tune into live and pre-recorded gaming sessions and lets you follow your favorite channels. It’ll also let you discover new broadcasters through the featured section. But if you expect to stream games yourself, then we’re sorry to disappoint but you won’t be able to do that. If you want the app though, just download it from the PlayStation Store.

Source: Twitch