Stan owes their love of turn-based RPGs and all other things gaming to a second-hand Game Boy Advance SP and Wario Land 3. Persona, Zelda, and Pokemon rank among their all-time franchises, but they ...

Twitch has announced extensions, a new in-stream add-on that allows viewers to participate in mini-games and other engaging activities by spending bits. The new Twitch Extensions feature is ...

Twitch is now testing a new way for viewers to donate money to their favorite streamers in the form of new emote and microtransaction systems called "Cheers" and "Bits." When Amazon bought Twitch for ...

Viewers can use Bits to unlock special emotes known as Cheers. Over the years, Twitch has spawned a number of talented streamers that allowed them to entertain an audience through creativity and video ...

Twitch has decided that they're going to update and change a bit of the way they do monetization on their Bits program by adding a new feature to utilize them in "Extensions". The program, which will ...

Twitch will allow new channels to accept subs and bits. Users have mixed feelings about the change, some excited and others ...

At some point in 2025, Twitch plans to offer monetization tools like subscriptions and Bits for all streamers, according to an open letter from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. Monetizing Twitch streams ...

Twitch streamers have a new way to potentially monetize their broadcasts by using Bits in enabled Extensions, the social video service announced Monday. Bits are a form of virtual currency viewers can ...

Shown off briefly as part of their Twitch Commerce announcement, Twitch has revealed more about the special Twitch Crates which will be coming as part of its general shop update. Appearing whenever ...

In June 2016, Twitch introduced Cheering, a system that allows viewers to pay their favorite partnered streamers simply by typing an emote into the chat -- and it appears to have paid off.