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YouTube just scored a major victory in its battle with Amazon's Twitch for esports supremacy, thanks to the company behind 'Call of Duty'

Activision supports esports competitions for six different games, including "Call of Duty," "World of Warcraft," "Hearthstone," "Overwatch," "Starcraft II," and "Warcraft 3: Reforged." And from now on, they'll all be streaming on YouTube.

Amazon's Twitch has become ubiquitous with esports content and dominates the live streaming business. However, in the last few months YouTube and Microsoft's Mixer havewith exclusive deals in an effort to turn the tide. Google's partnership with Activision Blizzard continues that trend at a larger scale, taking one of Twitch's biggest corporate partners.

 

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Wait so Cod twitch streamers are kicked out of twitch? That’s terrible! Many of these streamers make a living from call of duty as silly as it sounds.

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