Twitch just lost another star streamer, this time to Facebook Gaming - Business Insider

to Facebook Gaming, per CNN. The Canadian gamer will continue to upload videos to other platforms — like his Offline TV YouTube videos that feature him and other popular live-streamers — but all of his live gaming content will go straight, and only, to Facebook Gaming.The video game streaming wars are heating up — Wang is the third major star to abandon Twitch for a different platform since August. The site its biggest star, "Ninja," to Microsoft's Mixer first.

upon announcing his move, "One of my favorite things about streaming is that I get to engage with viewers from across the world. My move to Facebook Gaming will give me a larger platform to share my voice with a global audience and hear their perspectives on the gaming landscape." The company has additionally been ramping up on signing international high-potentials: It inked deals with two Spanish-speaking Fortnite streamers, NexxuzHED and Lolito FDEZ in the past month, and is working to sign streamers in Europe and Latin America.

Caffeine is banking on super-famous talent to appeal to audiences and build a celebrity-studded brand. The most recent of video game streaming platforms an exclusive streaming deal Migos rapper Offset last month. The platform also inked deals with basketball player LaMelo Ball, and rappers The Game and Lil Xan.

The platform's goal is to act as a site for more than just game streaming, and is working to pull rights from Fox and Disney. Founder Ben Keigran told TechCrunch that those rights are "part of the secret sauce that attracts athletes and hip hop artists — they can stream sports content and video games with a better community filter, chat, new monetization with no ads.

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