Earlier this week, Microsoft abruptly announced that its game-centric livestreaming platform, Mixer, is not long for this world. After paying top dollar to scoop up household names like Tyler “Ninja” ...

Matt Salsamendi, leader of Microsoft’s Mixer game streaming service, speaks at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Almost a year ago, Microsoft acquired the ...

Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Mixer, its streaming competitor to the likes of Twitch. The Xbox owners will be transitioning over to Facebook Gaming instead, partnered streamers ...

The announcement was made today in a post on the new Mixer website and on Microsoft’s Xbox Wire. The reasoning behind the new name hasn’t been disclosed. However, Beam co-founder Matt Salsamendi said ...