Twitch

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Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in video games, including broadcasts of esports competitions. It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.

Twitch is one of the many collaborations with Minecraft, typically taking the form of Twitch Drops.

Announced at MINECON 2013, native broadcasting to Twitch was added in Java Edition 1.7.4.^[1] This allowed for players to directly stream their gameplay to the platform, as well as integrating chat systems into the game. Several broadcast settings were included, including quality, framerate, bandwidth, send metadata, microphone volume, system volume, compression, enable chat, and user filter.^[2] In Java Edition 1.8, this functionality was tweaked to require a confirmation before starting, before the functionality was removed altogether in Java Edition 1.9.

In 2021, as part of a contest for Minecraft Education, a stream was held known as the "Battle of the Boroughs." The stream aired at least twice, the second on ESPN.^[3]

As a promotion for the Lacoste collaboration, a stream was aired on March 12, 2022 of gameplay from Croco Island.

To promote the release of Minecraft Legends, a "PVP Stream" aired, showcasing several of the game's combat mechanics. The content creators teonawrites, PotatoPie25, Phineapoo (Thephamilyyt), cosevie, jojosolos, ChicaDeAwesome, Prowl8413, and Kendrisite participated, under the hosting of Craigh Leigh and Martin Garcia.^[4]

Throughout the years, several collaborations between MC Championship and Mojang Studios have been held on Twitch and at related events. To celebrate Minecraft's 15th anniversary, a special edition of MC Championship was hosted known as the Ender Cup. Several major figures in the community participated, including CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, Grian, and LDShadowLady, among others.

A second collaboration with MC Championship, Colour the World, hosted as part of the Twitch convention TwitchCon in 2025, followed by The Copper Crown later in the year. 2026 would see Project G.L.O.P.

D&D Direct is an annual live stream hosted by Wizards of the Coast, dedicated to announcing new content for the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. In 2023, the yearly installment announced a DLC release for the Marketplace.

To promote the Dungeons & Dragons collaboration, a "one shot" was hosted. The content creators ibxtoycat, Lexi McQueen, Kendrisite, Galaxe, Pink, and Mystical participated as players, while the Dungeon Master^{[note 1]} was Sarah Chaffee.^[5]

As part of the McDonald's x A Minecraft Movie campaign, a live stream of Grimace, Birdie, and the Hamburglar playing the McDonald's Add-On aired on April 6th, 2025.

Twitch users can earn these rewards by participating in any livestream in the Minecraft category with the Game Rewards enabled.^{[note 2]}

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