The Biggest Gamer on the Planet NINJA is leaving Amazon's Twitch for Microsoft's Mixer

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Fortnite Season 10 was going to release today but the biggest news just came in with Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins announcement that he's leaving Twitch to stream exclusively with Mixer, effective immediately. The announcement was made on Ninja's Twitter.

Nothing is clear on if Ninja going to face any restrictions on Microsoft's streaming platform, but Ninja assures the fictional press conference crowd that, "It's the same me, just a different platform." Still, it's a huge, surprising change. Ninja has arguably been the face not only of Twitch, but videogame streaming overall since his explosive rise to fame in parallel with Fortnite's.

According to a press release, Ninja won't just be another Mixer streamer either. He'll be attending game events throughout the year in support of Mixer, effectively working as the face of the company too.

The next chapter,https://t.co/lvn9KBjEYq pic.twitter.com/tljVgyM3bG

— Ninja (@Ninja) August 1, 2019

This is a huge effort by Microsoft to capitalize on Ninja's renown. Whether it will stick remains to be seen, but I'm happy to watch two corporations clash from my couch. If you want to take sides or test the Mixer waters, anyone can subscribe to his channel for free for a limited time.

Update: And just like that, Ninja's Twitch account lost its verified status. That was fast. Twitch is salty af. right now.


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