Mojang released a snapshot today that allows Minecraft players to broadcast directly to their Twitch.tv account. The partnership was announced at Minecon and I think is a great business venture for the gaming public.
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Connecting Mojang and Twitch accounts is easy as long as you already have one of each. It took me under 30 seconds and was just a matter of logging into Mojang and connecting to Twitch under “view account settings.” From within the game itself, players can access the broadcast details like frame rate and settings, as well as how the Twitch chat appears on their screen.
I don’t usually check out the Minecraft snapshots themselves, waiting until the complete update is ready for release, but I am intrigued enough I may try it out sooner. However, streaming specifications are new to me as well. Overall, I like to see this sort of partnership working. Twitch is really one of the best resources in the Let’s Play niche, so it makes sense they would work with a game developer to provide direct “one-click broadcasting.”
One downside, and another reason I’m personally hesitant to load it up and stream, is that this will likely create a slew of new gamers producing video content regardless of its quality Still, all around good news.