Month: June 2015

After a thrilling event last weekend in Korea, the next stop on the Capcom Pro Tour Asia qualifiers is in Osaka, Japan for KSB 2015. Japan is widely recognized as producing the best the Ultra Street Fighter IV players in the world, so this tournament without a doubt will be one of the hardest Capcom Pro Tour events to win! Notable players attending are MCZ Tokido, Bonchan, Nemo, Nishikin, RZR Itabashi Zangief, Gachikun, and many many more! You can watch a preview of the KSB 2015 event in the video below.

Watch KSB 2015 live on twitch.tv/capcomfighters on May 4th at 9:30 AM JST. For viewers in other parts of the world, the start time will be May 3rd 5:30 PM PST and May 4th 1:30 AM BST.

XSplit supports the upcoming 8-Bit Salute event this May 16-17 2015.

We’ve always wanted to become a part of 8-Bit Salute not only because we have users that have been participating ever since the beginning but also because we like Operation Supply Drop’s mission, vision and purpose for holding this annual charity event.

When we heard that they were more than happy to accommodate our involvement, we did not hesitate to jump in and grab the opportunity.

In case you’re not too familiar, Operation Supply Drop (or OSD in short) holds multiple annual charity events in an effort to provide communication to soldiers through video games and digital entertainment. #8BitSalute is one of their bigger charity events and it will be held this coming May 16-17 2015.

How is XSplit supporting 8-Bit Salute?

We are supporting this event in a couple of ways. The first is through providing XSplit Premium licenses for free. Anyone who registers as ‘Elite’ for the event and raises $50 in donations will receive a 3-month XSplit Premium license. Aside from that you also get to be eligible for other prizes including one of 2 personal supply drops.

The second way we’re showing support is through participating in the event ourselves. We have signed up as a participant and you can find our team here. Yes! We will be doing the 24-hour livestream ourselves and we’re encouraging everyone to watch us at Twitch.tv/xsplit. We’re happy that our community managers are more than willing to take lead in this regard.

How can I get involved?

The easiest way is to signup and participate in the event. If you are a gamer, and you love to live stream, then there’s simply no reason not to join this endeavor.

If you’re already participating or even organizing an event for #8BitSalute, then we want to hear more about it! Send us a tweet via @xsplit and we’ll be very happy to have a look and promote the event that you are organizing. 🙂

Finally if you are part of our stream teams through Twitch and Hitbox then we are counting on your involvement for this. You’re not only supporting us in our participation but you’re supporting the actual event for good cause.

What are you waiting for? Signup now and get yourself ready! 🙂

Ever since we started the nightly rounds, we have met some of the most talented and creative gamers in the community. We’ve decided to start highlighting some of these individuals and including them in a weekly post that showcases why these people are not only awesome gamers but part of the #XSplitFamily.

XSplit U.S. Community Manager GamrInsanity wanted to get this started to also help celebrate the recent launch of 60fps streaming available on YouTube.

FGBeatz

First on the week’s list, we are showcasing a YouTube streamer that is taking full advantage of this feature by streaming Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Zombies on PC. This streamer has over 6000 subscribers and goes by the name FGBeatz. He offers his viewers a variety of content from games like GTA or Minecraft. He is a very interactive streamer and always tries to continue growing his audience by live streaming and creating VOD content for others to enjoy.

Connect with FGBeatz today! —> TwitterYouTubeInstagram

Kittenthehut

The next streamer we’ve found is a variety streamer over on Twitch known as Kittenthehut. She is part of the ORIGIN PC Stream team and thrives on using her imagination as well as creativity to create a one of a kind experience keeping you entertained. Erika loves playing games such as Counter Strike, Halo and Pokemon while still focusing her interests on the world of anime and cosplay. She gives back by doing charity streams and giveaways.

Connect with kittenthehut today! —> TwitterTwitchFacebook

Lates

Last but certainly not least is a combination of two streamers from two different networks. First on the list is a streamer known as Lates, a Hitbox variety streamer who loves playing on his Xbox One and PS4. You can always find him playing Halo or GTA online with friends or viewers. Lates is a growing streamer who is looking to showcase that he has a lot to offer by simply doing two things he loves, chatting and playing video games. Also he is part of our XSplit stream team over on hitbox.

Connect with Lates today! —> Hitbox

Skcorpion86

The last on the list is a man who loves Mortal Kombat so much many of his accounts are named after an iconic Mortal Kombat character. His name is skcorpion86 and is a fellow XSplit user who entertains his community by playing the latest games while also venturing back in time by playing classics such as God of War and Metal Gear Solid. He loves entertaining and just sharing gaming moments with others.

Connect with skcorpion86 today! —>Twitch

This is the first time we’ve decided to showcase members of the #XSplitFamily in this form. If we didn’t get to mention you after stopping by on your stream then don’t worry as this is just the first of many shout-outs to the #XSplitFamily. 🙂

Today we’re pleased to announce a brand new program intended to help independent developers and publishers called indie[dot]xsplit!

indie[dot]xsplit, hopes to empower new and up-and-coming studios by offering them a 12-month XSplit Premium License completely free of charge, with all of the enhanced features that come with it.

We already have several ongoing partnerships with high-profile developers and publishers and now want to open up the program to the public to help make XSplit Broadcaster the industry standard.

Check out our brand new trailer below and visit indie.xsplit.com for more details!

We are heading down to E3 this coming June 16 – 18 2015 and it’s going to be our first time attending the event. We are super excited to co-exhibit with YouTube at Booth 801 to demonstrate their recently announced 60fps live streaming capability and how seamless the integration is with both XSplit Broadcaster and XSplit Gamecaster. We still have plenty to reveal in the coming days so make sure to follow our Twitter and Facebook to not miss out on them.

If you’re at home chilling out but looking to keep yourself updated about the happenings in E3, then be sure to check out the E3 conference party on our Twitch channel at twitch.tv/xsplit where you can watch everything inside the expo, literally making you feel like you’re in the event. Not only that, but you also get to participate in our stream party chat where you can win cool goodies such as XSplit t-shirts, lanyards, and licenses! All you need to do is follow and participate in our Twitch chat during the day, tell us what you think, and win these amazing goodies.

Obviously there’s so much more to look forward to outside of XSplit being at E3, in particular we cannot wait to hear more juicy details about Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, as well as first footage of the re-imagined Doom, and who knows, maybe even BattleToads?

The countdown begins today and we are honored to be part of this prestigious event for the very first time! We can’t wait to see the future along with everyone else!

XSplit is once again supporting Southeast Asia Majors this year, by sending our media production team to produce the live stream for the Capcom Pro Tour portion of the event. Southeast Asia Majors will be held in Bangkok, Thailand and you can take a look at the impressive roster of players attending the event in the video below.

You can watch all the action at Southeast Asia Majors this June 19th-21st on twitch.tv/capcomfighters and twitch.tv/gamestartasia. If you’re feeling the urge to stream your own fighting game action afterwards, why not grab an XSplit license with a 20% discount by using the promo code “PROTOUR2015”!

iComo esta! As community managers of XSplit we have created a team of streamers on both Twitch and Hitbox which we call XSplit stream teams. We have built up such a great variety of games being streamed from Pokemon to Grand Theft Auto 5 that proves there will always be something that everyone enjoys.

I’m Sllayt3r, and I’m the UK community manager of XSplit. I decided I’d like to introduce you to the members of the Twitch stream team that are from the UK.

Twitch stream team: https://www.twitch.tv/team/xsplit

LTZONDA

To start off we have LTZONDA. A Twitch partnered streamer who is well known for his high energy and interactive daily streams playing games like Grand Theft Auto 5, Fifa 15 and Call of Duty. Having been streaming for over a year now, he has amassed over 230K followers and is still growing.

Connect with LTZONDA through his Twitch and Twitter accounts

GiveMeANameX

I have a lot of fun watching GiveMeANameX who streams almost everyday and like LTZonda is a big Grand Theft Auto 5 player, but also dabbles in Call of Duty and from time to time plays some RPG games. Known for his godlike beard, Rob is a UK streamer who hasn’t yet been streaming a year, but has already amassed over 13k followers.

Connect with GiveMeANameX through his Twitch and Twitter accounts.

CandyExplosives & PhaseMagazine

Next up we have two female streamers that I’m really happy to have on the Twitch stream team called CandyExplosives and PhaseMagazine. Both of them are variety streamers. Phase, with her epic red hair and no nonsense attitude mainly streams Call of Duty and isn’t half bad either, whereas Candy likes to stream horror games which when scared, her heart rate monitor go crazy along with a loud scream that deafens headphones users everywhere.

Connect with Phase’s Twitch and Twitter accounts

Connect with Candy’s Twitch and Twitter accounts

Shoddycast

Meet Karl, or, Rodney as is his online persona. A streamer from UK that streams on the Shoddycast team Twitch channel. Rodney is a variety streamer in that he will stream a game that he is enjoying playing. He’s a big fan of Elder Scrolls games and Fallout games.

Connect with Shoddycast through his Twitch and Twitter accounts

GeekByte

Finally we have GeekByte. In his own words, he’s a mature (40yr old) general gamer who appreciates the old game systems like Atari VCS, C64, Amiga era. Overall he’s a fun variety streamer who puts a lot of hard work into every stream.

Connect with GeekByte through his Twitch and Twitter accounts

In case it’s not obvious yet, we love speedrunners! We’re part of the Humble ‘Awesome Games Done Quick 2015’ Bundle early this year where an XSplit license was included in one of the bundles. For this month, we are supporting another speedrunning event named European Speedster Assembly also known as ESA this coming June 28 – July 5 2015.

ESA is an annual speedrunning marathon organized by the Swedish speedrunning community. It’s an event that is held physically in Sweden, but the interesting part is there are people from other countries who will attend the event either to speedrun or spectate. Their full schedule (including games to play) for the event can be found here.

We highly encourage you to watch their marathon to witness the best speedrunners of Sweden! Aside from that, there will also be some fun and exciting activities during the event which will of course include XSplit license giveaways and many more.

The event will be livestreamed at twitch.tv/esa and we will be promoting the event on our social media when it starts.