July 2016 - XSplit Blog

XSplit Powers ESA Marathon 2016

It’s the third straight year that we’re powering the competitive folks over at European Speedster Assembly in their week-long marathon aimed at gathering the best speedrunners in Europe for a good cause.

For those not familiar, ESA is an annual speedrunning marathon organized by the Swedish speedrunning community. It’s an event that is held 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 at esamarathon.com/schedule.

The event is powered by XSplit as they’re using XSplit Broadcaster to produce their live stream which will be available at twitch.tv/esamarathon with frequent updates tweeted on our official Twitter @xsplit for the entire duration of the event.

Make sure to show support to ESA 2016 by donating to their beneficiary of choice, the Save the Children foundation, a non-governmental organization promoting children’s rights and providing relief and general support to children. Here’s their donation page: gamingforgood.net/s/esamarathon#donate

We’ve acquired Challonge! and Player.me

The #XSplit family just got bigger.

Today is a momentous day for both me and the entire XSplit Family as I am incredibly excited to announce that both Challonge! and Player.me will be joining forces with the XSplit team here at SplitmediaLabs.

When we launched XSplit almost six years ago, we set out on a mission to make live streaming and recording simple. In that time, both broadcasting and gaming changed dramatically, with the advent of new live streaming services, the birth of the Twitch Streamer, and the explosion of eSports capturing the imagination of players across the globe.

Fast forward to 2016 and the world’s top gaming personalities, eSports teams, game developers, publishers and millions of people worldwide are using XSplit to create innovative, hilarious, entertaining and meaningful content that has impacted audiences of all ages. Live streaming has helped bring people together from all walks of life, and with hundreds of thousands of new users joining us every month, that number is set to grow higher still.

Yet this is still only the beginning. Our aspirations for the future are much bigger, as we envision a world where players can seamlessly connect to one another in a dedicated space, share and create content, compete with one another and grow their own communities. To turn this dream into a reality though, we knew we needed the right expertise, technology and people to make this happen.

This is where social discovery platform, Player.me, and tournament management service, Challonge come in. Between these two services we see the potential to create a platform that connects the entire gaming community and serves the needs of all players in their daily lives.

We’re going to shake things up a bit over the coming months by combining the Player.me community and discovery engine with Challonge’s tournament bracket technology to create a future where players, content creators, eSports entrepreneurs and event organizers, can connect with one another seamlessly and beautifully.

Both Sean Fee (CEO of Player.me) and David Cornelius (CEO of Challonge), two top entrepreneurs and leaders in their field share this vision to build a connected experience, and we cannot wait to show you what’s coming in the near future. On a final note, we would like to thank our community, our partners and of course you – our users for being with us on this adventure.

– Henrik Levring, CEO of SplitmediaLabs

To see a glimpse of the future, check out Player.me on web and visit challonge.com

XSplit Powers EVO 2016 Championship

Once again the time has come for Evolution Championship Series, the world’s most prestigious fighting game tournament happening in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The atmosphere of EVO has always been a mixture of competitiveness and festivities for all fighting game enthusiasts. With increasing numbers for each respectable games being played throughout the weekend, there will be a lot of interests from many media outlets including those who are not specifically based on video games or e-sports.

Descriptions aside, there will definitely be intense moments between players, the communities and the fans, as lots of prominent fighting game players from around the world will be flown in to compete for the championship, for glory and to test their skills among the greats from across the seas.

As Capcom Pro Tour’s main sponsor, we will be having our production team and community managers at the scene to provide general broadcasting support on the stage and also ensure those who will be watching the tournament from the comfort of their homes can have the best possible experience. Of course everything is live streamed using the latest version of XSplit Broadcaster.

Catch all the live action at twitch.tv/event/evo and be up to date with all the on-stream matches and other event updates via our @xsplit social media channels.

XSplit and its crew will continue to support Capcom throughout the whole Capcom Pro Tour this year and we hope to see you guys there!

XSplit and Mad Catz partner for Evo 2015

XSplit and Mad Catz at EVO 2015

With thousands of fighting game players in attendance, EVO not only is the biggest fighting game tournament in the world, but also the biggest gathering of the fighting game community. Tons of side tournaments, grudge matches, gaming personalities, and game demos can be found at EVO. For EVO 2015, Mad Catz and XSplit are partnering to give you a glimpse into what can be found if you attended EVO 2015.

The XSplit team will broadcast a variety of side events from the Mad Catz booth at EVO 2015. Some highlights include the epic grudge match between Meltdown Luffy and Yubiken Super Santarouman in Ultra Street Fighter IV, Tekken 7 action, finals for the 3v3 Arc Revo Qualifiers, and much more! You can find the full schedule here. All the action will be broadcast on the Mad Catz Twitch channel, so make sure to follow the channel to know when it goes live.

Aside from watching all the action at the Mad Catz booth, make sure to follow both XSplit and Mad Catz on Facebook (/MadCatz and /XSplit) and Twitter (@MadCatz and @XSplit) for chances to win a variety of prizes.

What if I am at EVO 2015?

If you’re at EVO 2015, we’ve got you covered! Stop by the Mad Catz booth to get some free XSplit swag. Check out the image below to see what will be available in limited quantities!

grab free XSplit t-shirts at Mad Catz booth