The most obvious way to support a streamer is to subscribe to their channel, or make a donation. However, Twitch also has another way to send streamers money: Cheers. Here's how it works: You buy ...

That's $414 worth of "Cheering" right there. Twitch, the popular game-streaming site, has a funding problem. Not related to the company -- it's owned by Amazon and is just fine -- but its streamers.

Twitch announced Monday that users would soon be able to “cheer” (it’s in quotes because it’s the official term) their favorite streamers — in the form of expendable emoji purchasable with real-world ...

Twitch is now testing a new way for viewers to donate money to their favorite streamers in the form of new emote and microtransaction systems called "Cheers" and "Bits." When Amazon bought Twitch for ...

Just when it looked like Twitch was looking to reduce the amount of ads on its site, the live-streaming service has introduced a new way for users to tip their favourite casters that relies heavily on ...