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The Daily Drop: Twitch Streaming for Xbox One

Console gamers will soon be Twitching, Evil Geniuses announce a new Dota roster in today's drop.

By Ryan Smith and Andrew Groen

3 min readPublished on 02/20/2017 · 7:19 PM UTC

1. Twitch Coming to Xbox One March 11

Soon you’ll be able to get your Twitch on for Xbox One. Microsoft announced today that broadcasting through the popular video streaming site will begin on March 11.

“More than half the households in the US have a console, and those that do have them own an average of two. This puts Twitch in a staggering number of living rooms,” said Matthew DiPietro, VP of Marketing, Twitch. The Twitch experience on Xbox One is easily the most feature-complete of our console integrations, and will hopefully turn on legions of gamers to the Twitch phenomenon."

More details about the integration are outlined on the Official Twitch Blog.

2. Best Dota Team Fight Ever?

Out of all the great team fights that professional Dota 2 has ever had in its three year history, this match between Chinese teams Dream Your Sweet Love and No. 8 Network could very well be the best. A typical Dota team fight lasts somewhere between 15 seconds and 1 minute, but this battle rages for a full three minutes with skirmishes on multiple fronts. Nine heroes buyback into the fight to the tune of about 17 deaths and a spent Aegis. The word bloodbath doesn't quite sum up the nonstop insanity of this fight.

3. Evil Geniuses' New Dota Team

Charlie Yang, manager for Evil Geniuses’ Dota team, announced the lineup of the new team over the weekend. The lineup is made up of members of the team once known as the SADBOYS and two remaining members of the former EG Dota 2 team. Here’s the roster:

Clinton 'Fear' Loomis
Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev
Saahil 'UNiVeRsE' Arora
Ludwig 'zai' Wåhlberg
Peter 'ppd' Dager (Captain)

4. RP Bonus For LoL

Need more Riot Points for League of Legends? Riot Games has announced a new promotion that will grant players bonus RP from March 2-9 (ending 11:59pm PST) when spending real money on the game.

Here's the breakdown for the Season Bonus: