The “Twitch” app arrived today for Xbox360 and can be downloaded for free right onto your console. The download is currently only available for Xbox Live Gold subscribers who live in the United States.
According to a Twitch blog post, this new app will provide a great experience if you are an avid fan who is not only playing games but watching the best from around the world.
The blog post reads:
The Twitch App for Xbox 360 will bring the top 300 live channels to your big screen, with the ability to browse the directory by top channels, games and featured content. Best of all, the Twitch App for Xbox 360 is Kinect-enabled, allowing you to control the entire experience with voice or motion controls. It’s oddly satisfying to tell your Xbox to play StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, or any other obviously non-Xbox title, and have it load up the channel. Truly, this is a brave new world.
The Twitch app is set up like many video apps on the Xbox 360. There are tabs under the “twitch” logo reading “featured”, “games”, “channels”, and “settings.” You can select the featured content of the day, search videos based on a specific game, chose a specific channel, or adjust your Kinect and help with the app.
The “twitch” logo was briefly seen during Microsoft’s E3 presentation but wasn’t big enough to create a whole lot of hype. Regardless, there is a great expectation that Twitch will be enjoyed by many:
We hope you’ll agree that this has been worth the wait, as there’s nothing quite like watching Twitch from the comfort of your living room. Go fire up your Xbox, download the Twitch app, and let us know what you think. We’re very interested in hearing your feedback.
