Amazon's Twitch Buys Game Portal Company IGDB
September 17 2019 - 5:49PM
Dow Jones News
By Josh Beckerman
Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) Twitch business has acquired videogame
portal operator IGDB.
IGDB said in a Medium post that its application programming
interface is "here to stay, and we are merging our premium and free
tiers into a single new free tier." The sale price wasn't
stated.
Twitch, known for videogame live-streaming, has added content
such as NFL's "Thursday Night Football." According to press reports
in June, Twitch bought Bebo for up to $25 million.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 17, 2019 18:34 ET (22:34 GMT)
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