p>Microsoft is planning to take on YouTube and Amazon's Twitch by buying its own livestreaming service.
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p>The Xbox maker today announced its plans to acquire live-streaming service Beam which is a Seattle-based business founded by 18-year-old Matt Salsamendi.
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p>The teen who founded his business in January claims that it has already got 100,000 customers.
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p>The Xbox maker today announced plans to purchase live-streaming service Beam which is a Seattle-based business founded by 18-year-old Matt Salsamendi
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p>It allows users to interact with and influence the streamed video game, which is different from other streaming services.
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p>Beam lets players offer challenges to streamers, and even alter in-game elements like weapon loadout and quest selection.
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p>It also lets developers create special button layouts that allow viewers to interact with games streamed by Beam.
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p>'We at Xbox are thrilled about this convergence between watching and playing, and want to give gamers the option to enjoy amazing multiplayer experiences across all of Beam's platforms,' Chad Gibson, a partner group program manager at Microsoft's Xbox Live division, said in an announcement.
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p>This acquisition will allow gamers to play the games they want with the people they like, and on the devices they want.'
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p>The conditions of the agreement have not been revealed.
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p>He also explained how the system might be integrated with Minecraft.
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p>'Using 'Minecraft' as one example With Beam you don't only watch your favorite streamer play and you get to take part in their games.
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p>"You can take on them and make in-real-time choices that affect their gameplay, like tools and quests, movement and more. All this is possible with a few simple visual controls."
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p>Salsamendi states that Beam will continue to exist even if the team members of his join into the Xbox engineering team.
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p>In a blog post on Beam's website, Salsamendi says the service grew to around 100,000 users since it was launched in January of this year. https://bolton-brandon.technetbloggers.de/binary-adding-machine-1668395292 </p>
p>As part of Xbox we'll be able to scale faster than we've ever been capable of before, according to the article.
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p>"We're expanding our team, bolstering our infrastructure, and most importantly, continuing to expand and help the incredible community at Beam.'
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p>The 18-Year-Old CEO AND FOUNDER
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p>After operating a huge game server platform hosting Minecraft servers for four years, Matthew Salsamendi, at 18 years old, decided to launch Beam.
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p>The startup, based in Seattle lets creators chat with their viewers and let them control certain parts of the streamed game.
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p>Players who interact with Beam can direct the play of the person streaming, doing things like deciding which weapon loadout they use in battle for multiplayer shooters, for instance.
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p>It was launched at TechCrunch? NY 2016 and took home the Startup Battlefield contest.
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p>TechCrunch? Disrupt Startup Battlefield Winners Matt Salsamendi of Beam pose for photos during TechCrunch? Disrupt NY 2016, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, May 11 May, 2016.
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p>Salsamendi, from Bellevue in Seattle is 'passionate about high availability infrastructure and web performance!' According to his bio.
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p>The article also states that he can be found programming, designing lighting for theaters, flying planes and composing short films in his spare time.
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p>However it appears that even Salsamendi was not expecting the way things would go in a recent interview with Geekwire, when asked if you rather have Gates, Zuckerberg or Bezos in your corner, he answered: 'Zuckerberg, hands down.
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p>"He has an unique global perspective on human interaction and communities.
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p>'We function as an indirect social platform for gamers and Zuckerberg is the King of Social.
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