p>Microsoft is poised to take on YouTube, Amazon's Twitch and other streaming services by buying its own livestreaming service.
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p>The Xbox maker has announced today its plans to acquire live-streaming service Beam, a Seattle-based company created by 18-year-old Matt Salsamendi.
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p>The teen who founded his company in January says it already has 100,000 users.
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p>The Xbox maker today announced plans to acquire live-streaming service Beam, a Seattle-based company founded by 18-year-old Matt Salsamendi
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p>Unlike other streaming services, it lets users influence and interact with a game streamed by another player.
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p>Beam lets viewers suggest streamers challenges and even modify in-game elements such as weapon loadout or quest selection.
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p>Developers can also create buttons that allow viewers to interact with the games streamed via Beam.
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p>"We at Xbox are thrilled about this convergence between playing and watching and we want players to have the flexibility and choice of amazing multiplayer experiences across all Beam's platforms." Chad Gibson, a program manager for partner groups 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 enjoy, with the people they enjoy, and on the devices they prefer."
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p>The details of the deal were revealed.
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p>He also explained how the system might work with Minecraft.
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p>'Using 'Minecraft' as one example With Beam you don't just watch your favorite streamer's game but you also play along with them.
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p>It is possible to give them new challenges and make in-real-time choices that impact their gameplay, from tool selection to quests to movement all through simple visual controls.'
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p>Salsamendi says that Beam will continue to run regardless of whether the team members of his join into the Xbox engineering team.
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p>Salsamendi, in a blog post posted on the Beam website, said that Beam has grown to around 100,000 users since it was launched in January of this year.
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p>He writes, "As part Xbox, we will be able to scale faster than we have ever before."
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p>We're expanding our team, strengthening our infrastructure and, the most important thing is to continue to expand and help the incredible community of 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 the age of 18 decided to launch Beam.
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p>The Seattle-based startup allows creators to communicate with viewers, and also allows them to take part and control certain aspects of the game streamed.
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p>Players interacting through 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 announced at TechCrunch? Disrupt NY in 2016 and won the Startup Battlefield contest.
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p>TechCrunch? Disrupt Startup Battlefield Winners Matt Salsamendi of Beam pose for photographs during TechCrunch? Disrupt NY 2016, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, May 11 on the 11th of May in 2016.
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p>Salsamendi is from Bellevue, Seattle. He is passionate about web performance and high availability infrastructure. according to his bio.
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p>He can also be found programming, creating lighting for theaters, flying planes and making short films in his spare time.
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p>Salsamendi, however, was not anticipating this move. In an interview with Geekwire Salsamendi stated that he would rather have Gates, Zuckerberg, or Bezos in his corner.
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p>"He has an unrivalled global perspective on the human interaction and community.
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p>'We serve as a social network for gamers, and Zuckerberg is the king of social.
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