Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins Is Now Streaming on YouTube Following the Closure of Mixer

Jul. 9, 2020

Superstar Fortnite gamer,Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, has started streaming on YouTubeafter Microsoft last month announced its decision topull the plug on Mixer. The streaming session, whichgarnered more than two million views, also featured the likes of Dr Lupo, TimTheTatman and Courage. It’s not immediately clear if he has struck an exclusive deal with YouTube or if he’ll also stream on other platforms, likeTwitch.

The popular Fortnite player used to originally stream on Twitch beforeswitching over to Mixerlast year. Initially at least, it seemed to be a big hit, with his Mixer channel crossing 500,000 subscribers in just over a week. The Mixer app also rose to the top of the App Store’s ‘free apps’ list in the US following his signing. It wasn’t known how much he was paid for the exclusive deal. However, he’s said to have been paid around $1 million to promote Apex Legends on his stream a few months earlier.

Another major gaming superstar who left Twitch for Mixer last year was Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek. He reportedly made his debut on Microsoft’s platform withmore than 78,000 concurrent viewers. It’s not immediately clear as to whether he, too, will join YouTube or go back to Twitch. We hope to hear something on that front sooner rather than later.

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