Twitch to start selling games with 50 select titles

When Twitch first launched it was a platform to stream your content with a wide audience. Now? We’re not so sure what it’s actually about.

The social streaming platform is now adding “selling games” to its portfolio apparently, as it will be providing you with streamers’ favorite games to buy directly. This isn’t the first time we hear of the feature, but now we have some details including the number of games that will go live on the store.

More than 50 games will be popping up on Twitch. Games included in Twitch’s launch roll-out include Ubisoft’s For Honor, Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead and Minecraft: Story Mode, Hi-Rez Studios’ Smite and Paladins, Double Fine Productions’ Broken Age and Psychonauts, and Campo Santo’s Firewatch.

Users will be able to download and play their games through the Twitch Desktop App or through existing developer or publisher-operated services, Twitch said in a press release. Partnered Twitch streamers who opt into the commerce program will earn five percent of sales that originate from their channels; developers will earn 70 percent of the sale, while Twitch will take the remaining 25 percent.

Anyone who buys a game that costs $4.99 or more will earn a Twitch Crate with their purchase. Twitch Crates offer consumers rewards for buying their video games through Twitch—handing out stuff like emotes, badges, and Bits for Cheering.

Sales are only made with United States dollars, but Twitch will offer more options “in the near future.” Twitch has not yet announced an official release date for the commerce feature, but noted it is coming very soon.