Twitch bolsters service with game tech company purchase

People wait in line at booth for Twitch, the official Livestream Partner of E3 during the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) annual video game conference and show on June 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon-owned videogame broadcasting platform Twitch bolstered its service on Aug 16 with the purchase of a US company that targets media and technology to gamers. 

Twitch did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Curse, which has an array of game-focused websites and apps that it says draw a total of 30 million visitors monthly.