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Microsoft Set to Take on Twitch and YouTube with Livestreaming Firm

Microsoft is set to take on YouTube and Amazon's Twitch by buying its own livestreaming service.

Today the Xbox maker announced plans to acquire Beam Livestream, a live streaming service located in Seattle and was founded by Matt Salsamendi (18 years old).

The teen who founded his company in January claims it has already reached 100,000 users.

Today, the Xbox maker announced plans to acquire live streaming service Beam founded in Seattle, a startup created by Matt Salsamendi (18 years old).

In contrast to other streaming services, it allows users to influence and interact with a video game streamed by a different player.

Beam lets players suggest challenges for streamers and modify game elements such as weapons loadouts or quest selection.

Developers can also design button layouts that let viewers interact with games streamed via Beam.

"We at Xbox are thrilled by this convergence of playing and watching, and want gamers to enjoy the freedom and choice of great multiplayer experiences across all Beam's platforms." Chad Gibson, a program manager for partner groups at Microsoft's Xbox Live division said in a statement.

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'This acquisition will help gamers enjoy the games they want and with the people they wantto play with, and on the devices they want.'

The terms of the deal haven't been disclosed.

He revealed how the system may be integrated with Minecraft.

'Using 'Minecraft' as one example, with Beam you don't only watch your favorite streamer's game, you play along with them.

It is possible to give them new challenges and make in-real-time decisions that impact their gameplay, from tool selection to quests to movement; all using simple visual controls.'

Salsamendi says Beam will continue to operate as he and his team integrate into the Xbox engineering team.

Salsamendi in a blog entry posted on the Beam website, said that Beam has grown to about 100,000 users since its launch in January this year. freddy's blog

He writes, "As part Xbox, we will be able to scale faster than we ever have before,"

"We are expanding the team as well as strengthening our infrastructure and most important, we're continuing to grow and support Beam's amazing community..

The 18-year-old CEO and Founder

After running a massive game server platform hosting Minecraft servers for four years, Matthew Salsamendi, at the age of 18, decided to launch Beam.

The company, which is based out of Seattle, lets creators interact with their viewers and let them to control specific aspects of the game that is streamed.

Players who interact with Beam can control the gameplay of the person streaming, doing things like setting the weapon loadout they take into the battle in multiplayer shooters, for instance.

It was launched at TechCrunch NY 2016 and won the Startup Battlefield contest.

Winners of the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Matt Salsamendi and James Boehm of Beam pose for a photo during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 11 2016, in New York City.

Salsamendi, from Bellevue in Seattle is 'passionate about high-availability infrastructure and web performance! According to his bio.

In his spare time, you can find him programming, designing theater lighting, flying planes and creating short films,' the report says.

Salsamendi However, Salsamendi did not anticipate this kind of approach. In an interview with Geekwire he answered that he would rather have Gates, Zuckerberg, or Bezos in his corner.

"He has an unrivalled global perspective on human interactions and communities.

"We function as an indirect social network platform for gamers and Zuckerberg, the king of Social.

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