Enter the Ninja

The Fortnite streaming star's move from Twitch to Microsoft's rival service Mixer is the biggest move yet in the battle of the live streaming platforms

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins. Pic: Getty

Can one gamer’s fan base spur an entire platform to success? Microsoft is definitely banking on it, as it has already seen a big impact from its signing of Ninja from Twitch.

For those without a major interest in streaming, Ninja (real name: Richard Tyler Blevins) is a tremendously popular gaming streamer who had a following of 14 million on Amazon’s market leading platform Twitch. In a move akin to a Bosman transfer ...