Twitch Sings, the karaoke game for Twitch streamers, is permanently closing down at the end of this year.
The game has a small-but-dedicated audience that are bound to be disappointed by the news.
Twitch Sings is a free karaoke game for Twitch that launched in April 2019. Developed by Harmonix, the company behind the popular Rock Band games, Twitch Sings lets streamers sing to their audience with a huge library of songs to choose from.
You can choose to show yourself on stream or create an avatar that performs in front of a virtual audience. You can also pick from a variety of venues to act as your backdrop.
Of course, karaoke is always best with a crowd, and that’s why Twitch Sings was built with audience participation in mind. You can invite someone to duet with you, plus you can receive fun challenges that you get rated on. Such as singing part of the song with your tongue sticking out.
You don’t even need to be a good singer to give it a try. In fact, it’s probably more fun if you can’t sing a note.
Sadly, Twitch is shutting down Twitch Sings on January 1, 2021. On the Twitch Sings help page, the company said:
As we look to the future, we have decided to invest in broader tools and services that will help support and grow the entire music community on Twitch. Because of this, we have made the difficult decision to close Twitch Sings on January 1, 2021.
It has been less than a year and a half since Twitch Sings launched, so the closure comes as a surprise. However, it can be assumed that the game didn’t perform as well as Twitch hoped it would.
Before it closes, Twitch is releasing 400 new songs from its back catalog so that you can sing farewell.
From December 1, 2020, all on-demand videos (past broadcasts, clips, and highlights) will be removed from Twitch.
You can keep using Twitch Sings until it closes on January 1, 2021, after which the game will no longer be available to play.
Despite the closure of Twitch Sings, Twitch isn’t turning its back on music entirely, but instead focusing on it in different ways.
In fact, Twitch only recently announced it would be live-streaming music festivals, and it’s likely that more features and events will follow.