Microsoft shuts Mixer, tells users to move to Facebook Gaming

SAN FRANCISCO : In a significant move, Microsoft has announced to end its video game streaming service Mixer and has teamed up with Facebook to enable the Mixer community to transition to Facebook Gaming.

Mixer never really took off as an independent gaming platform like Amazon’s Twitch and now, Microsoft is encouraging people to use Facebook Gaming instead.

“Beginning today, Facebook Gaming will make it easy for anyone in the Mixer community to join, if they choose to do so. We will work to transition the Mixer community over the next few weeks,” Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, announced late Monday.

The Facebook-Microsoft gaming handshake comes at a time when Apple has rejected Facebook Gaming app on the iOS App Store, as it is a direct threat to the livestream gaming service Apple Arcade.