Well, this is an interesting way to go to the Super Bowl.
Game-livestreaming site Twitch is teaming up with the battery company Duracell for a unique Madden NFL 15 competition. Competitors face off against NFL and gaming professionals during a 26-hour tournament. The player with the longest win streak at the end earns two tickets to Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz, on Feb. 1.
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“The tech-savvy Twitch community is filled with avid electronic users who spend massive amounts of time gaming,” said Jonathan Simpson-Bint, Twitch’s chief revenue officer. “As a forward-thinking marquee brand, Duracell understands our audience, making a live streamed Madden NFL 15 marathon the ideal long form event to shine a light on their battery’s long lasting appeal.”
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Twitch is becoming a huge company. Amazon bought the streaming site for $970 million last August. Putting on a contest of this magnitude is more proof of Twitch’s growth.
If you want to give it a shot, you can sign up for the tournament here.
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