{"id":106477,"date":"2016-10-03T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=106477"},"modified":"2016-10-03T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:27:40","slug":"the-10-most-popular-games-of-the-year-on-twitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/106477-the-10-most-popular-games-of-the-year-on-twitch","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most popular games of the year on Twitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the keynote for its TwitchCon event in San Diego, the streaming service\u00a0revealed its top 10 most popular games of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Topping out the list was Blizzard&#8217;s shooter <strong>Overwatch,<\/strong>\u00a0coming as no surprise to anyone who had followed Twitch streamers regularly.<\/p>\n<p>The list focuses only on games that were released in 2016 &#8211; hence the omission of popular titles like CS:GO, Dota 2, and League of Legends.<\/p>\n<p>The list also shows that critical reception does not always equate to popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full list below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Twitch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106479\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Twitch.jpg\" alt=\"twitch\" width=\"930\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Twitch.jpg 930w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Twitch-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What game did you watch the most on Twitch? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Which brand of graphics card should you buy?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/98724-which-brand-of-graphics-card-should-you-buy.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which brand of graphics card should you buy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/99002-highest-rated-video-games-of-2016-so-far.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/99350-how-to-buy-an-oculus-rift-from-south-africa-what-it-will-cost.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the keynote for its TwitchCon event in San Diego, the streaming service revealed its top 10 most popular games of 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":106481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20],"tags":[20264,15623,31,20576,17971,7579],"class_list":["post-106477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-features","tag-20264","tag-15623","tag-active","tag-most","tag-popular","tag-twitch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106483,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106477\/revisions\/106483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}