John Howe, Blog Author | XSplit

John Howe

Chief Marketing Officer for SplitmediaLabs, developers of XSplit, Player.me, Strexm and Challonge. John also works on various indie game-related projects, launching the Indie[dot]XSplit program in 2016 with partners such as Devolver Digital, VersusEvil, Raw Fury Games, and more.13 articles

Interview with Felicia Day, and how she streams tabletop with XSplit image

Interview with Felicia Day, and how she streams tabletop with XSplit

Felicia Day’s body of work is well known throughout the geek-o-sphere! Creating seminal web series – The Guild – watched by millions worldwide; to pioneering tabletop live streams on Twitch, or starring in cult hits such as Supernatural, The Magicians, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. We had a chance to catch up with her, before…

May 15, 20203 mins read

XSplit Premium is now free for Non-Profit Organizations image

XSplit Premium is now free for Non-Profit Organizations

Update: We will be closing the submission of applications on July 1, 2020. Please make sure to submit your application before then. During this extraordinary time, we have seen a huge increase in new users across a number of different industries reach out to us for assistance in getting started with streaming. One particular trend…

April 3, 20201 min read

Advice for streamers looking to work with Indie Game Publishers image

Advice for streamers looking to work with Indie Game Publishers

Join us for an industry roundtable where we ask leading indie publishers -Devolver Digital, Annapurna Interactive, Versus Evil, and Raw Fury games; for their advice for up and coming streamers looking to collaborate with them. With the introduction of platforms like Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Humble as well as digital distribution on consoles…

February 27, 20203 mins read

7 Lesser-Known PC Horror Games to stream this Halloween image

7 Lesser-Known PC Horror Games to stream this Halloween

Whether you are a diehard survival horror gamer or are just looking for something a little creepy to help set the mood, we have curated a list of 7 games for you to stream this Halloween! It’s Halloween! A time for Trick or Treaters, pumpkin carving, or dressing up in costume and hitting the town.…

October 31, 20194 mins read

4 Hidden Features in XSplit Gamecaster’s Theme Overlay Editor image

4 Hidden Features in XSplit Gamecaster’s Theme Overlay Editor

On the surface, XSplit Gamecaster V4 presents a simple and streamlined user interface to make streaming PC and Console games easier than ever before. In just a few short clicks a user can launch Gamecaster, select a theme and go live in less than a minute. However the team didn’t stop there, and alongside creating…

October 29, 20194 mins read

Everything you need to know about streaming on Mixer image

Everything you need to know about streaming on Mixer

Ninja, Shroud and now you too!? Thinking of making the jump to Mixer? Well, here is everything you need to know. This year has been an interesting one for Microsoft’s Mixer (formerly known as Beam). In the last few months alone, the platform has gone through some tremendous transformations, losing both of its co-founders to…

October 28, 20195 mins read

Getting the most out of Gamecaster’s In-Game Stream Control image

Getting the most out of Gamecaster’s In-Game Stream Control

XSplit Gamecaster V4 has been out for nearly a couple of weeks now and represents some huge steps forwards for XSplit’s in-house streaming technology. In particular, one of the big touted features has been XSplit Gamecaster V4’s in-game stream control, a revolutionary new feature that aims to give users the ability to control every facet…

October 25, 20195 mins read

XSplit Powers this Year’s Rev Major image

XSplit Powers this Year’s Rev Major

Did you know that XSplit’s development takes place in Manila, Philippines? Since establishing SplitmediaLabs back in 2009 (ten years ago!), we have proudly been a part of the growing gaming and esports scene of the Philippines. It’s been an absolute pleasure to watch the scene evolve and grow over the years, with prize pools and…

September 26, 20192 mins read

How to Repost your Stream Clips on Instagram image

How to Repost your Stream Clips on Instagram

As a content creator or live streamer, you no doubt already have an Instagram account, along with Twitter and Facebook. While it is likely true that you are already posting in a bid to get noticed among the never-ending feeds of content, are you posting the right type of content? While it is a good…

September 24, 20195 mins read

March Madness: Save 50% on all XSplit Licenses!* image

March Madness: Save 50% on all XSplit Licenses!*

March has been an awesome month for the XSplit team having just wrapped up PAX East, SXSW and our awesome community meet-ups! To celebrate the end of the month and #marchmadness we’re giving everyone a 50% discount on all XSplit licenses (yes, EVEN LIFETIME) meaning that you can get an XSplit License for life for $99. Interested? use the code “marchmadness” at…

March 30, 20171 min read

XSplit 2.8 – Our Best Update Yet image

XSplit 2.8 – Our Best Update Yet

It’s time! We’ve been working really hard to bring you this update that not only brings a lot of what you’ve been requesting, but also enhances some of the existing features that you love using! The revolutionary XSplit 2.8 is now available at xsplit.com but can also be installed through the application. Rebranded and Refreshed We know…

June 13, 20162 mins read

Where is XSplit Version 2.8? image

Where is XSplit Version 2.8?

Over the last few weeks we have been teasing our next big release for XSplit Broadcaster and XSplit Gamecaster, and we’re confident that this will be a great update full of highly requested features. It’s with this in mind, that we have chosen to postpone releasing XSplit 2.8 until early next week, so that we…

June 9, 20161 min read