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Twitch: Gaming needs to ‘invest’ to tackle sexism

The senior executive was speaking to us from the streaming site's headquarters in San Francisco.

Gamers have told Newsbeat about their experiences and Twitch says it's doing all it can to stamp out sexism on the platform.

But Matthew tells us this isn't a problem that Twitch can solve on its own.

He says the industry needs to invest money to "move forward on this issue".

Twitch to start offering a virtual currency

"Stream+ is a loyalty points system where players can earn points by watching streams," said Patrick Gilmore of Amazon Game Studios.

He said points could be used in "polls and wagering" and could be spent on items to use in games.

The studio's forthcoming multiplayer game Breakaway will be the first title to use Stream+.

Breakaway is Amazon's answer to rival studios Blizzard, Value and Riot, which have all developed similar team-based battle games.