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The Twitch Desktop App, previously known as Curse Client or Curse Voice, was an application for playing and managing modded Minecraft, VOIP calls, messaging and watching Twitch video livestreaming.
After a partnership with Curse, Inc., FTB discontinued the FTB Launcher in favour of the Curse Client application. In August 2016, Curse, Inc. was bought by Twitch Interactive.[1] In April 2017, the Curse Client was rebranded as the Twitch Desktop App and gained a dedicated browser for the Twitch website.[2] The Twitch Desktop App application allows for easy management of mods for its integration with CurseForge[3]. However, the Twitch Desktop App has received criticism from the community for its lack of Linux support[4], as well as some other factors.
On June 22, 2020, Overwolf announced that it had acquired CurseForge from Twitch Interactive for an undisclosed amount.[5][6][7] After December 2, 2020, the Twitch Desktop App no longer manages mods.[8] CurseForge's mod management functionality can since be found in the CurseForge app, which is for Windows (Overwolf required) and macOS (Standalone, Overwolf not required). In June 2022, the standalone CurseForge app was released for Linux and Windows, starting with World of Warcraft support, later adding support for Minecraft: Java Edition.[9]
The FTB App is now the recommended way to install and play FTB modpacks.
- ↑ https://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-owned-twitch-acquires-gaming-content-platform-curse/
- ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/10/twitch-to-relaunch-curse-acquired-last-year-as-the-more-social-twitch-desktop-app/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/57aj55/general_modded_minecraft_survey_1_lets_do_some/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/4iv997/curse_voice_and_you_another_rant/d31nlfb/
- ↑ https://medium.com/curseforge/announcing-a-new-home-for-curseforge-d74925595625
- ↑ https://medium.com/overwolf/a-new-home-for-curseforge-44cbb3add844
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/twitch-sells-curseforge-to-overwolf
- ↑ https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/53830-mods-tab-to-be-removed-from-twitch-client-on-december-2nd
- ↑ https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=5542885c5f38ae9a4108ab154&id=6a20e11dc8