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24 Games We're Stoked For In March, Great Switch Games On Sale For Mario Day, And More Of The Week's Top News
8.3.2025
This week, we got some insight into what prompted Ubisoft to add a “canon mode”—which strips out all narrative choices in favor of adhering to one set story path—to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Also, we looked at 24 games coming out in this fairly packed month that we can’t wait to...
Twitch Bans Hasan Piker After Hypothetical About Republicans Killing Senator Rick Scott
3.3.2025
Twitch has temporarily banned Hasan Piker for a fifth time on Monday shortly after the leftist streamer talked about how if Republicans really cared about Medicaid they would kill Florida Senator Rick Scott. “Big shout out to the right wing free speech lovers who took time out of their...
YouTube Turns Money Faucet Back On For Dr Disrespect Six Months After Twitch Ban Controversy
30.1.2025
Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm can start making money from YouTube again after the Google-owned video platform remonetized his channel of over 4.5 million subscribers on Thursday. The change in policy comes six months after the controversial streamer was dropped by sponsors and business partners due...
Livid Overwatch 2 Fans Are Asking For Refunds After Paid Skin Is Made Free A Day Later
30.1.2025
On January 29, Blizzard announced it would be holding an Overwatch 2 Spotlight event next month to reveal “groundbreaking changes” to the hero shooter after about two months of Marvel Rivals eating its lunch. The announcement included confirmation that the support hero Lucio’s Cyber DJ legendary...
Elon Musk And Asmongold Are Fighting After The Streamer Accused Him Of Being A Fake Gamer
16.1.2025
Elon Musk’s much-publicized gaming prowess has come under intense scrutiny in recent days and he’s not taking it too well. The tech billionaire unfollowed Twitch streamer and YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt on X (formerly known as Twitter) and proceeded to leak private DMs between the two after Hoyt...
Kotaku’s 15 Most-Read Stories Of 2024
31.12.2024
If you wind up on the wrong side of Reddit or YouTube, you’ll likely come across bold declarations proclaiming “what gamers want.” Nine times out of ten, these takes are given in bad faith, often by people more concerned with imposing what they want than with understanding what the majority...
Turns Out Most Of You Spend More Time Watching Games Than Playing Them
3.12.2024
A new report reveals that most gamers typically play video games for about 7 hours a week. In that same period, however, they watch over 8 hours of video game-related videos and streams. In other words, a lot of people reading this are spending more time watching Twitch than playing video games....
Dr Disrespect Joins Right-Wing, Anti-Cancel Culture Streaming Platform Rumble
25.11.2024
Controversial video game streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm is officially joining Rumble, the right-wing streaming platform online personalities like Russell Brand go to when no one else will have them. The “alt-tech” platform announced the former Twitch star will receive equity and be an advisor...
YouTube Rejects Dr Disrespect's Request To Profit Off His Channel Again
28.10.2024
It’s been a few months since Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm lost sponsors and had his YouTube channel demonetized after he admitted to “inappropriate” contact with a minor on Twitch. The controversial online personality is still playing and streaming games on the Google-owned platform, however, even...
Bernie Sanders Bringing His Cantankerous Charm To Twitch To Talk Politics With Pokimane and Valkyrae
22.10.2024
83-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will join two of Twitch’s biggest stars to talk politics on Tuesday night as the neck-and-neck 2024 presidential race reaches its endgame. He’ll be stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris and talking about everything from the minimum wage to climate...
Mass Wave Of Twitch Bans Hits Arab Streamers Following 'Habibi' Ratings At TwitchCon
22.10.2024
Streaming platform Twitch has banned several high-profile Arab streamers for a panel that took place at TwitchCon last month. The banned streamers include CapriSunnPapi, Fr0gan, Raffoulticket, DenimsTV, and Vio, all of whom took part in a live-streamed panel during day two of TwitchCon San Diego...
Asmongold Twitch Ban, Massive Pokémon Leak, And More Of The Week's Biggest News
19.10.2024
Well, kids, it’s been a week. From a popular Twitch streamer getting banned for racist remarks to a huge leak of one of Nintendo’s biggest properties, there’s been a lot going on in the gaming world. We also got a warning from an ex-PlayStation boss about the future of the industry and a short...
2K Reveals Colorful Hero Extraction Shooter That Already Feels Dated
17.10.2024
Today, 2K games and 31st Union finally revealed Project Ethos, the studio’s first game since it formed in 2019. And uh, it looks...well...have you ever played Overwatch? Or Fortnite? Then a lot of this will look familiar. Read more
Asmongold On Suspension Over Genocide Comments: 'I've Slowly Been Devolving Into The Most Mean-Spirited... Psychopathic Version Of Myself'
16.10.2024
Yesterday, Twitch suspended an account that belonged to streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt after he made racist comments about the death of Palestinians in Gaza. Now, the YouTuber has responded to the temporary ban with surprisingly clear-eyed assessment of the controversy and what...
Twitch Streamer Asmongold Banned After Racist Rant About Palestinians
15.10.2024
Twitch streamer and famous YouTuber Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has had his zackrawrr account banned after a racist rant about Muslims and Palestinians killed in Gaza went viral on social media. “My bad,” he shared on X (formerly Twitter) following an online backlash. “Looking back on it, I was way...
This Might Be The Biggest Hack In Pokémon History
13.10.2024
Pokémon maker Game Freak has suffered a massive data breach that saw employee info as well as tons of details about past games and upcoming sequels stolen from the developer. Fans are calling the leaked data the “Teraleak” as insider accounts pore over everything from unused Pokémon designs to...
DOOM Eternal Leads A Hell Of A Strong Month Of Free Prime Gaming Titles This Month
10.10.2024
It’s a new month, which means it’s time for another drop of free games via Amazon’s Prime Gaming subscription. In case you don’t know—and who could blame you—being an Amazon Prime subscriber neets you a whole bunch of benefits beyond two-day shipping and Prime TV. For example, you also get benefits...
A Vtuber Just Became Twitch's Most-Subscribed Streamer Ever
1.10.2024
Ironmouse is a Vtuber, meaning she streams as an anime avatar rather than as herself, and she just became the most subscribed channel in the history of Twitch. The record-breaking run capped off a subathon that saw her overtake Kai Cenat with a campaign that was largely in service of raising money...
Twitch Is Transforming Into A Home For Political Commentary And Caroline Kwan Is Leading The Charge
27.9.2024
Caroline Kwan is tired, but you can’t tell. The political fundraiser turned actor turned Twitch streamer is sitting across from me in a TwitchCon meeting room on the last day of the convention, wearing a pink boilersuit and sneakers, her hair pulled back off her face, looking clear-eyed and alert....
Dr Disrespect Discusses Twitch Ban Allegations In Detail: 'Do You Even Know What The Legal Definition Of Sexting Is? I Do'
6.9.2024
Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm addressed the allegations around his 2020 Twitch ban in detail on Friday during his first YouTube appearance since admitting, over two months ago, to exchanging “inappropriate” messages with a minor back in 2017. He suggested the user in question was not under the age...