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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...
Both Twitch And TwitchCon Are Everything Inclusive Spaces Should Be
29.9.2024
Twitch’s evolution as a platform felt palpable throughout the streaming service’s annual three-day convention. From drag shows to discussions on diversity, most of the sights and sounds of TwitchCon 2024 affirmed the strides the platform has made in creating inclusive spaces for gamers. And Kotaku...
30th Anniversary PS5 Pre-Orders Were A Mess, February 2025 Is Too Packed With Big Games, And More Of The Week's Takes
28.9.2024
This week, Sony opened up pre-orders for the items in its 30th Anniversary PlayStation 5 collection, and for many at least, the experience of trying to snag anything was one of confusion and frustration. Also, we’ll tell you about a great arcade platformer called Bzzzt that’s now available...
Twitch: ‘There’s No Place For Hateful Conduct’ On The Streaming Platform
25.9.2024
During TwitchCon 2024’s opening ceremony, the streaming service announced upcoming changes and advancements to its ban policy—namely that it would be making it more clear what constitutes a violation of the platform’s terms of service. According to Twitch, these changes “seek to improve clarity...
TwitchCon 2024 Was A Whirlwind
24.9.2024
Aside from a few years off due to the covid pandemic and one outlier weekend when it took place in Vegas instead, every fall in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, TwitchCon takes over. The three-day long convention brings together Twitch partners (the more exclusive tier of streamers with higher revenue...
‘TwitchCon Is Very Queer’: How The Streaming Convention Strives For Inclusivity
23.9.2024
I’m in the Glitch Theater at the San Diego Convention Center during TwitchCon 2024, watching a drag artist dressed as Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head lip-sync to a nu-metal song on stage. The crowd is a mix of high-profile streamers like Central Committee and KaceyTron, smaller Twitch affiliates,...
Twitch CEO Steps Down After 16 Years
16.3.2023
Emmett Shear is no longer the boss of Twitch. After 16 long, controversy-filled years, the co-founder and only CEO the Amazon-owned streaming platform has ever known announced he’s stepping down to spend more time with his family. Read more
Streamer Who Broke Back At TwitchCon Shows Off Scar, Details Recovery
31.10.2022
Adriana Chechik, who made headlines earlier this month after she broke her back in two places at TwitchCon, has returned to streaming with some updates—and a close look—at how her recovery has been going.Read more
Streamer Who Broke Her Back At TwichCon Shares Injury Details, Recovery Video
17.10.2022
At TwitchCon last week streamer Adriana Chechik broke her back in two places after jumping into a foam pit that appeared to be neither deep nor soft. She has since shared details and video of her injuries, and they are somehow even worse than first reported.Read more
Master Chief Dancing, 'Gettin Ass' With Megan Thee Stallion Is A Thing That Happened This Weekend
10.10.2022
We’ve seen a bad news story coming out of TwitchCon, now let’s instead turn our attention towards something else.Read more
Streamer Breaks Back In Two Places After TwitchCon Foam Pit Accident
10.10.2022
As part of the festivities at TwitchCon, which started on Saturday and is running through until Monday, there’s a foam pit, which streamers have been jumping into after doing battle on some elevated platforms, Gladiators-style. And some of the have been getting seriously hurt.Read more
Congressman Under Investigation For 'Sex Trafficking' Caps Off Twitch's Worst Week Ever
22.9.2022
First Amazon-owned Twitch was ravaged by a major gambling scandal. Then it revealed a new, worse revenue split for creators because it had to charge itself too much for servers. Next Bloomberg reported that the platform has a major problem when it comes to potential predators using it to target...
Twitch Streamers Are Pissed That Amazon Is Taking More Of Their Money For BS Reasons
22.9.2022
Yesterday, the president of Twitch, Dan Clancy, announced a change to the revenue system that would mean some of the top performing Twitch streamers will get less money. According to Clancy, Twitch was making this change in order to afford increasing server costs.The changes would not affect “the...
TwitchCon Doesn't Care That The Pandemic Is Still Happening
2.8.2022
TwitchCon will be taking place in San Diego between October 7-9, and if you had any thoughts about attending whatsoever, know that the organisers are under the assumption that we’re living in 2019, not 2022, and that you’re very much going to be taking your personal safety into your own hands.Read...