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Twitch Is Now Using Machine Learning To Target Ban Evaders
1.12.2021
Twitch is about to roll out a new tool called Suspicious User Detection, which aims to do exactly what it says on the box: try and detect users who are being suspicious. More specifically, those trying to evade existing bans. Read more
Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
30.11.2021
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.Read more
Call of Duty: Vanguard Player Headshots Opponents With Donkey Kong Bongos
29.11.2021
When Nintendo released the bongo drum controllers used with the Donkey Konga games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the company probably didn’t envision them being used in a Call of Duty game. To be fair, neither did I. But in a recent Call of Duty: Vanguard match, Twitch streamer DeanoBeano managed...
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Glitch Is Renaming Monsters
29.11.2021
The latest batch of Pokémon games, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, are experiencing a handful of silly glitches. While the duplication glitch is something players are exploiting to their advantage, there’s another glitchy issue players are encountering that is just plain weird: seeing their...
Devs Behind DC Universe Online Are Working On A Marvel MMO
27.11.2021
Revealed yesterday via an investor presentation, Daybreak Game’s Austin-based Dimensional Ink game studio is developing a new Marvel MMO. However, according to the same presentation, it will likely be a few years before we see a trailer or screenshot of the upcoming online superhero game. Read more
Halo Infinite Cheaters Are Insta-Clicking Heads With Aimbots
24.11.2021
Though its campaign isn’t out yet, 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite is already seeing massive success on account of its free-to-play multiplayer that launched just last week. Unfortunately for those playing with dignity and respect, it seems cheaters are out in full force, resorting to dubious tactics...
Wild Halo Infinite Flag Heist Pays Off
23.11.2021
For the first time in a decade, Halo is magical again. Halo 4 and 5 were fine, but they largely lacked the magic that defined previous games: the signature cocktail of oppositional plays that turn your vision red while also making you laugh so hard your lungs hurt. Halo Infinite has so far nailed...
Popular Twitch Software Changing Name Following Plagiarism Accusations
17.11.2021
Yesterday, the Twitter account for the livestreaming software Lightstream accused rival streaming software maker Streamlabs of stealing marketing copy from its website. After Lightstream tweeted about how Streamlabs’ website text was modeled on its own, other companies began to corroborate with...
The Gulf Between Amouranth and Other Top Women Streamers On Twitch Is Enormous, Stats Say
15.11.2021
When Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa isn’t getting banned from Twitch for things like wearing a horse mask and suggestively slurping a microphone, she’s pulling huge viewership numbers month after month. Not only was she Twitch’s leading female streamer for October, she accrued almost as many view...
Twitch Streamer Amouranth Bought A Gas Station For -$110,000 Using Rich-Person Math
10.11.2021
Yes, the headline is correct. The popular Twitch streamer Amouranth did in fact purchase a gas station. Not only did she purchase a gas station, she claims to have done so while turning a profit through tax deductions. To prove this, she tweeted out a bunch of rich-person math—which makes my brain...
New Overwatch Comic Shows McCree Getting Existential On Name Change
10.11.2021
After receiving a name change last month, Overwatch’s Cole Cassidy has made his debut in a new digital comic series. The first issue of a five-part series by Dark Horse Comics, titled New Blood, sees the cowboy wrestling with his past as he embarks on a journey to become someone different. It’s...
Why Everyone Is Talking About Twitch Star Hasan Piker's New Merch Line
10.11.2021
Popular socialist streamer Hasan Piker did a cool thing earlier this week: he launched a new line of merch aimed at supporting workers. In addition to the clothes being made by union shops, some of the profits are also going to strike funds to help pro-labor causes across the country. The store...
10 Dope-Looking Games Fighting For A Chance To Get Finished
10.11.2021
Indie games can allow creators to think outside the box, bucking mainstream trends to do work that’s more original and daring. But while creating those games can be liberating from a creative standpoint, gaining financial momentum for pitches can be a debilitating process. The Pitch Ya Game contest...
Forza Horizon 5's Slo-Mo Option Is A Game-Changer
9.11.2021
Forza Horizon 5, the open-world racer from developer Playground Games, has a plethora of accessibility options. This includes text size adjustments and color blindness modes, as well as on-screen sign language interpreters coming soon. But did you know there’s also a setting to change reaction...
Call Of Duty: Vanguard Pays Tribute To 'Press F To Pay Respects' Meme
5.11.2021
People don’t remember much from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, but they do remember the incredibly cringey scene where the game asks the player to press F to pay their respects during a somber funeral. Seven years later, the now-infamous meme has reappeared as an achievement in Call of Duty:...
Netflix's Squid Game Is Accidentally Making One Twitch Streamer's Life Way Harder
4.11.2021
Netflix’s Squid Game is a popular show, having been watched by some 142 million households worldwide since it hit the streaming service on September 17. Unfortunately for Twitch streamer Lydia ‘SquidGame’ Ellery, the username and brand she’s built for the past decade is in jeopardy due to...
Report: Hackers Laundered $10 Million On Twitch
4.11.2021
After an investigation into last month’s leaked data, it has been alleged that a group of hackers laundered almost $10 million in illegally-obtained funds by making a ton of tiny donations to Twitch streamers.Read more
A Squid Game Clone Is Taking Over Twitch
3.11.2021
All over Twitch right now, Crab Game—much like the cephalopodic Netflix show it so gleefully emulates—is a multiplayer battle royale game where players compete in a series of events based on childhood games. One by one, they are eliminated, until the last surviving player is crowned the winner....
Steve Aoki Is Selling $3 Million Of Pokémon Cards, Other Merch
3.11.2021
Steve Aoki is selling almost $3 million worth of graded Pokémon merchandise on the trading card marketplace TCGplayer. The mystery boxes will also include clothing, records, meet-and-greets, and physical merchandise.Read more
Crypto.com co-ops with esports host Twitch Rivals for global crypto outreach
3.11.2021
The multi-year partnership aims to increase local crypto adoption in the esports landscape across the globe