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Xplay Host Frosk Out At G4 A Week After Layoffs
20.9.2022
A week after big layoffs rocked the network, Kotaku has learned that Xplay host, Indiana “Froskurinn” Black, is no longer with G4. Comcast, G4's parent company, bought out the remainder of her contract, according to two sources familiar with the business. The news was announced internally...
Top Twitch Streamers Like Pokimane, Mizkif Threaten Strike After $200,000 Gambling Scam
19.9.2022
On Saturday, a Twitch streamer named Abraham Mohammed, better known to viewers as Sliker, admitted that he had scammed fans and other content creators out of at least $200,000 to fund his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling addiction. In response, big-name streamers such as Imane “Pokimane”...
Elden Ring Twitch Streamer's Drawing Tablet Run Is Getting Ridiculous
19.9.2022
Another day, another Elden Ring challenge run. Since FromSoftware’s massively popular Soulslike dropped on February 25, Tarnished the world over have tackled the game in some absolutely nutty ways. But while beating it with a single hand and playing it with a harp are impressive, Twitch streamer...
Cyberpunk 2077 Becomes Steam Top Seller Again After Netflix Anime Show
19.9.2022
Thanks to the power of anime and Netflix, Cyberpunk 2077 has exited its flop era. The beleaguered game has soared in popularity on Steam following the release of developer CD Projekt Red and animation studio Trigger’s collaborative 10-part anime series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.Read more
Pro Gaming CEO Pops Champagne With Misogynist Andrew Tate, Now On Unpaid Leave
18.9.2022
G2 Esports CEO and cofounder, Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez, was recently caught partying with notorious internet misogynist and general piece of shit, Andrew Tate. The news provoked a huge backlash on social media, and naturally the former League of Legends pro decided to tweet through it. “Nobody...
G4TV Hit With Major Layoffs Less Than A Year After Coming Back
14.9.2022
At least somewhere between 15-20 staff were laid off at G4TV today, according to two sources familiar with business. The video game talk show network from the 2000s was resurrected last fall on streaming platforms like Twitch as well as cable TV, but now faces major upheaval less than a year later....
Shigeru Miyamoto Accidentally Trolled Everyone During The Big Nintendo Direct
13.9.2022
Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct was a much-hyped affair, with a whopping 40 minutes dedicated to the Japanese company’s portable console and its games. Most people kept their expectations somewhat in check for this, because Nintendo said that the event would largely focus on products coming out this...
Next Big Nintendo Direct Won't Be Broadcast Everywhere To Mourn The Queen
12.9.2022
There’s going to be a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday morning, September 13th, at10 a.m. ET, Nintendo has just announced. It’s going to be a big one, too, with an estimated clock time of 40 minutes. We’re hoping we’ll get to hear about some of the bigger games Nintendo has been silent on for a while...
Awesome Games Done Quick Abandons Live Event Because Florida Is 'Not A Safe Place For Our Community'
8.9.2022
The next major Games Done Quick event, January’s Awesome Games Done Quick, will be an online-only event after the show’s organisers released a statement saying “we do not believe [Florida] is a safe place for our community” in light of the state’s putrid policies towards Covid and marginalised...
Twitch Is Removing Its ‘Host Mode’ Feature And Everyone’s Upset
7.9.2022
For some reason, which droves of streamers, viewers, and this journalist cannot figure out, Twitch is permanently removing its host mode feature on October 3. At that point, host mode, its accompanying chat command /host, and the channel settings feature Autohost will be lost to time, leaving...
This Twitch Streamer Just Became The First Person To Beat Every N64 Game
7.9.2022
Samuel “Acegamersam” Girand owns a lot of video games. The 32-year-old Québécois has a vast library of classic console titles, including complete collections of North American Dreamcast and N64 games. Five years ago, with a fledgling Twitch channel, Girand began streaming the Nintendo titles to...
Cyberpunk 2077 Getting First Expansion Next Year, Keanu Reeves To Return
6.9.2022
Better late than never, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting its first major expansion, CD Projekt Red announced in a Twitch livestream today. It’s called Phantom Liberty, it’s out next year, and it will feature the return of Keanu Reeves’ Johnny Silverhand. It won’t, however, be available on PlayStation 4...
Hey, You, There's A Rick And Morty Commercial For God Of War: Ragnarok
5.9.2022
Rick and Morty did a commercial for God of War: Ragnarok, aired on the television last night. Why? I don’t bloody know. Because everything, for the rest of time, is now to be composed entirely out of overlapping memes?Read more
Pokimane: Twitch Isn't 'Creatively Fulfilling' Anymore, So She’s Branching Out, Streaming Less
2.9.2022
After a more than one-month-long (and seemingly healthy) break from social media and content creation, Twitch star Imane “Pokimane” Anys has returned to uploading content. But things will be different now. Pokimane dropped a new YouTube video today detailing her time away from the internet, talking...
Amouranth Can't Be Your Girlfriend, She's Building An Empire Beyond Twitch
1.9.2022
“This video may be inappropriate for some users,” YouTube warns me after I select a video posted by 28-year-old Texan Kaitlyn Siragusa, who is better known online as the hot tub tsarina of Twitch, Amouranth. Read more
EA Owns Itself, Accidentally Leaks FIFA 23 A Month Early
30.8.2022
As if EA wasn’t going through enough this month, what with Madden 23's botched launch upsetting even pro athletes, it seems a certain segment of FIFA 23 players have gained access to the soccer simulator one whole month before its September 30 release date. Talk about a score.Read more
8 Fantastic Back-To-School Video Games To Close Out Your Summer
27.8.2022
Barring drying leaves and the uptick in yellow school buses come late August, the signal that a new semester was starting, to me, was the way the air started to smell. Post-graduation, I let the seasons change without fanfare.But usually, I’d notice that in summer, a puff of warm wind smells sweet...
Black Horror Game YouTuber Has Everyone Debating Platform Racism, Favoritism
26.8.2022
YouTube’s Trending page is typically full of easy-going content like music videos, comedy sketches, and game trailers, along with popular creators like Mr. Beast and SSSniperWolf. However, on August 24, the number-one trending video was a callout against the platform itself, with accusations...
She Beat Elden Ring At Level One With A Single Hand (Yes, Even Malenia)
26.8.2022
Most of us are lucky to say that we survived Elden Ring’s toughest optional bosses, especially the non-stop torrent of them that awaits us at the end of the game. MissMikkaa is built different, though. The Twitch streamer recently blew up on social media because she is the only person who can...
Call Of Duty: Warzone Dipshits Won’t Stop Accusing Twitch’s Top Female Streamer Of Cheating
26.8.2022
Nadia Amine is currently considered “one of the fastest growing female streamers” in Call of Duty and Warzone. But her skill and visibility as a female Warzone player comes at a heavy cost. Regardless of how many Tiktok videos she uploads of herself kicking ass at Warzone, gamers won’t stop...