Dr Disrespect, who is no stranger to making news for throwing shade, has done so again by naming a player he thinks is the best controller player ever. In a tweet from a day ago, he named fellow streamer Aydan as his pick to stand above himself and major esports competitors Karma and FormaL.
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Critics love Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity for its combat, and its story (but not its technical performance). If you want to play the game, go ahead — you will probably enjoy it. However, if you want to livestream Age of Calamity's 30+ hours worth of content, that's where Nintendo draws the line.
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Streamers have been dealing with a lot of DMCA takedown warnings lately, and CD Projekt Red wants to make life a little easier for them. To help anyone streaming the game avoid these unfortunate encounters with the music industry enforcers, Cyberpunk 2077 will ship with a special "streamer mode."
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Recently, the popular streamer xQc was banned from Twitch for stream sniping during a Twitch Rivals Fall Guys tournament at GlitchCon.
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If you examine xQc's streaming career, you might notice he has a habit of getting on the bad sides of other players and organizations.
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Shortly following news of the ban circulating online, Twitch Rivals' official Twitter account explained why xQc had been barred.
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Twitch makes a deal with electronic music label Monstercat that is causing a controversy in the streaming community.
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Following accusations of stream-sniping, some of Twitch's most high-profile streamers think there's a good change that xQc will be banned from the platform. The whole thing started when xQc utilized a frowned-upon tactic during a Fall Guys tournament.
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During a recent stream, Shroud responded to a few concerned viewers who had questions surrounding Dr Disrespect's ban. In recent months, Twitch has changed its rules to keep Dr Disrespect from showing up. Shroud clarified he is "pretty sure" he could still watch one of the Doc's videos on his stream
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Retiring at the age of 31 might seem unheard of, especially for one of YouTube's most popular gaming creators, PewDiePie. The Swedish YouTuber has been producing content for the channel for over a decade, and remains one of the most successful creators on the site with over 107 million subscribers.
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Ninja's transformation from young Halo fan to record-breaking streamer involved key successes along the way.
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Last month, Twitch sent out emails to several streamers that contained an ominous warning. The email told these streamers that their content had been flagged for DMCA copyright violations, and that they needed to remove the offending clips to avoid repercussions. Twitch has apologized to creators.
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It's hard to see your heroes go, and on Nov. 10, 2020, Call of Duty fans received some terrible news: professional esports team Florida Mutineers announced the death of its star player Maurice "Fero" Henriquez. At only 21 years old, the pro player had died of multiple heart attacks.
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Ninja has been having a pretty good time since his return to streaming on Twitch. However, fans may be surprised to learn just how close Ninja came to signing with another streaming platform entirely. During a recent stream, Ninja said why he ultimately chose to leave YouTube and stay with Twitch.
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Imagine you're in the middle of laughing at the latest PewDiePie video when suddenly, YouTube plays a clip about antidepressants. This might take you out of the moment, and some audience members install ad blockers, which usually work. Twitch is the latest site to try its hand at anti-ad blocking.
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Some video game companies are willing to pay a pretty penny for high-profile streamer coverage, and this streamer was offered 300k for one stream.
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During the month of October, Dr Disrespect invited his followers to participate in his fourth annual Halloween costume contest. One "Doctober" submission in particular caught his eye and led to him getting a kick out of what was presented to him.
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Among Us has become a hugely popular game in recent months, to the point where the developers canceled Among Us 2 in order to focus on building on the first game. One of the more hilarious Among Us tactics was recently demonstrated by Jack "CouRage" Dunlop, who outed Pokimane as the deadly Imposter.
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You won't often see streamers turning down high-dollar donations. Pokimane is not your typical streamer.
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Ninja is taking aim at Hollywood, and if there's one thing that Ninja doesn't do, it's miss. This is everything that Ninja's fans need to know about his sudden love affair with the silver screen.
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Regardless of why they were given the boot, streamers always have something to say. Here are some of the last words streamers said before they were banned.
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Earlier this year, following the constant urging of his fans, PewDiePie watched the first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Sadly, the YouTuber wasn't exactly blown away by the opening of the beloved animated series. However, PewDiePie has admitted in a recent video that he was actually wrong.
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Last week, fans of PewDiePIe were deeply concerned for his future own YouTube. It seemed as though PewDiePie had been "shadowbanned" by YouTube, which would have meant that YouTube would have severely restricted access to Pewds' content. Luckily, PewDiePie has been able to clear the air since then.
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Streamers have an interesting job, to say the very least. Due to the nature of the gig, they have to be on camera for a large amount of time. This can result in some odd moments. As a result, fans enjoy sending gifts to their favorite content creators. Let's look now at some of the weirdest things.
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Disaster seemingly struck YouTube's unofficial mascot when, for a limited amount of time, PewDiePie disappeared from YouTube. Did the platform shadowban its biggest star?
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Twitch has recently received a significant amount of backlash for forcing its streamers into a corner over DMCA warnings. Now, some of Twitch's highest performers are scrambling to figure out what to do next. This includes Pokimane, who recently delivered some majorly disappointing news to her fans.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), also known as AOC, is a high-profile politician who is used to being on camera. She'd never streamed on Twitch before, however -- at least not until yesterday.
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