Layoffs in the video game industry have unfortunately become increasingly common in recent years. In 2023 we have seen Almost weekly layoffs across the industry. When the dust settled, around the least 6,000 jobs were created at publishers, developers and other companies related to video games. Unfortunately, it looks like 2024 will move faster if ...
Trigger Warning: This post is about child abduction and sexual abuse. As early as September 2022, it became known that the popular streaming platform Twitch was being used by child predators to track down and, in some cases, manipulate young streamers. Not long after the 2022 Bloomberg reportPull out announced changes to combat the problemby ...
As December 2023 rolled around, some streamers cleverly thought about playing around with Twitch’s restrictions on nudity and broadcasting in a way that made it seem like they were completely naked on camera. In response, Twitch began banning people before switching gears to allow various forms of “artistic nudity” to spread on the platform. However, ...
Streaming platform Pull out recently announced a change to its sexual content policy that allows some forms of fictionalized nudity – such as digital characters, sculptures or drawings – as long as they are properly identified. But now, just a few days later, it is reversing those changes and has apologized to the community. Lego ...
A twitch streamer uses an actual dunk tank during their live streams to motivate themselves not to fall into the tricky precision platformer and live streaming sensation. Only until! Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s aerial combos make me feel like a seasoned AF Only until!, developed by SC-KR Games, is an obstacle course game ...
Only until! Thanks to its simple premise and popularity on streaming site Twitch, the game quickly became a smash hit on Steam. However, while the excitement surrounding this game has died down, a clone of the game has been incorporated Fourteen days has become larger than the original, making it one of the most popular ...
gif: SC-KR Games / Kotaku Only until!a not-so-endless runner that recently took off on Twitch was inexplicably removed from Steam without warning, but there’s reason to believe it may have been removed due to a copyright dispute with an artist who claims the game uses one their wealth from it. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker ...
screenshot: Lacy / Kotaku A Fourteen days The streamer recently shaved his entire head, including his eyebrows, for a large donation of $2,500 from a viewer who eventually got the money back. The new game from Dead By Daylight Devs is Fortnite Meets Doom Lacy is a 20 year old content creator on Twitch and ...
Kaitlyn Siragusa – You’ll recognize her as a variety show streamer amouranth– Leaves behind 6.4 million Twitch followers to make a new claim on live streaming platform Kick. Like other streamers, they are fed up with poorly communicated changes strict monetization rules and an uncomfortable, confusing one 50/50 revenue split On Twitch, Siragusa is willing ...
Earlier this week, Twitch roiled the streaming world with new policies that have greatly impacted the way streamers can monetize their channels. The rules stipulated, among other things, how much space logos can take up on the screen and whether these sponsors can be permanently displayed on the screen or not. The outcry was immediate, ...
