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Critical Role is going independent-er. After splitting from Geek & Sundry (and its parent company, Legendary Entertainment) some years ago, the wildly popular actual-play webseries has grown significantly from a singular show into its…

A new patent recently filed by TV and streaming device manufacturer Roku hints toward a possible future where televisions could display ads when you pause a movie or game.This Summer Soulslike Keeps Looking Better And BetterFor Roku, the…

Australian-based Twitch streamer Boggles recently went viral after seemingly live-streaming a stunt that involved shoving metal forks into toasters and electrocuting himself. To be clear: Each time he did this it was fake, but that didn’t…

Image: Ninja TheoryXbox’s Developer_Direct stream returns this year, promising a close look at some of Microsoft’s upcoming titles, including actual gameplay and conversations with devs for various titles. If you’d like to get a sense of…

Within the last few years, video game industry layoffs have unfortunately become more commonplace. In 2023, we saw near-weekly layoffs across the entire industry. When the dust had settled, at least 6,000 jobs across publishers, developers,…

Trigger warning: This post talks about child predation and sexual abuse.Back in September 2022, it was revealed that popular streaming platform Twitch was being used by child predators to track and, in some cases, groom young streamers. Not…

As December 2023 was underway, some streamers cleverly thought to play around with Twitch’s restrictions around nudity, broadcasting in such a fashion that implied they were completely naked on camera. Twitch, in response, began banning…

Streaming platform Twitch recently announced a change to its sexual content policies that allowed some forms of fictionalized nudity—such as digital characters, sculptures, or drawings—as long as it was properly labeled. But now, just a few…

Twitch is shutting down operations in Korea, effective February 27, 2024.The video game streaming service posted the announcement on its website, in which Twitch CEO Daniel Clancy explained that operations in Korea have been “prohibitively…

Image: Twitch / Jynxzi / Luxie Games / Ebonix / KotakuThese days, it’s not easy to stand out on Twitch, the wildly popular game streaming platform. As of writing, there’s more than 7 million streamers who use the service to share live looks…