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Exclusive Twitch Deals; Platform Fights for Streamers
Twitch has signed exclusivity agreements with three well-known streamers. Unofficial information suggests that DrLupo, Lirik, and TimTheTatma will receive millions of dollars each year in exchange for remaining on Amazon's website.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 11, 2019
Dr. Disrespect: Anyone Over 13 Still Playing Fortnite Has Mental Issues
Doc is coming back in style - this time not only has he uninstalled Fortnite again, but he has also offended anyone who plays Fortnite and is over 13 years old. Will this be the end of his adventure with this game?
video games
November 7, 2019
Also King Gothalion Abandons Twitch for Mixer
Cory „King Gothalion” Michael, the organizer of the GuardianCon Convention, known to the fans of Destiny, informed that from tomorrow he will be streaming exclusively for Mixer. It's another popular streamer that abandoned Twitch in favour of Microsoft's platform.
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Bart Swiatek
October 28, 2019
Another Twitch Star - Shroud - Joins Ninja on Mixer
Shroud leaves Amazon's streaming service for Mixer, Microsoft's platform, and only there will he carry out his streams. The first broadcast on the new channel will take place today.
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October 25, 2019
Dr. DisRespect - Streaming Pays Off More Than Working on Call of Duty
One of the most popular streamers, Dr. DisRespect, told us why it doesn't pay off to return being a gamedev. The reason is trivially simple - earnings. Tens of thousands of dollars in payouts for working on Call from Duty: Advanced Warfare is ridiculously small compared to average current streamer income.
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Paul Wozniak
October 23, 2019
PewDiePie Banned in China for Xi Jinping Meme
The popular youtuber PewDiePie was banned in China for showing in his film the (in)famous meme comparing secretary Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh.
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Julia Dragovic
October 22, 2019
Ninja Begins Cooperation With Adidas
The most popular Fortnite streamer has announced that he is starting cooperation with the sports brand Adidas. We haven't learned the details of this collaboration yet, but soon we can expect the first products from streamer's collection.
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Paul Wozniak
August 28, 2019
PewDiePie - First Solo Creator With 100 million YouTube Subscribers
PewDiePie became the first solo creator to have 100 million YouTube subscribers. This result was achieved by only one more channel, which even managed to beat the Pewds to reaching this number.
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Konrad Serafinski
August 25, 2019
Teenage Fortnite Champion Swatted
Kyle „Bugha” Giersdorf, a teenager who won 3 million dollars in the Fortnite World Cup last month, was a victim of the so-called „swatting”. When he was broadcasting live, his father entered his room and informed him that there was an armed SWAT unit in front of the house.
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Barth Faryna
August 13, 2019
Ninja vs. Twitch - Streamer's Old Channel Used to Promote Porn
Ninjy's old Twitch profile was used to promote the most popular live streams. Unfortunately, latest night a channel broadcasting pornographic content was very popular and thus appeared in the proposals on the streamer's website.
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Paul Wozniak
August 12, 2019
YouTuber Completes Skyrim Using Only a Torch
YouTuber Mitten Squad has set himself the challenge of completing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim using only a torch. The task wasn't the easiest one, but in the end the player's will prevailed.
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Konrad Serafinski
August 12, 2019
Discord Go Live Will Enable Us to Stream a Game to Our Friends
Discord is about to introduce a new feature. It will be Go Live, enabling us to broadcast our games directly to a group of friends. This service is similar to Share Play on PlayStation 4.
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Konrad Serafinski
August 10, 2019
Take-Two vs. SupMatto - Publisher of Borderlands 3 Takes the Floor
The still unconfirmed visit of Take-Two Interactive's „unofficial representatives” to youtuber SupMatto's home is related to the company's confirmed ten-month-long investigation into leaks of information about the game.
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Julia Dragovic
August 8, 2019
Borderlands 3 - Take-Two Allegedly Sent PIs After a Youtuber
SupMatto, a youtuber associated with the Borderlands series, is suspending his career after a visit by detectives reportedly employed by Take-Two Interactive (owner of 2K Games). After revealing the leaks, his life on the Internet has become much more... uphill, to put it mildly.
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Julia Dragovic
August 7, 2019
Ninja Scores Successful Debut on Mixer
Ninja has reasons to be satisfied. His first day on Mixer proved to be very successful and the stream was more popular than his latest Twitch broadcasts.
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Adrian Werner
August 5, 2019
Ninja Leaves Twitch for Microsoft's Mixer
Ninja, Twitch's biggest star, has been bought by Microsoft and will now be streaming exclusively to Mixer.
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Adrian Werner
August 2, 2019
A Way Out and Detroit Devs: Twitch and YouTube Do Help Sell Games
David Cage of Quantic Dream and Josef Fares of Hazelight Studios noticed that streams and gameplays showing complete playthrough of Detroit: Become Human and A Way Out actually helped them sell more copies. Players are looking for unique experiences.
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Milosz Szubert
July 16, 2019
Twitch Loses Popularity, but Remains the King of Streaming Platforms
Streamlabs has published a report on the health of game streaming platforms. Twitch remained the undisputed market leader in the second quarter, but fared off slightly worse than in the previous months.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 15, 2019
Leader of Teamfight Tactics Beta Rankings on Sexism in Gaming
Riot Games has published a ranking of its closed beta tests of Teamfight Tactics, the new mode for League of Legends. The first place went to a girl – streamer going by the name Hafu. It would seem a reason for her to be overjoyed. And yet...
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Julia Dragovic
June 26, 2019
Best Streamers Earn Over $50,000 per Hour
The Wall Street Journal took a closer look at the earnings of the most popular streamers. Some of them are able to earn more than $50,000 for an hour of playing a new production.
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Bart Swiatek
May 21, 2019