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The CEO of Twitch has responded to viewers' demands for a rewind function on streams. The feature would put streaming on Twitch more in line with services like YouTube, which let viewers go back and see what they missed before they tuned in.

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat has responded to Kanye West's accusation of being an «industry plant» in the middle of their feud over ill-fitting pants. The feud between Kai Cenat and Kanye West started when Cenat criticized West's new YZY clothing line for incorrectly sized pants on Twitch. This criticism sparked a series of unpleasant exchanges between the two, leading to West labeling Cenat as an «industry plant.»

Streamer Alinity's latest drama has resulted in her being banned from Twitch after receiving a copyright strike, but the website has given her a way to return. The popular streamer has been banned and unbanned from Twitch in the past, so most fans are confident she will be back.

Overwatch 2 has revealed new Twitch Drops rewards, and players can get a free Legendary Roadhog skin through April 21. Overwatch 2 welcomed the anticipated Season 10, bringing with it a slew of new content. To celebrate the occasion, Overwatch 2 is reinforcing its recurring partnership with Amazon's platform by launching a new Twitch Drops campaign.

Popular streamer Adin Ross is once again appealing Twitch to revoke his permanent ban from the platform, just over a year after his initial suspension. Twitch's policy on bans has not avoided some of its most popular creators, with many big-name streamers receiving bans for breaking the Amazon-owned streaming site's terms of service. The site's banning system has been an open spot of controversy for Twitch, with CEO Dan Clancy even recently admitting that Twitch needs a better feedback system for its bans. Now, Adin Ross is once again calling for his unbanning.

The CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy, has acknowledged the pressing need for improvement in the platform's ban feedback system. The CEO highlighted the importance of providing more comprehensive feedback to users facing Twitch bans, addressing longstanding concerns regarding transparency and communication.

Renowned content creator Dr Disrespect recently opened up about the repercussions of his ban from the leading streaming platform, Twitch, describing it as a challenging period in his career. He revealed that the Twitch ban resulted in the loss of major sponsorships, such as a deal with the well-known brand Nike.

The first episode of Amazon’s Fallout show will be viewable on Twitch on April 11.

In a recent disclosure that has caught the attention of many, popular Twitch and Kick star xQc has shared the highest amount he's earned from streaming in a single year throughout his nine-year career. This revelation sheds light on the financial aspect of Twitch star xQc's journey in the streaming realm and provides insight into the potential earnings of prominent streamers.

Twitch, the popular streaming platform, has announced a notable update to its policy concerning the viewing of content from banned streamers. In this latest development, Twitch has introduced a change to its Suspension Evasion policy, allowing streamers to engage with banned users' content without the risk of facing repercussions themselves.

In a recent update, popular Twitch personality Ninja has shared some positive health news. After revealing his melanoma diagnosis in late March, he's now announced that he's cancer free. This news comes as a relief to Ninja's fans worldwide, who have been following his journey closely.

Renowned YouTube personality Addison Pierre Maalouf, better known as YourFellowArab, has expressed gratitude to his viewers and supporters for their significant role in securing his release after being held for ransom by kidnappers in Haiti. In a heartfelt message, the YouTube star acknowledged the significant impact of fan support during his ordeal, highlighting the collective effort that contributed to his eventual freedom.

The ongoing saga between Twitch and Kaitlyn Siragusa, better known as Amouranth, continues as the Amazon-owned streaming platform has issued yet another ban against the popular content creator. This latest suspension, occurring within three days of her previous ban, marks the tenth time the streaming personality Amouranth has faced disciplinary action from Twitch.

Popular streamer JustFoxii, with over 592K followers on the Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch, recently provided a significant update to her audience regarding the unsettling incident where a viewer deliberately set her car ablaze back in 2023. Twitch personality disclosed that the perpetrator has been apprehended and subsequently sentenced to a 46-month prison term.

In a surprising turn of events, xQc, a notable figure within the Twitch and Kick streaming community, found himself banned from a popular server of the multiplayer-focused survival video gameDayZ. The reason behind the DayZ server ban was as surprising as it was straightforward: xQc's stature as a prominent streamer.

The popular YouTube personality Addison Pierre Maalouf, known online as YourFellowArab, has been released unharmed after being kidnapped in Haiti a couple of weeks ago. The news comes as a relief to the YouTube creator's devoted followers, who had been anxiously awaiting updates on his safety since the abduction.

Kaitlyn Siragusa, better known by her online moniker Amouranth, has been banned from Twitch yet again. While the development marks her ninth Twitch ban to date, this particular suspension could either be permanent or lead to her leaving the platform for good regardless, with Amouranth already suggesting as much.

Popular Twitch streamer Amouranth announced that she's working with YouTube personality KSI on a new business collaboration. Apart from streaming on Twitch, Amouranth is known for her entrepreneurial endeavors. KSI is also no stranger to the business world, having co-founded Prime with Logan Paul.

Dr Disrespect found himself in a state of surprise upon discovering that one of his viewers had created a 3D video detailing the saga of his ban from Twitch and other highlights of his streaming career. The unexpected creation prompted the former Twitch personality to offer his response to the fan's artistic interpretation of his career.

Twitch has once again updated its community guidelines to prohibit sexualised content, this time preventing streamers using their bodies as a green screen.

Popular Twitch streamer Tyler «Ninja» Blevins confirmed his cancer diagnosis after a recent doctor's visit. With over 19 million followers on Twitch, Ninja is one of the biggest creators on the platform.

In a recent interview, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy made light of why Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch when asked for clarification. Dr Disrespect was suddenly banned from the platform in 2020 with no reason given, leaving his fans confused and outraged over Twitch's decision.

In a surprising turn of events, the digital realm collided with the music industry as renowned Twitch streamer Kai Cenat found himself entangled in a peculiar feud with none other than the iconic Kanye West. The feud was ignited by a seemingly innocuous critique of West's YZY clothing line during one of Twitch star Kai Cenat's routine streaming sessions.

Controversial Kick streamer Adin Ross has had to cancel an upcoming boxing match due to threats of legal action from Misfits Boxing. The popular Kick streamer was set to host a boxing match on March 16, but the event has now been postponed because of possible legal ramifications.

Another company joins KSI's lawsuit against Adin Ross over a non-division boxing match he plans to host at his content warehouse. Ross was served the notice from a subsidiary of KSI's boxing organization, evolving their social media arguments now to a potential legal battle if the match takes place.

Twitch will continue to improve its mobile experience this year, with a new mobile app on the way.

A group of kids found themselves being questioned by police after driving their car into a lake during a stream hosted by former Twitch streamer Adin Ross. Popular livestreamer Aidin Ross tasked fans with insane challenges during a recent stream, which quickly devolved into chaos. Ross promised to reward fans with cash if they completed certain tasks, but things quickly got out of hand after several kids drove their car into a lake, prompting local authorities to arrive on the scene.

Pokemon GO streamer BrandonTheGr8 was shot with a BB gun while walking around New York City. Brandon is known for his Pokemon GO and IRL streams, where he takes his viewers around the city while chatting with them.

Renowned Twitch personality xQc, also known as Félix Lengyel, has once again captured the spotlight, but this time for reasons beyond his gaming skills or entertaining antics. In a surprising twist, Twitch star xQc has revealed his plans to pursue legal action against his former partner, Adept, aiming to regain possession of his $300k McLaren.

Moon Studios and Private Division announce a special reveal event for the upcoming Action RPG, No Rest for the Wicked, which also promises to be rewarding for those who tune in to watch on Twitch. Having established itself within the Metroidvania genre with the Ori franchise, Moon Studios surprised a lot of fans by announcing No Rest for the Wicked at The Game Awards 2023. The newest game trades in the bright colors of Ori's world for something more dark and violent.

Twitch streamer KanelJoseph went viral after bringing his streaming setup to Office Depot. Many Twitch viewers tuned in to watch his antics live, but the experience wasn't as smooth as expected.

No Rest For The Wicked, a new ARPG from Moon Studios and Private Division, has announced the “Wicked Inside” to showcase gameplay and more tomorrow on Twitch. Announced via trailer during The Game Awards this past November, this is the latest contender in the ARPG genre, which has seen heavy hitters such as Diablo 4 and Last Epoch released in this past year. 

Adin Ross claims that Twitch could be preparing to lift the controversial streamer's permanent ban later this year, according to a recent Kick stream. Throughout his career as a streamer, Adin Ross has been one of Twitch's, and later Kick's, most outspoken personalities, often speaking his mind for better or worse. He has often received backlash for his controversial takes on topics like transgender people and cancel culture, eventually receiving a permanent ban from Twitch despite being one of the site's top streamers. Now, Ross claims his time away from Twitch won't last much longer.

Streaming giant Twitch has been fined over $300,000 by the South Korean government for violations of federal law, as the platform prepares to terminate its services in the country. Twitch is ending service in South Korea on February 27, and this massive fine has once again raised eyebrows in response to the streaming service's decision.

In a significant development, Turkey's National Lottery Association has announced the prohibition of both Twitch and Kick within the country. The decision stems from concerns surrounding gambling activities prevalent on the widely-used and well-established live-streaming platform Twitch, along with its competitor Kick, which has also attracted a huge audience and top content creators since its inception in December 2022.

Twitch subscriptions are getting more expensive in select countries starting March 28, and the US may be one of the regions seeing a price increase in the near future. These updated prices for Twitch subscriptions will «help streamer revenue keep pace with rising costs» and account for inflation in several countries, according to Twitch.

In a notable incident unfolding on the streets of London, an IRL Twitch streamer found themselves at the center of a confrontation. While engaged in live-streaming to their audience, the Twitch streamer was approached by an individual who expressed anger, asserting the illegality of filming in public spaces.

In a recent development, a hacker claimed to have obtained sensitive information belonging to thousands of users on Kick.com, a streaming platform owned by Stake.com and positioned as a rival to Twitch. The alleged breach includes payment details, passwords, and additional personal data, raising concerns about the security of Kick's growing user base.

Twitch streamer Jinnytty, widely recognized for her engaging content, experienced a moment of surprise when one of her viewers donated a significant sum of $10,000. However, the surprise didn't end there; the Twitch donation came with a unique condition: the funds were to be exclusively allocated for a live-streamed cruise experience.

Twitch streamer QTCinderella got banned on the platform recently, but was unbanned after 41 minutes. Apart from streaming, QTCinderella is known for hosting Twitch events featuring various streamers, including the annual Streamer Awards.

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Twitch Plays Pokemon social experiment will be making a comeback on February 12. Back in 2014, an anonymous programmer conducted an experiment on the live-streaming platform, where several users across the world would attempt to beat the original Pokemon Red together at the same time. This was done by users who would type into the stream's chatroom, with commands being read from these comments, which essentially led to several users fighting over who controlled the player character. This idea ended up becoming extremely popular, that it earned the Guinness World Record for «most participants in a single-player online video game.»

The popular streaming platform Twitch has recently issued its eighth ban to Amouranth, a well-known streamer boasting over 6 million followers. Surprisingly, the community's reaction has taken a light and humorous tone. Many members express a prevailing belief that Amouranth's return to Twitch will be swift, giving rise to playful banter and jokes about the expected predictability of her reappearance on the platform.

Twitch has announced a major change to its Partner Program set to start later this year, expanding the qualifications for the site's lucrative revenue split. The streaming platform's partnership program has undergone a plethora of major changes throughout recent years, both adjusting its revenue splits and changing its partnership contracts. Last year saw Twitch introduce a new 50/50 revenue split with partnered creators, which was met with significant controversy and later saw a 70/30 revenue split introduced through its Partner Plus Program. Now, Twitch is set to expand its highest partnership tier.

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Twitch has reportedly issued a 30-day suspension to popular streamer Boggles1, following an on-stream stunt that saw the content creator gain plenty of notoriety throughout recent weeks. The Amazon-owned streaming platform has been no stranger to doling out bans to some of the biggest content creators using the platform, often garnering criticism for its policies. Popular streamers like IShowSpeed and Amouranth have been on the receiving end of Twitch's disciplinary action, with the former banned for nearly two years. Now, Boggles1 has become the newest streamer to receive a temporary ban.

Twitch is expanding its Partner Plus programme to allow more streamers to benefit from its higher revenue share.

YouTube content creator Thordan Smash has been arrested and charged with second-degree assault after being arrested during a stream. The YouTuber is fairly successful on the platform, having accumulated over 220,000 subscribers by making videos exclusively about Respawn’s battle royale hero shooter Apex Legends. Thordan also has a smaller Twitch channel and previously held managerial roles on a couple of Apex Legends esports teams.

Twitch has released details of its next TwitchCon events in both Europe and the US.

In a follow-up livestream after a recent layoff announcement, CEO Dan Clancy confessed that Twitch is not profitable and has been relying heavily on support from parent company Amazon to sustain itself. Twitch just announced a massive round of layoffs, with roughly 500 people affected, and this subsequent statement regarding Twitch's financial stability has left many wondering if the platform's future is in jeopardy.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has admitted the Amazon-owned streaming platform isn't profitable.

Amazon-owned Twitch have announced that they will lay off "just over 500" people - almost 35% of their workforce - in the course of on-going plans to "rightsize our company", with CEO Dan Clancy conceding that the streaming service has been operating based on "where we optimistically expect our business to be in 3 or more years, not where we're at today."

Twitch is about to lay off about 35% of its employees, or more than 500 positions. This latest round of layoffs follows others at the Amazon-owned company. Earlier this week, Unity also reported 1,800 layoffs in a brutal start to the year for the industry.

Twitch is laying off 500 employees this month, according to a Bloomberg report.

I realise we're all struggling through the dank depths of January but it's never too early in the year to talk about sex, baby. Twitch have updated their attire policies to stop an outbreak of "implied nudity" among thirstier streamers, who have taken to filming themselves nude with black censor bars, or positioning the camera to suggest that they're fully or partially naked outside the frame.

Twitch has updated its attire policy to prohibit implied nudity on the streaming platform, which goes into effect today.

Twitch has streamlined its sexual content policy in the wake of increased suggestive streams on the platform.

Twitch has announced it will end operations in South Korea at the end of February 2024, and blamed the high cost of operating in the country.

Twitch is planning to shut down its streaming platform in South Korea next year.

Amazon has laid off 180 people from its games division, including the entirety of the Crown Channel Twitch channel and the Game Growth team.

Twitch is removing its controversial Hype Chat feature, based on «community feedback».

The games industry is going through a time of troubles right now with multiple studios laying off their staff members recently, and it seems no one is really safe. Reports today show layoffs from Sony studio Naughty Dog, as well as at Twitch, while yesterday saw layoffs at Team17.

Twitch has laid off employees for the second time this year.

The latest step in Elon Musk's scheme to convert X—the worsening service you and I still call Twitter—into "the everything app"? Turn it into Twitch. The flighty billionaire wants the site to operate as a livestreaming service (as well as a bank, a "global town square," and presumably a microblogging platform) and in the last couple of days has even helmed a few game streams himself to test the X's capacity to handle them.

Honkai Star Rail, the turn-based JRPG from Genshin Impact studio Hoyoverse, announced a new Twitch "incentive plan" on September 13 as a way to get people to stream and watch the game. This turned out to be quite the hornet's nest to kick, because within just weeks the Star Rail community had milked Twitch so hard that Hoyoverse has had to disable almost all of the rewards even though the event is still scheduled to run through October 15. 

New World is going wild, with the overgrowth and the beasts coming in the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion. Amazon has announced a new weeklong event to mark the expansion’s release, with special streams and Twitch Drops to get your hands on.

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The best thing about watching speedrunners is seeing just how far they'll go to break their favourite games. No matter how old a game is, no matter how 'solved' its speedrun may seem, there'll always be new surprises just around the corner.

CSGO Twitch viewers be warned – the longstanding online shooter is no longer listed among the streaming site’s games library. Following a tease from Valve, it seems like the Counter-Strike 2 launch will be imminently upon us. Adding a little more evidence to that theory, Counter-Strike Global Offensive has disappeared from Twitch, to be replaced by an entirely new category. It’s a bit spooky. It certainly feels like something big is coming. What is going on with CSGO, CS2, and the entire Counter-Strike lineup?

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

In the last ten-to-fifteen years of innovation on Twitch, content creators have been trying to perfect the art of cooking up pure, unbridled chaos. From Twitch Plays Pokemon to Twitch Plays Halo, the concept of allowing a Twitch chat to control a game or an experience all from the comfort of their chat window has made a significant impact on the internet at-large.

Even if you’ve only just started your fourth Baldur’s Gate 3 play-through, you still might be craving more of the game’s captivating characters. The actors behind those voices have been pretty active on social media, reciting memes in character and what not. Now they’re taking the immersion to a whole new level and joining actual play D&D series High Rollers for a special livestream event.

The big September update for Lost Ark is here, bringing the Jump-Start fast progression servers, new Primal Island dinosaur battle royale, and feature tweaks. The team has also announced the login rewards and helpful items you can expect on the new server, as well as new Twitch Drops for the month.

After defeating Elden Ring with their big brains, streamer Perrikaryal has decided to use their «mind control gaming» setup in more competitive titles, including Valorant, Halo, and Overwatch 2. They've even scored a couple kills in each—a big deal considering they're mostly relying on gyro controls and the power of positive thinking.

A familiar voice is returning to the Forgotten Realms, as Jennifer English, the voice of Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3, has started streaming a playthrough on Twitch. In the end, the bulk of the session went the way most did at the start of Baldur’s Gate 3, as most of it was spent in the character creator.

Only Up, the viral game that blew up Twitch over the summer with its 3D take on the punishing climbing of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, has been pulled from Steam. Its creator has vowed that they “want to put the game behind me” after suffering “a lot of stress”.

The new Twitch Drop, the Ensemble: Dashing Buccaneer's Slops, is now available. Celebrate the release of 10.1.7 with a new transmog available till 10:00 AM PDT on September 12th.

Dragonflight’s latest update, Fury Incarnate, brings exciting new content, including the new public event—Dreamsurge, Heroic Dawn of the Infinite, and more. Celebrate the occasion with a new Twitch Drop! Watch any Dragonflight stream on Twitch.tv from September 5, 10:00 a.m. PDT, until September 12, 10:00 a.m. PDT PDT, to earn the Dashing Buccaneer’s Slops transmog set.

Starfield may be Microsoft's big Xbox console exclusive for the year, but it's already off to an impressive start on Steam.

The latest Dragonflight update, Fury Incarnate, launches next week and brings exciting new content, including the new public event—Dreamsurge, Heroic Dawn of the Infinite, and more. Celebrate the occasion with a new Twitch Drop! Watch any Dragonflight stream on Twitch.tv from September 5, 10:00 a.m. PDT, until September 12, 10:00 a.m. PDT PDT, to earn the Dashing Buccaneer’s Slops transmog set.