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Top Gaming Influencer Group FaZe Clan Is Now A Penny Stock

January 31, 2023Kotaku

When FaZe Clan, an esports company turned gaming lifestyle agency, went public last year it claimed to be worth $700 million. Just six months later it’s worth just a fraction of that. Whether it’s the controversy constantly swirling around some of its members or the fact that the esports bubble has finally popped, nobody wants to buy into FaZe Clan it seems, potentially making one of the biggest bets in gaming a complete bust.

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Black Horror Game YouTuber Has Everyone Debating Platform Racism, Favoritism

August 26, 2022Kotaku

YouTube’s Trending page is typically full of easy-going content like music videos, comedy sketches, and game trailers, along with popular creators like Mr. Beast and SSSniperWolf. However, on August 24, the number-one trending video was a callout against the platform itself, with accusations of racism or favoritism levied at Google’s video-sharing service. The commotion was all over the platform’s treatment of a gameplay video. The explosive claims have led other top creators, from moistcr1tikal to Philip DeFranco, to debate just how unevenly YouTube’s content moderation team enforces its policies.

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Destiny 2 YouTube Takedown Revenge Plot Leads To $7.6 Million Bungie Lawsuit

June 23, 2022Kotaku

A spree of rogue DMCA takedown notices for Destiny 2 content on YouTube earlier this year has now ballooned into a $7.6 million lawsuit, as Bungie goes after the alleged perpetrator in court. In addition, some Destiny 2 content creators now say they feel “betrayed” after the person who was seemingly responsible denied this during private Discord chats with them. “I feel lied to, betrayed, and unbelievably upset that someone we knew and trusted would do this,” wrote Destiny music remixer Owen Spence on Twitter. “Literally, almost all Destiny music on YouTube is gone because of this.”

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Big-Name Streamer Sykkuno Ditched Twitch Partly Because It Misspelled His Name

May 5, 2022Kotaku

Sykkuno, one of Twitch’s top streamers known for his wholesome demeanor and for playing games like Among Us and GTA Online, left the Amazon-owned platform for the red pastures of YouTube Gaming this month. The move shocked the livestreaming space because Sykkuno was something of a household name on Twitch, boasting four million followers and 103 million total views since becoming a more consistent streamer in April 2019. However, the switch made sense for him because, as he revealed during his first-ever YouTube Gaming livestream, the Google-owned platform offered him a slightly better deal, and Twitch gave his name a…

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Ali Larsen returns to League of Legends for the 631st time, wants to reach Challenger on NA servers

February 15, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Ali Larsen, the British streamer once known as Gross Gore and now going by the name of Woken Wolf, has returned to League of Legends yet again. He streamed the match on his Gross Gore LoL account as his usual champion Twisted Fate in the mid-lane in the early hours of the morning after Valentine’s Day – and went 8/5/5. It was the first match he played on stream in around nine months and Ali said he was drunk while playing: I streamed my first game of legends in 9 months piss drunk and had a great time. Continue reading…

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8 Killer Tips For Creating A Youtube Gaming Channel In 2022

January 21, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

Promoted article (contains affiliate links) More and more gamers are creating their own gaming channel on YouTube. It is an interesting thing for teenagers, young adults and others to try – and many gamers create a channel to showcase their winning tactics. But creating a brand new YouTube Gaming channel is not a simple task. It requires a lot of knowledge and effort. With increasing internet usage, the pandemic and the fact there are many gamers out there, it’s becoming a very competitive niche for creators on YouTube. Continue reading 8 Killer Tips For Creating A Youtube Gaming Channel In…

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UK streamers Daz Black, Lexie and TN25 give gaming room makeovers in new E4 series ‘Suped Up Set Up’

January 3, 2022E-SportsNewsUK

TV and online channel E4 has launched a new gaming-related show in the UK called ‘Suped Up Set Up’. This sees streamers giving young gamers across the UK a makeover to their gaming rooms, with new PCs, decor, lighting and more aiming to transform their play spaces. The first three episodes – each under ten minutes – are live now on the E4 YouTube channel. The first episode features UK YouTuber Daz Black, who has 1m subscribers on YouTube. Continue reading UK streamers Daz Black, Lexie and TN25 give gaming room makeovers in new E4 series ‘Suped Up Set Up’

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True Geordie enlists top Twitch streamers in UK’s first ever Twitch Rivals IRL sports event to raise money for Alan Shearer Foundation, as Twitch reports sport as one of its ‘strongest new verticles’

December 8, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Some of the UK’s biggest online content creators will line-up in a charity five-a-side football tournament hosted by streaming personality True Geordie tomorrow (December 9th 2021). It is the UK’s first ever IRL in-real-life live sports event hosted by livestreaming tournament series Twitch Rivals and will raise money for the Alan Shearer Foundation. Teams will go head-to-head in the round robin football tournament, with a guaranteed $50,000 going to the Alan Shearer Foundation which supports disabled children and adults.  Continue reading True Geordie enlists top Twitch streamers in UK’s first ever Twitch Rivals IRL sports event to raise money for…

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Britain has one of the highest proportion of female viewers of gaming streams in the world, finds new report

November 12, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Britain has one of the highest proportion of female followers of streamers, YouTubers and gaming influencers in the world, according to a new ‘Game-changers’ report by YouGov. In Britain, 64% of gaming influencer followers are male, and 36% are female. This data covers the British Isles England, Wales and Scotland, and doesn’t include Ireland or Northern Ireland. Overall, on average across the world, 69% of followers of gaming influencers are male, and 31% are female. Continue reading Britain has one of the highest proportion of female viewers of gaming streams in the world, finds new report

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Gross Gore rebrands to ‘Woken Wolf’ after becoming the first streamer to be banned by Streamlabs, Streamelements, Twitch and Twitter

November 9, 2021E-SportsNewsUK

Update (November 9th 2021): Gross Gore has now got his Twitter account back and has rebranded to now be known as ‘Woken Wolf’. He’s created a new Woken Wolf YouTube channel here and says he won’t be returning to League of Legends. Update (September 15th 2021): Gross Gore has now been banned on Twitter, though the streamer claims it’s only temporary and may not be reverted for ten days or so. Continue reading Gross Gore rebrands to ‘Woken Wolf’ after becoming the first streamer to be banned by Streamlabs, Streamelements, Twitch and Twitter

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Discord is officially testing proper YouTube integration

September 23, 2021VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Discord has debuted an experimental feature called “Watch Together” on a small number of servers. Discord is starting to test offical YouTube integration, shortly after YouTube forced the company to remove two music bots from the serivce. Just weeks ago, Google-owned YouTube forced two of the most well-known (and most used) Discord music bots to stop operating within Discord. Rythm and Groovy were both victims of a cease and desist issued by the megacorporation, much to the irritation of the…

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