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Popular Slay The Spire Streamer ‘Dropped’ By Talent Agency After Criticizing U.S. Army–Sponsored Twitch Streams

FrostPrime says he was dropped from his agency after being told to stop criticizing Dan Gheesling's U.S. Army–sponsored Twitch livestreams

By Lewis Parker Published September 23, 2026

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Northernlion Addresses His Friend’s U.S. Army–Sponsored Twitch Streams: ‘It’s So Far Beyond The Bounds Of What Is Acceptable To Me’

Dan Gheesling's U.S. Army–sponsored boot camp game show stream on Twitch was streamed for three days to his 'all-ages' audience on the platform

By Lewis Parker Published September 21, 2026

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Twitch CEO Expects GTA 6 Will Lead To A Huge Influx Of Viewers And Anticipates Multiplayer Mode Is Coming Next Year

Dan Clancy says other studios and publishers are right to try and avoid GTA 6's launch

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2026

Games

Twitch Plans To Shove More AI Down Creators’ Throats With Stream Coach Tool

Twitch is testing an AI-powered stream coach that will offer suggestions on how creators can improve their channel

By Ash Parrish Published September 11, 2026

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Twitch Accused Of Harvesting Data To ‘Fuel Amazon’s AI products’ In New Class Action Lawsuit

By the site's own admission, using streamers to train generative AI was never going to be popular, but one Connecticut-based creator alleges the policy extends beyond the last month

By Zack Kotzer Published August 23, 2026

Games

Streamers Are Telling Twitch How Much They Hate That Generative AI Training Is Opt-Out By Default

'They know we don't want it, they do not care'

By Ash Parrish Published August 13, 2026

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Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out

"If it was opt in, nobody would opt in," admitted the streaming site's chief product officer during a livestream

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 12, 2026

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Asmongold Says Twitch Banned Him For 14 Days After Latest Vile Comments: ‘I’m Not Sorry’

Twitch won't confirm the reason for the temporary suspension

By Ethan Gach Published August 9, 2026

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Asmongold Faces Temporary Twitch Suspension Days After Rationalizing The Shooting Of Kids

The Amazon-owned platform has mostly looked the other way

By Ethan Gach Published August 7, 2026

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ExtraEmily Banned From Twitch After Nearly Causing On-Stream Auto Accident: ‘I Want To Learn From My Mistake And Do Better’

The streamer is no stranger to distracted driving, kicking up a conversation on why the platform is so permissive of streaming behind the wheel

By Zack Kotzer Published July 5, 2026

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Twitch’s Infamous Rule Breaker Gets Banned For Playing Dark Souls On Her Feet

Morgpie’s ‘Dark Soles’ stream is exactly what it sounds like

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 26, 2026

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Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Gets Subpoenaed By Trump Government Over Aid Trip To Cuba

The op-ed lightning rod joined anti-war organization CodePink back in March amid the U.S. oil blockade

By Zack Kotzer Published May 24, 2026

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Zohran Mamdani’s First Twitch Stream Was Mostly Normal Except When He Said He Didn’t Know What Minecraft Was

'To me, Minecraft is a movie,' the New York City mayor said

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 21, 2026

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An 81-Year-Old Minecraft Streamer Just Got Swatted During Cancer Fundraiser For Her Teenage Grandson

'It was kinda fun,' according to GrammaCrackers

By Lewis Parker Published May 20, 2026

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Ironmouse Cancels Neverness To Everness Sponsorship After Devs Allegedly Lied To Her About ‘Blatant’ GenAI Use

The team behind the newly released open-world gacha game apparently promised the VTuber that the AI slop would be removed before launch

By Lewis Parker Published May 6, 2026

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Fans Accuse Capcom’s Twitch Badge For Pragmata Of Referencing A Pedo Meme

Several fans believe that the official 'Cryana' Twitch badge for Pragmata shares similarities with a 'loli' meme

By Lewis Parker Published April 17, 2026

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The Six-Day, $1,800 ‘Northernlion Supercruise’ Twitch Event Sounds So Absurd Fans Didn’t Believe It Could Be Real

The Northernlion Supercruise is, contrary to popular belief, a real event that you can book tickets for right now

By Lewis Parker Published April 14, 2026

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People Can’t Believe Twitch Picked A Cooking Game For Women’s Day Event [Update]

The popular co-op game Overcooked 2 strikes some as a questionable choice for the day's festivities

Lewis Parker Published March 3, 2026

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GTA 5 Voice Actor Has Been Swatted So Many Times The Cops Know His Name

On December 23, Ned Luke was swatted for at least the eighth time since November 2023

By Zack Zwiezen Published December 29, 2025

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Twitch’s Controversial, Gambling-Heavy Rival Just Got An App On Xbox [Update]

Kick, the controversial streaming platform, announced a partnership with Xbox

By Alyssa Mercante Published December 17, 2025