Ravensburger sued over Disney card game
Games developer Ravensburger is is being sued over the intellectual property of a card game they planned to release with Disney .
2023-06-08 20:17
Streamer Pokimane says OnlyFans-style platforms are ‘the future’ amid Twitch branded content backlash
Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys has had her say on the recent controversial changes to Twitch, which has seen the streaming platform face an online backlash. Earlier this week, Twitch changed its branded content guidelines and faced immediate pushback from content creators. The changes impacted how users could advertise sponsorships as well as banning them from multi-streaming to “Twitch-like” platforms. Just a day later, Twitch revealed that they were removing the new guidelines after receiving widespread criticism. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “Yesterday, we released new Branded Content Guidelines that impacted your ability to work with sponsors to increase your income from streaming. These guidelines are bad for you and bad for Twitch, and we are removing them immediately,” a statement read. “Sponsorships are critical to streamers’ growth and ability to earn income. We will not prevent your ability to enter into direct relationships with sponsors – you will continue to own and control your sponsorship business. “We want to work with our community to create the best experience on Twitch and to do that we need to be clear about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. We appreciate your feedback and help in making this change.” Despite the apology, users have continued to hit out at Twitch. Pokimane has now spoken about the direction streaming could take in future, and urged users to pursue new routes to get what they deserve for their content. “I feel like because content creation is becoming so saturated [and] we often have trouble relying on the platforms we use, the future is direct to consumer paid content (patreon, onlypans, consumer goods, etc),” Pokimane wrote. “Cut out the middle man and get proper compensation for what you make/do!” she added. “Social media platforms will obviously always be used, but I think people will start looking at them as tools to gain exposure instead of being the way to make money,” the streamer went on to say. It comes after the CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy, personally apologised during a recent stream for the abandoned changes to guidelines and said the company had “messed up”. “Let me just go straight to the point. For those who don’t know, we recently released this branded content policy. I won’t go through all the details,” he said recently. “We got a lot of negative pushback and the bottom line is we messed up. It’s on us and I apologise for that.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-08 19:51
GameStop slumps after it fires former Amazon executive brought into modernize the gaming retailer
Shares of GameStop are plunging before the opening bell after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive that was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around
2023-06-08 19:46
Why does Pokimane think OnlyFans-style platforms are better for content creators amid Twitch policy change?
Pokimane thinks content creation is becoming 'saturated,' with a plethora of streaming possibilities and far too many options
2023-06-08 18:53
Wildfire smoke continues to wreak havoc on US sports
A string of sports games and practices have been postponed as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to choke the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast parts of the United States.
2023-06-08 18:53
What happened to xQc? Fans concerned after police car spotted outside streamer’s home in ‘house tour’ video
'I’m heading out. Thank you for helping out,' xQc was heard saying to the police officer at the end of the video
2023-06-08 13:48
Fortnite Optimus Prime Battle Pass Skin Revealed
The Fortnite Optimus Prime skin is coming to Chapter 4 Season 3 on June 9 as the level 100 Battle Pass skin.
2023-06-08 07:18
GameStop terminates Matt Furlong as CEO
(Reuters) -GameStop said on Wednesday Matt Furlong has been terminated as CEO and the board has appointed billionaire Ryan Cohen
2023-06-08 04:16
Sauce Gardner wants in on Madden cover in the worst way
NY Jets star defender Sauce Gardner has set his sights on a lofty career goal: gracing the cover of Madden NFL.When Madden 24 released its cover featuring quarterback Josh Allen, New York Jets' Sauce Gardner took one look and said: "Naw."Call it ambition or delusion, but Gardn...
2023-06-08 03:55
Josh Allen picked to be on the Madden 24 cover
Josh Allen picked to be on the Madden 24 cover
2023-06-08 03:27
Kirk Cousins caught a vicious stray in the Madden 24 trailer
The winner of Madden 24 is all too obvious: Josh Allen. The loser is a fellow NFL quarterback who body-slammed by the Madden 24 trailer: Kirk Cousins.Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins could hardly be considered the villain of the NFL. So why did Madden 24 have to do him so dirty?The...
2023-06-08 00:23
Put Josh Allen in bubble wrap after the Madden 24 cover reveal
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen is the latest NFL star to grace the Madden cover. Godspeed, Josh.Josh Allen is arguably the best QB in football not named Patrick Mahomes. His combination of arm talent and mobility has made him a premier dual threat quarterback. He can toss downfield bombs or power-d...
2023-06-08 00:15