UPDATE 1/8: Following a suggestion made by Sean "Day[9]" Plott, Twitch will be replacing the PogChamp emote with a new emote every day.
December 9, Twitch updated their "Hateful Content and Harassment Policy" to better protect the creators and community on their platform. This updated policy will apply only to content that is created
On Wednesday evening, Twitch, one of the largest live streaming platforms in the world, announced they were suspending one of their most popular personalities after an event that took place over the weekend.
Riot Games came upon a competitive ruling against SANDBOX Gaming jungler Kim “OnFleek” Jang-gyeom for the next season. Riot penalized OnFleek with a 1M KRW (≒900 USD) fine and a ban for th
The official US Navy went live on Twitch and featured character names that glorified the World War II bombing of Japan and a racial slur. These names were never condemned by the Navy, and people were banned from chat after repeatedly bringing up the issues with those names. Read more on the story here:
According to a report by ESPN's Jacob Wolf and Tyler Erzberger, the Vietnamese representatives will not be able to attend this year's World Championship in Shanghai. The report states that the VCS teams woul
Epic Games, the massively popular studio behind Fortnite, have publically entered into a legal dispute with Apple for removing Fortnite from its app store. Apple is blocking updates from Fortnite via the App Store, essentially blocking Fortnite from "a billion devices" worldwide. Read more on the story here:
US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
On August 8th, Dr Disrespect went to Instagram Live for a short session, ending with a news segment stating, "Dr Disrespect may return to streaming as soon as today." Read more on his ban and his eventual return here:
According to Slasher, Dr Disrespect has been permanently banned on Twitch. His account was banned earlier this morning, and Slasher cites sources to add that it is permanent. Read more on his ban here:
As of today, WeiYan is not allowed to participate in professional League of Legends. The punishment lasts two years until March 27, 2022. Rogue Warriors have been issued a fine of three million Yuan (roughly $420,000 USD) for not keeping their player in check, giving opportunity for this behavior to develop.
In the wake of COVID-19 - AKA the coronavirus - Zénith Paris has canceled all scheduled events through April 15th, including the Paris Eternal Homestand. Paris Eternal was set to host their Homestand event on April 11th and 12th, but must now either reschedule or cancel their event. Read more here:
FaZe Clan released a statement Saturday announcing their indefinite suspension of Dubs for the use of racial slurs. Dubs signed with FaZe last year to play Fortnite for the org. Read more on the story here:
A huge announcement broke the internet last Thursday. Jeff Kaplan, the lead designer of Overwatch, announced several changes to Overwatch. One of those changes is rotating hero pools. Think of it like map pools rotating each season in competitive, except it is on a weekly basis with heroes. Not only are map pools rotating in competitive, but also heroes. As soon as the developer update released, Overwatch League released a blog detailing how hero pools are going to work for the league.
It's no secret that Pantheon is a problem. He has been banned in all but one single Play-In Stage game, and was, of course, immediately first picked and won the game. But this has been problematic before, and it needs to be fixed.
