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Roblox is deepening its operations in Saudi Arabia, as creator earnings on its platform in the Kingdom grew 59% year on year, while total creator earnings globally surpassed $1.5 billion in 2025.

YouTube Gaming enters 2026 as the fastest-growing major force in games live-streaming, having posted its best year ever in 2025 as rivals stalled. This reference page compiles the most current, VTubers, esports and creator behaviour for journalists covering the platform. Free to use with a link back to ShaneTheGamer as the source

Twitch has released initial programming details for TwitchCon San Diego 2026, scheduled for November 13-15 at the San Diego Convention Center. The event will open with a keynote from CEO Dan Clancy, who will share product announcements and updates during the weekend’s Opening Ceremony.

Despite suffering a barrage of leaks that exposed everything from its Leonida map to protagonist Jason wandering through a nudist town, Rockstar Games is holding firm on its unconventional marketing strategy for Grand Theft Auto VI.

A content creator alleges Amazon used his videos without consent since 2024, citing unfair competition and damage to his work.

Esports organization BASILISK has announced the signing of high-profile Chess content creator Levy ‘GothamChess’ Rozman as Head of Chess.

NC has finally put a name on Project Bonfire. It is called Like or Die, and the premise is the strangest thing to come out of Opening Night Live: sixteen players compete as streamers, split into four squads, broadcasting their own match on a cosmic platform called Quaya Stream while trying to destroy each other’s…

A new class-action lawsuit claims that Twitch and Amazon used millions of streamers’ content to train Amazon’s AI models without securing proper consent or offering payment. The complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, with Warren Pandiscia, a Twitch creator from Connecticut, as the lead plaintiff.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against streaming platform Twitch by one of its own streamers following the platform’s recent changes regarding AI. Although one streamer on the platform is responsible for filing the Twitch lawsuit, it is a class action suit, allowing for all Twitch streamers to be represented.