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Live streaming entered 2026 bigger, more fragmented and more competitive than ever, with three platforms — Amazon’s Twitch, the Stake-backed challenger Kick and Google’s YouTube Gaming — defining the gaming-focused corner of the market. This reference page pulls together the most reliable 2025 full-year and early-2026 figures on viewership, market share, monetisation and top creators…

Masami Kurumada, the legendary manga creator behind the global phenomenon Saint Seiya, made a public appearance this week to deliver troubling news to his followers. During a press conference, he revealed that he had fallen victim to a massive financial fraud that nearly bankrupted his company and threatened to end his career.

Heritage Auctions closed the first half of 2026 with $1.41 billion in sales — a 47% jump over the same period in 2025 and the highest midyear total in the company’s history, according to Heritage’s own Intelligent Collector magazine. What’s notable isn’t just the number. It’s what’s inside it: a Super Mario Bros. sealed cartridge…