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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

Fortnitehas received a new designation tied to its rating this week that makes it less kid-friendly than before. Since its original launch back in 2017, Fortnitehas been rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB. With Fortnitebeing a live-service title, however, new content has continued to come to the game over time that wasn’t seen upon…

When Julia Cunningham was in high school, she had to fill out a form that asked what she wanted to do with her life. Her answer? Read magazines. “My parents got a call from the guidance counselor,” she recalls to Her Campus. Lo and behold, this answer — the one that “horrified” her teachers into…

It’s really, like, the hair, the hair so far has been, like, the only hints basically for me.

Was she a saint? A goddess? An angel with a hairspray halo? Dolly Parton knew how people saw her, and embraced her role as pop culture fairy godmother. She had her wings on-screen at least, having worn them in no fewer than three roles over the years (two of them Christmas movies, naturally). When “What…

Meta and gaming platform Roblox have agreed to strengthen protections for children and teenagers in the Philippines following talks with government officials, the country’s information and communications technology secretary said on Thursday.

Peter Cullen, the actor who voiced Optimus Prime in Transformers for more than four decades, died on Wednesday (August 26). He was 85.

Vertigo Rush is the latest game from SumaLab, the indie developer behind the light-gun arcade cabinet-inspired Crisis Brigade/VRigade series, and is available now on both Quest and Steam in Early Access.

Comic Con India will make its Andhra Pradesh debut in Visakhapatnam on October 10 and 11, marking the start of its 2026-27 season. The event will be held at the Kalam Convention Centre on the AMTZ campus.

The landscape of interactive entertainment is undergoing a foundational shift. As players demand deeper digital ownership and developers seek open ecosystems, the intersection of game design and decentralized tech has become the industry’s most compelling frontier. To accelerate this evolution, the GameFi Alliance is hosting a Web3 gaming summit that will bring together all the…