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While its near-unanimous critical acclaim is one thing, Baldur’s Gate 3 has also been a shockingly popular title for content creators. So much so, in fact, it caught even Twitch staff off-guard as one of the biggest surprises of 2023. There’s no two ways about it, Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the biggest success stories in recent gaming history. After its lengthy early access period, the game released in full on August 3 and instantly became Larian Studios’ biggest smash hit to date.Article continues after ad Millions of players have since been captivated by its whimsical cast, ceaseless creativity, and immense replay value. To this day, just shy of 200,000 players on PC alone are still jumping in on a daily basis, placing it in elite company among the biggest live-service titles like Counter-Strike 2. With such an explosion in popularity, we naturally saw a wide range of Twitch streamers looking to get in on the fun as well. Though its success on the platform took even Twitch staff by surprise, as seemingly no one was anticipating a turn-based RPG to catch on with viewers quite the way it did.Article continues after ad Steam ChartsBaldur’s Gate 3’s popularity has

Following a messy fallout with his guild, one teacher is losing his job after clips of his Twitch stream were sent to the school. Highlights A teacher and Twitch streamer, Blue_Squadron, claims he was fired after his former guild sent clips of his streams to his school, causing controversy. Blue_Squadron's streams featured colorful language and questionable behavior, but he kept his teaching career separate until now. Many online feel Blue_Squadron's firing was unfair, as he didn't produce explicit or illegal content, leading him to focus on his content creator career. Following a spat with his former guild, teacher and Twitch streamer Blue_Squadron claims he was fired after clips of his streams were sent to the school. The story has people up in arms as the Twitch streamer claims he wasn't producing NSFW content or doing anything illegal. Twitch streamers and controversies aren't exactly a new phenomenon. Some of the biggest Twitch streamers in the world have been banned this past year, at least temporarily. This story is a bit different, however, as it deals with more of a hobbyist streamer whose day job was reportedly threatened and ultimately lost because of his Twitch streams. A teacher was fired after former

Twitch, the popular streaming platform, has introduced new anti-harassment features that allow streamers to prevent banned users from watching their streams. This update comes as a response to the platform’s ongoing efforts to address the issue of harassment within the Twitch community. Key Takeaway Twitch now allows streamers to prevent banned users from watching their livestreams. This feature aims to tackle the ongoing problem of harassment within the Twitch community and grants streamers more control over their audience. Streamers Now Have Control Over Banned Viewers Prior to this update, streamers could block users from participating in chat but had no means of preventing them from actually watching the stream. However, with the recent update, channel owners can now activate the option to “Stop banned users from viewing stream” within the moderation settings of their Creator Dashboard. This feature was developed based on feedback from the Twitch community. During an episode of Patch Notes, a monthly update series, Twitch Senior Product Manager Trevor Fisher acknowledged that banning unwanted viewers is an essential step in addressing the platform’s harassment issues. Additional Features and Limitations Twitch’s new blocking tools are integrated with this feature. If a streamer blocks a user, that user will

Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.There’s a lot of reasons to be worried about the future. Climate change, nuclear weapons, space junk, and World War III are all threats both present and long-term. But, every day, people are trying to make the world a better place. It lands them in weird situations like skinny dripping with Soviet officers at the height of the Cold War or getting drunk with engineers in North Korea.This week on Cyber, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis stops by to tell us all about the brave men and women who took a chance, reached out, and helped prevent the world from falling into oblivion. Lewis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies on the Nonproliferation and Terrorism Faculty. His new podcast, The Reason We’re All Still Here, explores the apocalypse with an air of hope for the future.Go here to check out The Reason We’re All Still HereWe’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to CYBER

On today's Indie-licious, we didn't choose the trash life, the trash life chose us, and we're going to pilfer some pies in Pizza Possum! Life as a scavenger isn’t always easy, especially when you’re a scavenger among anthromorphic civilized society. Possums and raccoons still gotta eat, though, and we’re gonna help them get their snack on for this week’s Indie-licious as we play Pizza Possum! Pizza Possum comes to us from the developers at Cosy Computer and the publishers at Raw Fury. It came out September 28, 2023, and is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. This is a short and sweet arcade experience where, either solo or with friends, you sneak around town as mischievous critters and nabs snacks left and right to satiate your urge for munchies. You’ll have to avoid the being caught by the villagers, lest your pilfering paws get clapped. Join us as we play Pizza Possum on today’s episode of Indie-licious, going live on the Shacknews Twitch channel at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET. You can also watch just below. As always, we’d like to thank those who tune into Shacknews livestream productions like Indie-licious. Your

IShowSpeed has rapidly become one of the most popular streamers across the globe today, and now he has the chance to extend that reach to Twitch again after the star’s channel was mysteriously unbanned this week. Speed’s Twitch profile mysteriously became active again on Oct. 10. While there aren’t any streams or clips, the channel no longer has the message saying it has been suspended. Since his streaming ban on the Amazon platform back in early 2021, IShowSpeed has been streaming on YouTube, where he has cultivated an audience of over 20 million. This is a gigantic leap from just 200,000 followers on his Twitch. This being the case, don’t expect Speed to rush back to Amazon’s streaming platform. For Speed, the best thing about being unbanned may not be anything to do with actually streaming there; banned streamers aren’t allowed to appear on Twitch broadcasts, meaning now he is unbanned Speed is free to collaborate with Twitch personalities again. It was actually collaborating with other Twitch streamers that he ultimately got banned in the first place though. Back in December 2021, during a stream with former Twitch creator Adin Ross, Speed had an outburst that resulted in his ban.

In addition to making waves with a beta playtest in late September, Novarama is back, and they aren’t playing gameswell, are they? Steam Next Fest is live. That’s one of the titles that you’d like to peep. The event runs till October 16th. There are the new Survivors mode, which has already won hearts and headshots. Get acquainted with Classic WWII Skirmishes. Who is the enemy? Are ready to join your team for the 16v16 encounter set in France and North Africa in WWII? You’ve got to scavenge for resources, build fortifications and craft gear. Historical accuracy, while you defend outposts and push the line against enemy enemies, is one of your greatest strengths. The Real Hunger Games: The Survivors Mode. If you think it was hard to survive a World War, it might be tempting to get a load of Survivors mode. It’s not just about losing love. It’s about being in the midst of losing a job. Scavenge, build, raid and yes, even steal if you need to. In this mode, every player is a threat that boosts the tension like a ticking time bomb. Will you become a war-hardened survivor or become a statistic in virtual history?

But as the public education arena grows increasingly polarized, and fraught with political tensions, championing human rights in the classroom has become a controversial act. Some conservatives would see Martin’s teaching philosophy — and her award — as an example of alleged ‘indoctrination’ in schools.  And with the threat of policies and laws that would censor her in the classroom, and put her at risk of private lawsuits, Martin says she’s had enough. She’s not willing to compromise her values for politics, so she’s taking an early retirement. This is her last year teaching.  “I’m not leaving a bad place," Martin said Thursday in an interview with EdNews. "I'm leaving a good place, but (retirement) will be a safer place. I won’t feel any pressure to bend to things I know I will not bend to."Martin accepted the award at the Wassmuth Center's gala Saturday night. Photo courtesy of the Wassmuth Center.

This article is sponsored by Prime Video. As far as fans reckon it, Gen V absolutely sticks the landing as the first live-action spinoff to The Boys on Prime Video. And now, after watching the first four episodes, we know what most of you are thinking: how are we possibly going to wait week after week for all the new episodes to be released? Well, if you’re a Boys super fanatic like us, we have the perfect antidote. You see, Prime Video recently partnered up with some of Australia’s finest streamers to reenact Gen V and the character arcs of its colorful ensemble in The Sims 4—or more specifically, the Discover University expansion pack. Contestants were handpicked from the most well-known Sims players in Australia. Loserfruit, Nalopia, Jeyjeybink, GobbysGayming, Develique, Fasffy, Emiloo, and Opti were each given one character to portray, and they had to find unique, creative ways to bring them to life in the world of EA’s timeless social simulation game. As you can imagine, the resulting streams on Twitch precipitated a level of utter hilarity we rarely experience in games anymore. The eight streamers were asked to upload a 90 to 120-second video featuring the highlights of

The video game industry has been experiencing a wave of layoffs in recent months, which apparently has also begun to encompass other similar entertainment media, such as live broadcasts. And according to a recent report, it has been reported that the streaming platform Twitch has dismissed 400 of its workers, who are mostly from the customer support section.Mass layoffs that are not the first time they have occurred within the company, which has constantly been in different restructuring periods, under which these dismissals are carried out. And as many will remember, during this same year, Twitch had already announced the elimination of 9,000 jobs.You can read: Streamers concerned about the drop in TWITCH viewers in Spain: “The one that had 100 thousand viewers now does not reach 20 thousand, everything is down”And now, it has been the Games Industry media who have reported that Twitch began a second wave of layoffs (via Zach Bussey), which will affect 400 of the company’s customer service employees. This would be largely due to the fact that the streaming platform is increasingly resorting to outsourcing services, as informed by a source familiar with the situation. Person who would have confirmed that these new layoffs