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TwitchCon San Diego Lines Up a Worlds Watch Party and an In-Flight Tournament
The November 13–15 show opens with the Opening Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday and also hosts the MC Championship and a Critical Role one-shot.
Make Twitch Highlights Work on a Phone Screen
A good portrait clip needs readable gameplay, useful framing, and enough context for viewers who missed the stream.
A Stream Deck+ Layout You Can Find Without Looking
Use keys for actions and dials for adjustments, then build a compact control page around the moments you repeat every stream.
Give Your Future Editor Separate Audio Tracks
Recording your microphone, game, and chat separately can rescue a highlight that would otherwise be difficult to mix.
Cleaner Stream Audio Starts Before the Filter Stack
Understand suppression, gates, compression, and limiting, then add only the processing your microphone actually needs.
Your First OBS Stream Should Begin With a Recording
Build a clean scene, verify the right audio devices, and rehearse the broadcast before pressing Go Live.
Speedrunners Raised Millions, Then Forced GDQ to Drop a Sponsor
Games Done Quick's 2026 events raised millions for charity, but the community forced GDQ to cancel an SNK sponsorship within hours over its Saudi ownership ties.
TwitchCon 2026 Goes Two-Continent and Rewrites Its IRL Rules
TwitchCon 2026 spans Rotterdam and San Diego with new safety rules, including privacy lanyards, reservation-only meet and greets, and IRL streaming crackdowns.
Kai Cenat Returns and Blows Up the Twitch-Exclusive Model
After a lengthy hiatus, Kai Cenat returned by streaming simultaneously on Twitch and YouTube, ending his exclusivity era and topping a million combined viewers.
Chasing a Million: The Subathon Records Rewriting Earnings
Kai Cenat's record-breaking million-subscriber subathon redefined what a single month of streaming can earn, and Twitch's 2026 changes could push the format to smaller creators.
From Streamer of the Year to Suspended: ExtraEmily's Wild Run
ExtraEmily won Streamer of the Year at the 2025 Streamer Awards, then landed a Twitch ban over her IRL driving streams, spotlighting a recurring enforcement flashpoint.
50 Million Strong: IShowSpeed's IRL Tours Go Global
IShowSpeed hit 50 million YouTube subscribers in early 2026 as his real-world tours across Africa and the Caribbean turned IRL streaming into a global media force.
Kick Hits 100 Million Users but Faces a Payout Revolt
Kick announced 100 million users in April 2026, but a view-tracking overhaul that slashed some creators' payouts has fueled a backlash even as growth surges abroad.
Bits for All: Twitch Opens Monetization to Everyone
Twitch's Monetization for All gives every streamer access to Bits, subs, and Channel Points from day one, a defensive move against Kick's creator-friendly economics.
No More All-or-Nothing: Twitch Overhauls Its Suspensions
Twitch replaced its blanket ban system with targeted Streaming and Chat suspensions that scale from 24 hours to 30 days, aiming to match penalties to the actual offense.