Tidus from ‘Final Fantasy 10’ was almost a plumber

Twitch streamers across the world are planning to strike in protest of the ongoing ‘hate raid’ problem which is prevalent on the platform.Hate raids refer to the act of spamming a Twitch streamer with abuse while they are live.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed another up and down week at the box office, how “Jeopardy!” managed to bungle its new host hire and this year’s TheGrill panel.Then, Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad joined the podcast to discuss her ordeal as the target of a kidnapping plot by the Iranian government. She also talked about using her platform to help the women of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

Ethan Shanfeld Cinedigm Corp has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to “Distancing Socially,” a quarantine comedy premiering on digital and on demand on Oct 5.Starring Alan Tudyk, Sarah Levy, Rory Scovel, Andy Buckley and Jim O’Heir, the film was shot during lockdown using remote technology.

Square Enix has officially released the Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers soundtrack in full on Spotify.The soundtrack appeared on Spotify late last week (August 13) and features over six hours of music from the Shadowbringers expansion. The soundtrack was officially released over two years ago to coincide with the release of the expansion.

Twitch streamer Pokimane, who has over 8million followers, has detailed her battle with burnout due to numerous ongoing projects.Pokimane, real name Imane Anys, discussed her feelings of burnout in a video on her second channel.

Final Fantasy 14 stopped players accessing the game throughout last night (August 14).Square Enix announced the attack last night on its website, stating: “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties because of a DDoS attack.” This attack limited players from logging in to Final Fantasy 14 and also booted players who were already in the game.A DDoS attack, or distributed denial-of-service attack, involves flooding a server, service or network with an influx of traffic.

Twitch is introducing anti-gambling measures that aim to tackle creator content with restrictions to gambling promotion. In a creator update from Wednesday (August 11), Twitch “will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games.”“We will continue to monitor gambling-related content and update our approach as needed,” the update adds (thanks, PC Gamer).Enforcement of the above rules will start from August 17, giving creators time to remove any

Twitch has responded announcing it will improve its ways of protecting marginalized streamers.The Twitter statement, which was posted last night (August 11), addressed the recent concerns after multiple streamers came forward with evidence of targeted harassment in their streams as well as “hate raids”.“We’ve seen a lot of conversation about botting, hate raids, and other forms of harassment targeting marginalized creators,” Twitch wrote.

Twitch has announced that it will now tell streamers why they have been banned or suspended from the service.In an announcement on Twitter, Twitch has explained that its enforcement notifications will now include the name of the content and the date of the violation so that streamers have more insight into what the reason behind their ban or suspension is.

Love Island winners Finley Tapp and Paige Turley are just as loved-up as ever and one year on from meeting and winning the ITV2 show, Finn has shown his dedication to his love with a new inking in her honour.The 21 year old has had a tattoo of the singer’s name inked on his arm in delicate handwriting.The design is carefully placed next to a beautiful shading of a butterfly, and joins Finn’s other myriad of ink on his body, as Finn captioned the story: "Early birthday present for Paigey." The

Fortnite stream, Tyler ‘Ninja‘ Blevins has explained why he feels Twitch is the best streaming platform around, as well as why Mixer missed its shot as a competitor.While playing Fortnite yesterday (August 8), Ninja stated that “There’s literally nothing else but Twitch” in terms of viable streaming platforms (thanks, Dexerto).

Twitch streamer xQc claims that he has received no support from other creators on the platform following his Olympics DMCA ban.Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, an ex-Overwatch League player, was recently banned from Twitch after watching DMCA content from the Tokyo Olympics 2021.The ban lasted less than a day and xQc soon returned to the platform, after which he announced that he did a counter-claim against the International Olympics Committee and would be fighting his DMCA ban in court with the help of the

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV‘s seasonal event, Moonfire Faire, will begin next week.The Moonfire Faire is a yearly Final Fantasy XIV event that takes place on the beaches of the in-game location, Costa Del Sol.This summer, the seasonal event will return, beginning on August 13 and running until August 26 and will offer brand new rewards for players.As always, you’ll be able to start the event by searching for a quest; this year, you’ll want to look for a quest called

Twitch has announced a price drop today for subscriptions in the UK.Subscribing to your favourite streamers now costs just £3.99 for a Tier 1 subscription – that’s down 20 per cent from the previous £4.99.The move seeks to make global subscriptions more affordable after previously basing the amounts on the US $4.99 price.“It’s time for subscription pricing that’s adjusted for where viewers live,” Twitch announced in an official blog post.

Twitch streamer Sweet_Anita has revealed that she was recently robbed and left stranded in London.After a strange encounter on a train, the streamer realised she had been pickpocketed.“This guy bumped into me, like, a bit weirdly. Like face on face, I think I felt one of his teeth,” she said, sharing the story via Twitch.

Twitch streamer ‘girl__fighter’, a Russian pole dancer and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, was forced to fight off an intruder mid-stream.The clip, which has since been removed from the livestreaming platform but can still be found on Reddit and Streamable, shows girl__fighter – also known as Victoria – and her friend in the middle of a broadcast before the voice of another person can be heard yelling and banging on the door in the background.According to translations, the intruder is