Minecraft is whatever the player wants it to be, however there’s a chance a real time strategy spin off may emerge.

Widely released in 2011, Minecraft has become a gaming icon over the past decade, being one of the highest grossing gaming franchises. Given the amount of freedom players have, many sub-genres can be gained from the open sprawling sandbox, but a rumor has arisen that an official real time strategy game could be in the works.

The rumor originates from The Jeff Gerstmann Show, hosted by Gerstmann himself, a video game journalist, former director of GameSpot and founder of Giant Bomb. He states that he’s seen screenshots and descriptions detailing a Steve-esque character in a group about to attack “Piglins” and will have a defined story and characters.

The discussion begins at 01:19:37

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1497191934

The RTS genre would favor the Minecraft universe, as item management already being a strong component of Survival Mode, resulting in success or failure, managing fleets of fighters, their armour and other components sounds like a fit, most likely aiming a pre-teen demographic, as to ease younger players into the wealth of depth that an RTS can bring.

2015-2017 bought the Minecraft: Story Mode spin off from Telltale Games and Minecraft Dunegons, a dungeon crawler was released in 2020, both to generally positive reception, thus another spin-off sounds likely.

As Microsoft and Mojang haven’t confirmed anything, let alone a new game yet, this Minecraft RTS is still a rumour, but one that holds weight, as both companies would love to continue the monumental success of the franchise.

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Microsoft and Twitch have banded together to host a third ID@Xbox indie games showcase next week

Following from the previous game showcase from March and August last year, this year’s showcase will take place on Wednesday, March 16th at 6PM GMT/1PM ET/10AM PT.

“We’ll be featuring updates, new trailers, and gameplay from Finji and Whitethorn, as w

ell as the first game from iam8bit’s brand new publishing label,” Xbox said.

“In addition to all this, fans will also get a chance to see the latest and hear from teams working on Shredders, Roblox, and some new games that you need to tune in for to see!”

The ID@Xbox will be streaming exclusively on Twitch. Microsoft made the decision to bring back Twitch streaming integration directly into the Xbox dashboard last month. The twitch app can be found by navigating to the “Capture and Share” tab on the guide and selecting “Live streaming”. If not purchased yet you can download the app for free off the Microsoft store. Players also need to link their Twitch account by scanning the QR code with a mobile device or by visiting the URL on PC or mobile.

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What up gamers! It’s your favourite Poki-curious Pokiman on Pokimane spilling the tea, the shade and related concepts!

On February 15th, Pokimane met up with… Oddly enough, Jidion, who you may remember from the Pokimane hate raid and “bitches” controversy that happened about a month ago. But on an oddly wholesome note, they’ve announced they’re on good terms again.

While on stream, JiDion suggested Imane tweet a picture of her’s without makeup to poke fun at the haters: “Just be like, ‘This face makes more money than you’ll ever see in your life’”. Pokimane took him up on that dare and the rest is 2-day old history!

And hey, I’m prince of the male feminists, dunking on the haters is entertaining at the best of times… But now I’m going to kneecap my own entertainment-driven intentions with “is it though”?

Since that tweet, some folks from varying degrees of good and bad faith responded with accusations of “flexing your wealth”. And hey, I’ll even let you in on a couple simple arguments of varying degrees of legitimacy! I’ll get to Imane’s own thoughts below the next picture.

‘Oh, so a woman online being proud of her success alone is worth criticising? Really? Never heard you complain about big-name rappers singing about living the high life with a woman on each arm and being knee-deep in the crack game’.

‘Okay, what’s your point? That flexing your success is bad? It’s a free platform’.

“I hope you get that mad at multi-million or billion-dollar conglomerates that take advantage of their workers, in comparison to a random girl on the internet who’s been streaming and working hard for eight years to make her money and also employs numerous people at, if I do say so myself, pretty healthy and liveable amounts of money.”

I do understand why people would be upset at others for flexing their wealth in general, but contextually, do these same people get mad when YouTubers showcase their brand-new Lambos?

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In theory, I never watched a single stream, but in practice, I’ve written two impartial to praising articles on Pokimane, so you could say I’m coming out as Poki-curious!

Pokimane (Imane Anys) discusses many topics in her streams, but usually avoids anything regarding relationships on Twitch. Besides occasional joking asides and hints, she doesn’t like going in-depth on the matter. Being an attractive successful online celebrity, one could argue part of the vagueness is due to maintaining a wider audience. Probably nothing as draconian as areas of the Kpop and Idol industry, but hey, it’s an honest living and she’s not under any obligation to talk about something she doesn’t want to.

And outside of potential reasons that lean towards the parasocial, Pokimane has experienced harassment and Twitch raids from others in the past, so makes sense she’d rather keep her personal and public lives separate. Like Spider-Man, if Spider-Man was a 20-something gamer-girl!

Enough Mansplaining on What You Think, What Did Pokimane Say!? On a stream, Pokimane’s friend Kevin (and speculated secret boyfriend by many viewers) was asked during a stream with the two if they were dating. He seemingly jokingly turned to her and asked if they were dating, at which point Pokimane looked uncomfortable and froze up briefly. She later quickly explained her momentary discomfort was because it felt like she’s back in grade school being ‘put on the spot’.

“Now imagine if a reporter came and forcibly asked who your crush is,” – Imane Anys, adding to her ‘put on the spot in grade school’ analogy.

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Now’s my first time dipping my webbed flippers into the pool of Twitch drama, so wish me luck! Alternatively, feel free to check my last piece on Pokimane if you’re looking for something a little less dense. I’ll try my best to keep things unbiased, while also calling out the worst of the worst things coming up.

Details man! They are important: Reports have come through that Tyler ‘Ninja‘ Belvins (God, I love that name, on a phonetic level at least) and his wife are getting their legal team involved shortly after Pokimane (Imane Anys) claimed Ninja texted a Twitch representative to help JiDion (Demarcus Cousins the 3rd… CRIKEY that’s a name) with a hate raid on her channel. JiDion was then perma-banned from Twitch shortly after.

JiDion’s fans have admitted to ‘hate-raiding’ Pokimane on a Ninja stream according to Pokimane, which I’m inclined to believe, but I recommend cross-referencing this with other channels on the minuscule off-chance that I’m wrong here.

Pokimane also implied without outright stating (to my knowledge) that Ninja referred to her as a “bitch” (in a stream between JiDion and Ninja) before backpedaling and saying “I meant bitches in general” for plausible deniability. In my opinion, that Ninja-JiDion conversation was moreso a case of JiDion jokingly performing shock at Ninja just using the word ‘bitch’ alone. And as far as this clip goes (seemingly the one Pokimane was referencing based on the ‘bitches in general’ specificity), Ninja also appeared to be condemning JiDion for the hate raids. Could Ninja be dogwhistling? I dunno, maybe… But there’s thousands of hours worth of Twitch stuff to drudge through and ain’t nobody got time for that!

That brings us to right now! Today on January 18th, Pokimane shared what seems to be a screenshot of a private message from Jessica Belvins (Ninja’s wife) that read ‘We are considering everything defamation of character at this point and are getting our legal team involved’.  The message also had a section claiming that Tyler never reached out to any Twitch reps, but he ‘just said that to stop the harassment in his chat from JiDion’s viewers’.

Pokimane said she’s ‘willing to accept and cannot disprove’ that possibility.

The moral of the story? I wish it had one! Although I’m quite certain by this point this whole situation was a misunderstanding between Imane and Tyler that could’ve been avoided if they just had a chinwag on the topic over a morning cuppa, drama of this variety specifically really does make my head spin. With the internet, it’s simultaneously harder AND easier to just lie about… Anything, really!  But hey, hopefully this was a fun read for anyone more clued-up on these drama-llamas than me.

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Hasan ‘Woke Bae’ Piker is one of the biggest Twitch streamers in the business, with a penchant for letsplays, reaction videos, and political commentary after getting his start as an intern for the Young Turks news platform. Now Hasan gets paid to joke about how Kaitlin Bennett is a ‘secret leftist’ and take the mick out of Neo-Nazi corners of the internet… So basically me, but considerably more successful and attractive!

Why Ban Hasan? Hasan is currently in a week-long ban (started December 13th mid-stream) from Twitch due to saying ‘cracker’, which is one of The Big No-No-Words that are banned from the platform. For the uninitiated, ‘cracker’ is slang for a white person, derived from it’s initial use as short for ‘whip cracker’ as a reference to slave owners. The ban in question was during a debate Hasan was having with a viewer of his, defending it’s use. One excerpt goes as follows:

“Recognise that the person calling you a fucking cracker is literally powerless, okay? […] They’re doing it as someone who’s been historically oppressed blowing off steam. You can say that that’s infantilising or whatever the fuck, but that’s truly the reality. Because there is no historical or contemporary oppression tied to that word because there is no historical or contemporary oppression with being white” – Hasan Piker.

My opinion on the matter? Essentially the same as Hasan. He even brought up in a later YouTube video (I’m paraphrasing) that “the fact y’all say cracker and not The Actual N Word kinda proves my point that The C Word isn’t that bad dewd”! Or we can come at this from a “punching up vs punching down” perspective. Saying cracker is more lighthearted in most cases it’s used because it’s taking a serious topic and downplaying it in a way that pokes fun at the person in the role of power, the N word doesn’t have that luxury.

Industry analyst Daniel Ahmad said (in response to Hasan Piker’s tweet on his temporary banning): ‘Kinda wild how Twitch responded faster to this absolute non-issue than the actual racism that POC streamers face on the platform’.

Furthermore, reading from my own handy-dandy list of Twitch-banned words, I honestly think the people in charge of that list is purely for the benefit of oversensitive blokes who are afraid of the idea of other people discussing serious topics. Take “incel” for example (involuntary celibate): Not exactly a term of endearment, but not even a swear! The incel movement and individuals have also been involved with and responsible for a lot of anti-feminist and anti-woman hate crimes and backlash, so you’d think discussing incel culture and its ties to white nationalism would be a good thing. The banning of ‘simp’ and ‘virgin’ also paints a picture in my mind of someone who’s likely afraid of those concepts just existing, which is A-Okay (well, arguably), but stopping others from having those conversations doesn’t sit right with me.

On the bright side: Hasan has been streaming with one Ludwig in the meantime and his ban is coming to a close.

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Dying Light implies Living Darkness… Sleep paralysis weird, yo.

There was once an AMIIBO called Bowser, called Lucas to talk about flowers. With a hand-each from Lottie, Tom Nook’s favorite totty, they said “let’s give these buds a shower”.

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Another one bites the dust…

Ludwig Ahgren is the latest major Twitch streamer to leave the platform behind, making the switch to YouTube. Ludwig, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers at over 270,000, will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube gaming.

Ludwig achieved the feat at the conclusion of a marathon 31-day streaming event, which began on March 14 and ran for too damn long. In the process, he beat the previous record, held by Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.

The move was announced earlier today by Ryan Wyatt, head of YouTube Gaming, who wrote:

“I’m excited to announce @LudwigAhgren will now be streaming exclusively on @YouTubeGaming.

Our focus is on building a world-class VOD, short-form, and live platform.

And I have to reiterate; we still aren’t done yet! Welcome to the family, Ludwig!”

Harsh, perhaps, given that he built his entire following on Twitch, but given the platform’s recent woes, especially when it comes to copyright, it is also understandable.

He probably wouldn’t make the jump out of charity; YouTube has long thrown serious money at creators to sign them to exclusivity deals, hoping that by drawing big names they can chip away at Twitch’s dominance in the streaming space.

Ludwig follows major streamers TimTheTatman and Dr Lupo, as well as Dr Disrespect whose circumstances were slightly different as he famously received a permanent ban from Twitch.

In other news, October and November have seen some big next-gen titles released, including Call of Duty: Vanguard, Battlefield 2042, FIFA 22, Far Cry 6, and Left 4 Dead’s spiritual successor, Back 4 Blood. Again, you can purchase all of these titles, as well as pre-ordering Elden Ring and any other games from our Go2Games website.

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SOLAR ASH Pre-Order on Epic Games Store, Fans Wait for PS5, PS4 Pre-Orders

Since Heart Machine Entertainment pushed back SOLAR ASH’s original release date, they’ve now announced that there are pre-orders available on the Epic Games Store for Windows PC, many suspects that PlayStation Pre-orders will soon be available as there has already been a listing on the PlayStation Store France.

Solar Ash, developed by Heart Machine is a fast-paced, action-adventure platformer. So far it’s known for its vibrant graphics and scenery and fast-paced gameplay involved with the unique aesthetic style of the characters, it is a sequel to the pixelated game Hyper Light Drifter. PlayStation has described Solar Ash as a “Journey through a surreal, vivid and highly stylized world filled with mystery, high-speed traversal, endearing characters, and massive enemy encounters.” I’m not surprised, Solar Ash is an exciting must-have on wishlist type game.

Out now for #preorder @EpicGames !!#SolarAsh #Presale @A_i
https://t.co/KfpoArmvHd

— Heart Machine Official (@HeartMachineHQ) November 18, 2021

Solar Ash Release Date

Solar Ash’s official release date is the 2nd December 2021, which has been clearly stated on the Epic Games Store and PlayStation Store France, while it has yet to be uploaded anywhere else, we can only hope that Solar Ash will be released on PlayStation internationally on the same date. The price is roughly around £30, which is to be expected.

Heart Machine ‘Heart To Heart’ – A Dive Into The Development of Solar Ash

Some oldies but goodies coming up in ~20 mins. Live soon!https://t.co/eBfp3sKpEihttps://t.co/0HJAR1c5mj#SolarAsh #gamedev #gameart #environmentart https://t.co/vG7XANskv4

— Heart Machine Official (@HeartMachineHQ) November 22, 2021

Heart Machine, the developers of Solar Ash, did a live stream to talk about the making of Solar Ash and to answer burning questions from fans about the gameplay, platforms, story and much more. The stream lasted approximately 1 hour long. The stream can be found here on Youtube or Twitch.

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One True King is a Texas-based media and production company founded by popular Twitch streamers Asmongold, Mizkif and Esfand. One True King was named The Biggest Streaming Organisation in August after hitting 25 million hours of combined watch time. October 2021 saw the addition of Cyr to One True King during an anniversary stream alongside a new logo. Most recently, Tectone has joined the company!

Meet Tectone. Tectone is a Canadian twitch streamer and YouTuber who mainly specialises in anime and anime-inspired games like Genshin Impact and Arknights. As of writing, Tectone has nearly 600K followers on Twitch and over 10 million total views. Tectone’s YouTube channel currently sits at 740K subscribers.

While somewhat lesser-known than some of his contemporaries, there’s been some small rumblings of Reddit discourse that they were anticipating another prominent female streamer to join the group. In a SHOCKING turn of events, most of the Twitter reactions (as far as I can tell) seem much more positive, mostly consisting of assorted reaction gifs and phrases communicating excitement like ‘woohoo’, ‘let’s GOOOO’ and ‘pog’.

Welcome @TectEGG to OTK 👑 pic.twitter.com/fDm0ptkYo5

— OTK (@OTKnetwork) November 22, 2021

The Redditeers: Yeah, me saying “things were chill on Twitter” isn’t as view-catching as “what fresh hell is this”, so let’s look at the Reddit comments under the One True King announcement.

On the Positive Side:

• ‘He gets good views on his YouTube channel, he’s [a] little bit bigger then (sic) Mizkif on YouTube, and he doesn’t need girls in his thumbnails. It is a smart business decision on OTK part to sign him’
• ‘A great fit in for OTK’.

On the Roasting Side:

• ‘He looks like the combined version of all the other OTK members’.
• ‘He is their final form’.
• ‘He’s like a white Lacari’ (I’m sure I’d find that hilarious if I knew who that was).
• ‘Everyone is so loud in OTK, they don’t need another mega phone andy’ (I’m sure I’d find that hilarious if I knew who that was).

For absolutely no reason at all, please find a particularly grumpy-looking image of Tectone mean-mugging the camera down below.

One Fun Coincidence: I myself have forgotten the name of the track Tectone uses in this video, but surprise surprise, I also used that music in my own YouTube video One Villainous Scene: Lil Zhe’s Jealous Rage. Small world.

Side tangent, lad knows how to rock those floral patterns, so plus +1 points for style.

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Considering I was having a fun conversation last night with some friends about which YouTubers we’d most want to wife up (which just so happened to lead to Pokimane coming up), I would like to dedicate this blog to my good friend, Melon Brandeux… Not his real name, but roll with it!

Pokimane (real name Imane Anys) is a Moroccan-Canadian YouTuber and Twitch streamer. Pokimane recently announced her new role as co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of the company RTS.

Parasocial relationships and obsessive fan culture has gone from bad to worse thanks in part to the wider accessibility of online spaces. I mean, y’all should watch Misery, it basically predicted the landscape of toxic fandom culture years before Bing existed, let alone Google! For a breakdown on parasocial relationships, I highly recommend the videos on the topic by Philosophy Tube.

Pokimane and Toxic Fans: A fan of Pokimane has been repeatedly making new accounts to continuously ask her invasive personal questions despite being banned multiple times. Well, I say “a fan”, this type of practice is unfortunately more common than you’d think, considering how many people are resorting to progressively more extreme acts to gain the attention of popular figures on online platforms. Literally last month, another Twitch streamer Meowko discussed her experience with a stalker.

Pokimane went over screenshots from the main obsessive fan in question during a ‘Just Chatting’ stream while using the time to discuss obsessive fan culture and the issues of others trying to impose their expectations onto her, though she doesn’t owe them anything.

“You’ve made so many accounts just to ask me the most weird and random questions about my friends, it’s weird, and it’s obnoxious. Like, I love all of my friends dearly, but please stop trying to psychoanalyze or mico-manage my friendships or relationships with others. Or asking so many weird, repetitive, obsessive questions. I live my private life off-stream, okay”.

Pokimane’s Twitch streams total to nearly two billion hours of watch time at time of writing. Unfortunately, moderating and putting a stop to the more hardcore obsessives is very difficult and put solely on the backs of content creators themselves, which is a crying shame. I mean, I’m not any kind of celebrity by any stretch of the word, but I get constantly added up by the same random bots on Instagram and Snapchat, but no matter how many times I report it, BOOM, pops right up a couple days later! At the end of the day, most online platforms don’t take moderation seriously, though I will admit, part of why companies don’t pay much attention to that side of things is because hiring a bloke to manually read through every harassing message and cacophony of dick pics would be seizure-inducing in the best case scenario and cause spontaneous combustion in the worst! For more on that, this short video on ‘If Dating Apps Were Honest‘ should break it down well.

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