It’s once again time for the daily roundup of most notable news for the day. On August 22, we’ve seen some significant events, such as streamers coming together to make a statement about the hate raids on Twitch through boycotting the platform on September 1. Furthermore, you can read about the pro Fortntite player who is taking a swing at OnlyFans workers and bragging about it, check out more about the new trailer for WWE 2k22, see why Roblox is being accused of exploiting young developers, and prepare for some exciting upcoming Sifu news.
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ADayOffTwitch Trends As Steamers Boycott Over Hate Raids
Numerous Twitch steamers have been targeted by hate raids, in which bots overwhelm their chats with abusive language including racial slurs, Nazi imagery, and more. Since this seems to be happening more and more often, streamers have decided to stand together and boycott Twitch on September 1 as a statement that this will not be tolerated. Twitch has already responded by stating, “We've been building channel-level ban evasion detection and account improvements to combat this malicious behavior for months. However, as we work on solutions, bad actors work in parallel to find ways around them—which is why we can't always share details.”
Pro Fortnite Player Brags About Getting Roasted Over Telling OnlyFans Workers To “Get A Real Job”
You’ve likely heard by now that OnlyFans is set to ban sexually explicit content starting in October. In response to this, a pro Fortnite player, FaZe Sway, took to mocking OnlyFans workers. Specifically, he wrote, Onlyfans is removing porn from their site, meaning that you f**ks are gonna have to start getting a real job now.” After receiving backlash from many, FaZe Sway tweeted again, bragging about how many impressions his comments had gotten him, and adding “I'm just the smartest person on this app W.”
WWE 2K22 Teaser Reveals A March 2022 Release Date
During the SummerSlam event, a new teaser trailer for WWE 2k22 was revealed. In it, we were lucky enough to find out that the game will launch in March of 2022. Since it’s just a teaser trailer, we didn’t get to see a ton of details about the game, but we did see some important people that will be coming with it, including Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, Kane, Goldberg, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Bobby Lashley.
Roblox Is Reportedly "Exploiting" Young Developers
It seems that Roblox is being accused of exploiting young developers, specifically by promising them that they can earn “serious cash,” despite that not being the reality. Roblox is telling developers that they will be able to make money through user-created levels, but it's actually very unlikely that they'll be able to do so. The process for being able to earn actual money through Roblox is complex, and you can read about it here. In short, it is technically possible, but overwhelmingly rare, which is not how it's being presented by Roblox.
Sifu Confirmed To Appear At Gamescom With "Exciting News"
The Sifu official Twitter account posted a short video of gameplay, and promised that the game will be shown at Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation on August 27. If you take this and combine it with the news that developer Sloclap has promised “exciting news” soon for Sifu, it seems more than likely that the game will finally be getting a release date at the upcoming Gamescom event. The game was delayed to early 2022, so this would be the appropriate time to reveal a more specific date.
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