Newsletter: Livestream to Patreon, CDawgVA raised over $1 million, and a book about Twitch's growth and challenges
GameTubing newsletter issue #2
This week in GameTubing, Patreon launched a new feature that allows creators to live stream, CDawgVA's Cyclaton 4 raised over 1 million dollars for charity, Nathan Grayson published a book about Twitch, and SEGA celebrates Alien Day 2025 by putting most games from the Alien franchise on sale.
Plus, more news.
📰News Bites
Patreon announced on Twitter that it now supports live streaming directly on its platform. The feature was made available on April 16 and will be rolled out more widely this summer.
It includes several of the main features streaming platforms would have, adding another resource that creators can use to monetize their content.
Other news:
- CDawgVA completed his 4th Cyclethon and surpassed his previous charity record, raising over 1 million dollars for the Immune Deficiency Foundation
- One of the most successful games of 2025, Split Fiction, is being turned into a live-action movie and will have the scriptwriters of Deadpool & Wolverine
- VShojo announced on their official Twitter account that they are cutting ties with Matara Kan.
- Stellar Blade celebrates its one-year anniversary on Twitter, thanks fans for their support, and reminds us of its eventual release on PC.
- Murasaki Shion from Hololive JP did her graduation stream before leaving Hololive
🎪Events
- VShojo's pink gremlin queen Ironmouse will do a livestage performance on the second day of And Friends Fest
- Hololive announced their hololive STAGE World Tour ’25 -Synchronize! It will include talents from the Japanese, English, and Indonesian branches
- FutureGamesShow will make an appearance at the official showcase of GamesCom Latam in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Vtuber Big Papa Lemon announced on his official Twitter account the launch of Vitamin V - Small Vtuber Awards and it'll be live on May 1st.
🧰Creator Resource
Nathan Grayson, the founder and reporter of Aftermath, published a book where he interviewed 9 talented streamers and content creators who helped shape the platform to what it is today.
The book touches on various interesting points, like the strong dependence of social media websites on their creators and the reasons why some creators leave for competitor platforms.
💸Best Deal
GreenManGaming is running a Golden Week Sale with titles going from 20% to 90 % off. It includes games like:
- Dead Rising 4
- Final Fantasy XV
- Resident Evil 2 Delux Edition
- Resident Evil Village
- NieR:Automata™ Game of the YoRHa Edition
You can see all the games on sale here:
