Twitch is removing its best-paying 70/30 revenue split for most of its streamers as it commits to standardising its 50/50 split instead.

Announced in a blog post from Twitch president Dan Clancy, the streaming platform denied a 2020 petition that now has 22,000 votes to provide all of its streamers with at least 70% of subscription revenue.

While the 50/50 split is the most common revenue agreement, Twitch had been offering what it called "premium deals" to some of its top streamers that granted the more profitable 70/30 split instead. These premium deals are no longer being offered, and those on them currently (streamers with bigger audiences, generally) will see their revenue reduced in the future too.

They won't go back to a strict 50/50 deal when these new rules come into place on June 1, 2023, however. The streamer will still be on a 70/30 split until $100,000 is earned through subscription revenue, and afterwards will be reduced to 50/50.

"In an ideal world all streamers would be on the same set of terms regardless of size," Clancy said. "However, instituting that policy would have a negative impact on the streamers currently on these terms, many of whom were instrumental in helping us build the Twitch we know today. These streamers have come to depend on the additional revenue split to maintain their standard of living."

Clancy said Twitch would not be switching to 70/30 because of the amount of money it invests in the products and services that lead to streamer growth, things like Prime Subs, Community Gifting, Hype Train, and the Ads Incentive Programme.

The fact twitch’s solution to monetary problems is to cut creator pay rather than facilitate a better platform so more viewers visit the live-streaming site is incredibly worrying. Give us the tools + info we need so we can make more engaging content, don’t soft cap our earnings. https://t.co/e5aNurzGZc

— eric pointcrow (@PointCrow) September 21, 2022

The cost of running Twitch was also cited, with Clancy saying that "delivering high definition, low latency, always available live video to nearly every corner of the world is expensive." Amazon's self-prescribed cost of streaming is also pricey: Clancy said the cost for a streamer with 100 connected users, streaming for 200 hours a month, costs more than $1,000 a month.

Despite Twitch saying it made the decisions with streamers in mind, as "streamers are and always will be the foundation of our global community," some people who use the platform have spoken out against its decision.

"The fact Twitch's solution to monetary problems is to cut creator pay rather than facilitate a better platform so more viewers visit the live-streaming site is incredibly worrying," said streamer PointCrow in a tweet (above). "Give us the tools and info we need so we can make more engaging content, don’t soft cap our earnings."

Twitch has been in the news a lot in the past couple of days, first for banning gambling streams on the platform and also for reports of child predators using the platform.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy secretly entered a martial arts tournament… and won.

According to The Guardian, the 45-year-old British actor entered the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship – a competition held by Ultimate Martial Arts Championships at Oakgrove school in Milton Keynes.

“Everyone recognised him but he was very humble and was happy to take time out for people to take photographs with him,” said a spokesperson for the event. “It was a real pleasure to have him compete at our event.”

Hardy was spotted at the event wearing a blue gi as he won all his matches and took the tournament by storm, ultimately winning the event.

His certificate was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – his real name.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time the actor, who is also known for the role of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, has turned up at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition. Back in August, the actor, and blue belt fighter, turned up at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Wolverhampton.

He won that event, too.

Tom Hardy secretly enters a BJJ tournament and wins the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship in the UK (2022) pic.twitter.com/EQlPP47qJZ

— Fight Pics That Go Hard (@fightpicsgohard) September 21, 2022

“I was shell-shocked,” said one of his opponents, Danny Appleby to Teeside Live. “[Hardy] said, ‘Just forget it’s me and do what you would normally do.’” Appleby said that Hardy is “a really strong guy… You wouldn’t think it with him being a celebrity.”

“I’ve done about six tournaments and I’ve been on the podium in every one,” he added. “But he’s probably the toughest competitor I’ve had – he certainly lived up to his Bane character, that’s for sure.”

Hardy has become known for his rough and ready on-screen personas, starring in Mad Max: Fury Road, Venom, and Peaky Blinder among others.

He even starred as both Kray twins in the 2015 biographical film, Legend.

But in a role that now hits close to home, Hardy starred as MMA Fighter Tommy Riordan Conlon in the 2011 film, Warrior.

“I came back a different man from when I went away to Warrior,” he told IGN at the time. “I picked up an awful lot... the stunt team were incredible, and all the fighters that came in, all the other actors. It was a tremendously, potentially testosterone-fueled set of men, and it was a potentially testosterone-fueled environment that turned out not to be that bad at all. What I thought was going to be very intimidating turned out to be an incredible passage of rites. But it was very gentle, very encouraging.”

Want to read more about Tom Hardy? Check out the latest update on Venom 3 as well as why Tom Hardy might be too old to play the next James Bond.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy secretly entered a martial arts tournament… and won.

According to The Guardian, the 45-year-old British actor entered the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship – a competition held by Ultimate Martial Arts Championships at Oakgrove school in Milton Keynes.

“Everyone recognised him but he was very humble and was happy to take time out for people to take photographs with him,” said a spokesperson for the event. “It was a real pleasure to have him compete at our event.”

Hardy was spotted at the event wearing a blue gi as he won all his matches and took the tournament by storm, ultimately winning the event.

His certificate was awarded to “Edward Hardy” – his real name.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time the actor, who is also known for the role of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, has turned up at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition. Back in August, the actor, and blue belt fighter, turned up at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Wolverhampton.

He won that event, too.

Tom Hardy secretly enters a BJJ tournament and wins the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship in the UK (2022) pic.twitter.com/EQlPP47qJZ

— Fight Pics That Go Hard (@fightpicsgohard) September 21, 2022

“I was shell-shocked,” said one of his opponents, Danny Appleby to Teeside Live. “[Hardy] said, ‘Just forget it’s me and do what you would normally do.’” Appleby said that Hardy is “a really strong guy… You wouldn’t think it with him being a celebrity.”

“I’ve done about six tournaments and I’ve been on the podium in every one,” he added. “But he’s probably the toughest competitor I’ve had – he certainly lived up to his Bane character, that’s for sure.”

Hardy has become known for his rough and ready on-screen personas, starring in Mad Max: Fury Road, Venom, and Peaky Blinder among others.

He even starred as both Kray twins in the 2015 biographical film, Legend.

But in a role that now hits close to home, Hardy starred as MMA Fighter Tommy Riordan Conlon in the 2011 film, Warrior.

“I came back a different man from when I went away to Warrior,” he told IGN at the time. “I picked up an awful lot... the stunt team were incredible, and all the fighters that came in, all the other actors. It was a tremendously, potentially testosterone-fueled set of men, and it was a potentially testosterone-fueled environment that turned out not to be that bad at all. What I thought was going to be very intimidating turned out to be an incredible passage of rites. But it was very gentle, very encouraging.”

Want to read more about Tom Hardy? Check out the latest update on Venom 3 as well as why Tom Hardy might be too old to play the next James Bond.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

You can now view stunning 3D models of planets, moons and spacecraft into your surroundings using nothing but your smart phone, thanks to a new partnership between NASA and Google.

Our solar system is populated by a multitude of breathtakingly beautiful planets and moons, each of which is steeped in its own unique history and, in many cases, cultural importance. However, the inherant cost, difficulty, and danger of space travel means that the overwhelming majority of us will never leave the surface of our homeworld.

Thankfully, Google and NASA have partnered to bring us a new way to experience our little pocket of the cosmos, by putting over 60 Augmented Reality 3D models of solar system bodies and robotic explorers in the palm of your hand.

Simply search for a planet like Jupiter on Google, and you’ll see a new ‘3D model’ box appear either to the side of the page on desktop, or just below the initial search result if you’re browsing on a mobile device.

On desktop, you’ll be presented with a 3D model of your astronomical quarry that you can manipulate and explore to your heart’s content, along with a set of well curated facts and figures.

However, to get the most out of the new search features, you’re going to need a smartphone. By clicking ‘View in your space’ from the 3D model window, you can access a new Augmented Reality feature that lets you project entire planets into your real world environment through the screen of your phone

These models are fully 3D, and scalable, meaning that you can make them as massive or as tiny as you want. As it stands you can physically walk around, and study, each of the eight planets of our solar system, along with the dwarf planet Pluto, the Sun, and a host of weird and wonderful moons.

Along with getting up close and personal with heavenly bodies, you can also project AR models of famous spacecraft and launchers into your environment. Cutting edge observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble, and the Parker Solar Probe are all available through the Google search AR feature, as is the leviathan Space Launch System rocket.

You can also view lovingly recreated models of Neil Armstrong’s historic spacesuit, the Apollo 11 command capsule, and revolutionary spacecraft such as the Voyager 1 probe, which is now some 14.6 billion miles distant from Earth.

The new partnership has also seen the ‘Our Solar System’ project added to Google Arts & Culture. Here you can delve into the history of our solar system, and learn about humanity’s ongoing mission to explore and understand the universe in which we live.

There are also curated tours of the solar system, features on planets, and galleries of astrophotography captured by astronauts and spacecraft alike.

So congratulations, the power of AR tech just gave you a free pass to put Uranus anywhere you want, and no one can do a thing to stop you.

Anthony Wood is a freelance science writer for IGN

Publisher 2K has warned users against opening emails or clicking links from its support page after confirming it has been hacked.

More than just a spoof account sending fake emails, 2K Support itself has been compromised, with the hacker sending seemingly legitimate emails containing malicious links. 2K's support website has gone offline as a result.

If users have clicked on these links already, 2K recommends they immediately change passwords saved in web browsers (like Chrome auto-fill), install anti-virus software, enable multi-factor authentication where possible, and check that no email account forwarding settings have been changed.

Hey folks, please read an important message from our Customer Support team. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/yKI18eL7mY

— 2K Support (@2KSupport) September 20, 2022

2K Support's Twitter account, which has remained secure, shared the news (above). "Earlier today we became aware of that an unauthorised third party illegally accessed the credentials of one of our vendors to the help desk platform that 2K uses to provide support to our customers," it said.

"The unauthorised party sent a communication to certain players containing a malicious link. Please do not open any emails or click on any links that you receive from the 2K Games support account."

The publisher also reminded users that it will never ask for their password or other personal information, and that it will announce when its website and emails are safe to use again.

"We deeply apologise for any inconvenience and disruption that this matter may cause," it added. "We appreciate the ongoing support and understanding from our player communities."

The last few days have been a very active time for cyber attacks. Rockstar Games had around 90 videos of Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaked after it became victim to a hack, and though it and 2K share the same parent company of Take-Two Interactive, there's currently nothing to suggest that the two attacks are related.

Uber was also victim to a hack, allegedly by the same individual that targetted Rockstar, and the company is now working with the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the issue. Elsewhere in games, Blizzard also suffered from a breach as more than 40 minutes of Diablo 4 gameplay appeared online.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Mike Judge’s new show In The Know will take a swipe at public radio.

Heading straight to Peacock, the new adult animated comedy is being created by Mike Judge, Zach Woods, and Brandon Gardner and will be a parody of NPR – National Public Radio. It comes with an animated twist, of course.

“Lauren Caspian is NPR’s third most popular host,” reads an official synopsis. “He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He’s also a stop motion puppet.”

Each episode of In The Know follows a behind-the-scenes making of an episode of Lauren’s show, which sees the animated host conduct in-depth interviews with real-world human guests.

“Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods.”

Alongside Judge, Greg Daniels and Dustin Davis will executive produce for Bandera Entertainment. Judge and Woods will provide voices for the show.

“In the Know will capture the conversations so many of us have in our daily lives in a heightened, hilarious way,” said NBCUniversal Television and Streaming president of scripted content, Lisa Katz. “We’re excited to be working with the very best in the business in Mike, Greg, Zach, and Brandon, and our partners at Universal Television.”

Judge’s most popular works seem to be experiencing a bit of a resurgence this year, with Beavis and Butt-Head making a return on Paramount+. The pair also starred in the new Paramount+ exclusive, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe. There’s even been a hint at a King of the Hill Return… but whether that takes off remains to be seen.

"We’re thrilled to be working on this unique and inventive series with such an accomplished team and can’t wait for audiences to be In the Know,” said Erin Underhill, President, Universal Television.

Want to read more about Mike Judge’s projects? Check out why King of the Hill won’t be heading back to Fox and get a glimpse of a middle-aged Beavis and Butt-Head.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Cloud Imperium Games has now raised more than half a billion dollars for Star Citizen's development, including $100 million since last November.

As reported by Eurogamer, the space trading and combat sim - which has been in development for more than a decade - now claims to have amassed $500,111,757 from backers.

Star Citizen's initial Kickstarter campaign for $2 million started in October 2012, but this was just the beginning. Cloud Imperium Games has raised more and more money over the years, surpassing $400 million in total just ten months ago.

Despite this astonishing amount of money, however, the game is still in an alpha stage of development, with no release date in sight. For context, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost $81 million and took around five years to develop. Red Dead Redemption cost between $80 and $100 million and also took five years.

Star Citizen creator Christopher Roberts said in 2020 that the various gameplay elements promised over the years aren't pipe dreams, and that they wouldn't take decades longer to be implemented. A year later, however, an advertising watchdog warned the studio over its marketing of concept ships, saying it needs to make clear that it's selling products that don't exist yet.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Overwatch 2 designer Geoff Goodman has left Activision Blizzard.

According to PC Gamer, Goodman was the lead hero designer behind many of Overwatch’s most popular characters, but “made the decision to leave Blizzard earlier this year”.

“We thank Geoff for his many years of service at Blizzard and wish him all the best,” the company said in a statement to PC Gamer. “His ability to bring to life Overwatch’s diverse hero roster through gameplay has been incredible, and the mark he’s left on the Warcraft and Overwatch teams will be felt for years to come.”

Goodman’s involvement with Overwatch goes back to the very beginning. He was on board back when it was Blizzard’s project Titan – an MMO that was eventually turned into the Overwatch we know today.

When it comes to Overwatch, he helped rework Doomfist and Orisa as well as design new heroes, Sojourn and the Junker Queen. He also likely helped design many of the heroes in the upcoming sequel, Overwatch 2.

No reason was given for Goodman’s departure, but his exit comes in the wake of numerous high-profile exits following Blizzard’s harassment and discrimination lawsuit. Given the company’s shake-ups already, this is bound to come as a blow.

Especially since Overwatch 2 is less than a month from launch on October 4, 2022.

Of course, much of Goodman’s work on the sequel will have been carried out already, with hero designs for Overwatch’s newcomers well in place. But as a live service game, it’s going to need plenty of new heroes in the coming months and years… and losing Goodman isn’t ideal.

When it comes to Overwatch 2 heroes, the new battle pass system will see new heroes added to the game’s battle pass – becoming unlockable at the free level 50 tier.

“While Overwatch 2 heroes will each have their own clear strengths and weakness, and some heroes will be more effective against others, we believe our game plays better and is more fun with fewer hard counters and a broader range of effective hero picks,” said Blizzard in a statement.

Whether or not this works out, remains to be seen. But it looks as though Blizzard will need to find a new lead hero designer sooner rather than later.

Want to read more about Overwatch 2? Check out why Overwatch 2 is putting new characters in its battle pass and find out how cross-progression and account merging will work.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Overwatch 2 designer Geoff Goodman has left Activision Blizzard.

According to PC Gamer, Goodman was the lead hero designer behind many of Overwatch’s most popular characters, but “made the decision to leave Blizzard earlier this year”.

“We thank Geoff for his many years of service at Blizzard and wish him all the best,” the company said in a statement to PC Gamer. “His ability to bring to life Overwatch’s diverse hero roster through gameplay has been incredible, and the mark he’s left on the Warcraft and Overwatch teams will be felt for years to come.”

Goodman’s involvement with Overwatch goes back to the very beginning. He was on board back when it was Blizzard’s project Titan – an MMO that was eventually turned into the Overwatch we know today.

When it comes to Overwatch, he helped rework Doomfist and Orisa as well as design new heroes, Sojourn and the Junker Queen. He also likely helped design many of the heroes in the upcoming sequel, Overwatch 2.

No reason was given for Goodman’s departure, but his exit comes in the wake of numerous high-profile exits following Blizzard’s harassment and discrimination lawsuit. Given the company’s shake-ups already, this is bound to come as a blow.

Especially since Overwatch 2 is less than a month from launch on October 4, 2022.

Of course, much of Goodman’s work on the sequel will have been carried out already, with hero designs for Overwatch’s newcomers well in place. But as a live service game, it’s going to need plenty of new heroes in the coming months and years… and losing Goodman isn’t ideal.

When it comes to Overwatch 2 heroes, the new battle pass system will see new heroes added to the game’s battle pass – becoming unlockable at the free level 50 tier.

“While Overwatch 2 heroes will each have their own clear strengths and weakness, and some heroes will be more effective against others, we believe our game plays better and is more fun with fewer hard counters and a broader range of effective hero picks,” said Blizzard in a statement.

Whether or not this works out, remains to be seen. But it looks as though Blizzard will need to find a new lead hero designer sooner rather than later.

Want to read more about Overwatch 2? Check out why Overwatch 2 is putting new characters in its battle pass and find out how cross-progression and account merging will work.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

We're just a couple of weeks away from Pinhead's return to our screens, and we're now getting a better look at the upcoming Hellraiser reboot with both a new trailer and poster.

The trailer gives us the best look yet at Jamie Clayton's portrayal of Pinhead, along with a few of the other Cenobite characters that come along with the franchise's classic villain. The clips also show the human characters becoming more and more fascinated with the mysterious puzzle box, which of course leads to plenty of suffering and pain for those who refuse to stay away.

We also got a look at the first poster for Hellraiser, which shows a silhouette of Pinhead with the franchise's iconic puzzle box making up the backdrop.

Hellraiser is headed to Hulu on October 7.

Our first poster #Hellraiser arrives this October @hulu pic.twitter.com/ora8MKpDC7

— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) September 20, 2022

The movie's official synopsis says, “In the all-new Hellraiser, a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.”

Alongside Clayton, Hellraiser will star Odessa A’zion, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Goran Visnjic, and Hiam Abbass.

Clayton is the fourth actor to play Pinhead, while Hellraiser 2022 marks the eleventh film in the franchise. Fans are hopeful this one can start to right the Hellraiser ship, as 2018's Hellraiser Judgment only dug the franchise into a deeper hole.

For more on horror, check out our picks for the 25 best horror movies of all time.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.