James Hale

• Dude Perfect just fired up its own custom ‘Fortnite’ mode
• Creators on the Rise: Fearfiction wants to turn cosplay into a career

  Fearfiction didn't think cosplay was going to work out for her. She'd always been a big fan of manga and anime. In fact, anime is "all I watch," she says. "I barely watch anything else. I connect with it the most."

  
• YouTube’s mobile game push Playables is rolling out to all users

  
• Ludwig’s hosting a 50-hour speedrunning smorgasbord–and it’s all for charity

  He, his company Offbrand, and more than a dozen content creators are putting on Fast 50, a 50-hour livestreamed charity event themed entirely around speedrunning (which, for those who don't know, is where you complete an entire game, or certain objectives within that game, in the absolute fastest time possible. It's a huge genre on YouTube).

  
• YouTube, Mythical, Smosh, Roblox, and more: A peek at Open Sauce’s Industry Day programming
• Internet corgis Hammy and Maxine to host 3-day dog party Chonkfest in Philadelphia
• Streamers on the Rise: RealMamaEagle makes sure her viewers have their mental health on lock
• Eugene Lee Yang says goodbye to The Try Guys
• Creators on the Rise: Misha Brown takes on the world’s biggest flops
• YouTube is investigating whether OpenAI used creators’ videos to train Sora. It also thinks its own AI products can do better.
• Underscore Talent launches STEM division with Michael Reeves, William Osman, Emily the Engineer, and more (Exclusive)
• NFL schedule release videos are going viral–and YouTube has them all