Novemeber 16th 2025

🎮📰 GAMER NEWS — THIS WEEK

Where Winds Meet Is NOW FREE on Steam

The open-world Wuxia adventure has gone fully free-to-play on Steam, causing a massive player spike and heavy streamer coverage.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launches

Featuring a polished campaign, revamped Zombies mode, and the usual “servers on fire” launch energy.

Possessor(s) Debuts Strong

High-style action platformer from the creators of Hyper Light Drifter.Streamers love it. Their blood pressure does not.

Winter Burrow Rises on Cozy Charts

Chill mouse-survival sim trending with vibe streamers and ASMR communities.

Anno 117 Holds Strong

Strategy fans continue micromanaging their Roman empires with full passion and zero sleep.

GTA 6 Trailer Shatters the Internet Again

Reaction content everywhere. YouTube still recovering emotionally.

📡💚 PLATFORM & STREAMING NEWS — THIS WEEK

Kick Introduces DROPS

Viewers can now earn in-game items just by watching Kick streams.Higher engagement, more watch time, big win for creators.

Kick Payout Rumors Debunked

xQc states Kick’s CEO confirmed no payout reductions occurred.

Kick Removes Monetization From Unverified Users

Kick/Sub buttons disappear until creators complete Stripe identity verification.

Fix:Settings → Earnings → Manage with Stripe → Verify ID

Upload a government photo ID, match legal info, and wait 5–24 hours.

Kick Launches an Official LIVE Announcer Channel

Yes… Kick is streaming Kick at:👉 kick.com/kickEvent updates, commentary, and platform-run content all in one place.

Australia Adds Kick to Under-16 Ban List

New child-protection rule limiting minor access to the platform.

Twitch Faces Backlash After Emiru Case

Twitch donates $100k to a violence-prevention charity following scrutiny over their handling of her assault incident.

YouTube Tightens Violent-Content Rules

New restrictions ahead of the GTA 6 content wave, influencing what’s allowed and what gets flagged.

🧩 TECH & INDUSTRY TRENDS

• AAA titles underperforming at launch across multiple genres

• Indie titles dominating Steam charts with rapid “Overwhelmingly Positive” reviews

• GPU prices and availability stabilizing for holiday season

• PC gaming engagement rising heading into December

CG5NATCH BASEBALL: KICK COMMUNITY CHAOS UPDATE

The Kick Community Baseball League—CG 5natch’s cursed mix of baseball, D&D, and streamer trauma—hits Game 3 of 6 this Friday. https://discord.gg/ewAu3GU8QE for updates!

Players spend the week leveling stats, causing drama, answering wild social prompts, and praying to RNGesus before SMB3 decides their fate live on stream.

Critical Hits = glory.

Critical Misses = instant embarrassment.

Either way, chat wins.

YAKS STILL WINNING

The Yaks remain at the top of the ladder and absolutely insufferable about it.

This Friday: OWLS vs. YAKS

A BLOCKBUSTER SMACKDOWN where only one team walks out with dignity.

Can the Owls dethrone the Yaks?

Can the Yaks keep the crown?

Will someone trip over an imaginary baseball?

Stay tuned.

Mustard Network Weekly

NECROMOM TRIUMPHANT RETURN!

She’s back, she’s caffeinated, and she only needs 2 more hours to unlock subs — so get in there before she disappears again like a Skyrim NPC stuck behind a door.

Necro Mom is now making Fu(K Blankets and Cat Hats!Yes, you heard correctly. Cozy chaos for your body and your cat.Your comfort level? About to be feral-approved.

And if you’re wondering how to get what NecroMom is cooking up?Just message NecroCaticGames — he’s the easiest person to find in the Mustard Network Discord.If you hear chaos, coughing, or someone yelling about a secret Christmas project… you’re close.

Meanwhile,

Drunken Mustard is out here aggressively pushing for VERIFIED like he’s trying to intimidate the Kick staff with a bar tab.He’s even throwing in promises of future Mustard Baths upon completing the checkmark grind — which is either a reward, a threat, or a biohazard.(Probably all three.)

🎅🔥 MAJOR NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT

SANTAQUEST — by NecroCatic Games

Releases December 16, 2025 Santa. Loot. Holiday monsters. North Pole chaos. Save Christmas in a full winter RPG.

VON WOLF WEEKLY: CHAOS EDITION

Nyx and Aydan Weekly Update

Nyx and Aydan marched their feral little selves back into Once Human, proudly dragging Aussie along like an unlicensed side-quest, all to try the new Palworld-meets-Once-Human collab.

It’s basically a brand-new game inside a game, and yes — they absolutely had to fight Nyx’s own clone. Aydan enjoyed that a little too much, and the family refuses to comment further.

Meanwhile, ImmoralFlame convinced the duo to try Where Winds Meet, and they immediately lost 12 hours of their mortal lifespan in a single sitting.

They claim they were “immersed” — the rest of us say it was a hostage situation.

Aydan is currently juggling: making graphics for half the streaming community, writing for BigJohnsGuitars, AND herding the wolves into behaving like the wolves they claim they are.

Rumor says she’s 40% caffeine, 60% stubbornness at this point.

Nyx, on the other hand, is blissfully in love with his new GPU.

His PC is finally running so well that he hasn’t threatened Kick staff telepathically once today.

Personal growth? …Unlikely, but we’ll take it.And that’s the week — chaotic, feral, and somehow productive. As always.

Aussie Weekly Chaos Report

Back to reality this week — feels like getting drop-kicked by a kangaroo.

Everyone’s asking when Belinda and I are getting married.

Mate… the ring was a “we’re in this for life” DLC, not the wedding speedrun.

I fall more in love every day… even on the days that feel like wrestling an emu with attitude.

Currently:

Peeling like a sunburnt snake. Itching like I rolled in fire ants. Playing Once Human with the Nyx and Aydan Sunklands on the side with a mate. No rest for the wicked or the chronically chaotic.

Aussie out.

Necrocaticgames Weekly Update:

NecroCaticGames is deep into his super-not-so-secret Christmas Project — which we all pretend is mysterious even though he leaks hints like a broken faucet. He’s doing this while sick, half-dying, trying to convince Stripe he’s a real human being, and somehow keeping the entire Mustard Network from catching fire.

All this while Arc Raiders has fully possessed him.He is no longer “playing” the game — the game has claimed him as a dependent.

At this rate, we may not see him for a while.But with the number of bullet holes he’s collected, he’s now so aerodynamic he could legally qualify as a NASCAR vehicle.

Someone check on him.Actually, no — just wave as he whistles past at 200 mph.

IRONCLAW’S WEEKLY UPDATE

Stream Time Changes Ironclaw tries to sail in Mon–Fri at 7 PM EST… unless real life mutinies.

Right Now rollin’ cursed D&D dice and threatenin’ NPCs with “polite suggestions.”

Games This Week:

RimWorld – Fire everywhere, morale nowhere.

Timberborn – Beavers build better bases than we do.

Kenshi – Draggin’ half the crew across the desert like a loyal pack mule.

Pirate Vibes:Chaotic good-ish, dad jokes sharper than cutlasses, and at least one disaster guaranteed per stream.

VirulentvonWaif's Weekly Update

This week at The Grinder Café was alarmingly good—like the universe glitched and accidentally gave Waif the “functional human” buff. Waif started using MELD again and somehow resurrected a game that OBS had previously declared legally dead. Miraculously, Waif actually slept—slept, like eyes closed, brain off, no existential screaming. Even woke up a couple days without needing to immediately crawl into a dark cave like a migraine-ridden goblin. Waif met some random good people in a new game (very suspicious), woke up twice without shaking like a leaf in a tornado, and even buried the hatchet with an old friend—zero casualties, 10/10 diplomacy. And the best part? Waif played a bunch of new games offline with Annya, and honestly, gaming with her is the serotonin factory. Waif out.

Creed's Weekly Update

Creed has been milking those Kick Rust drops like a starving wolf at an all-you-can-eat loot buffet, allegedly “getting back into Rust” — but we all know he’s really brooding in a dark corner, plotting why the world refuses to be flat despite his best conspiracy-theory efforts.

Creed may rise… or he may just start another geography rant that ends with him arguing with Google Earth again — or worse, launch into a full lecture about how maps are government propaganda.

With any luck, once he’s done yelling at the horizon, he might actually slam that Go Live button again. Stay tuned. He is unpredictable, unhinged, and possibly fighting a topographical map as we speak.

🐺🌑 Weekly Wolf Wisdom: Treat Others Like a Packmate 🩸

This week’s reminder from the den:

Treat people like packmates — not chew toys.(Unless they ask. Then… howl responsibly.)

Remember:

• Offer respect the way a wolf offers loyalty:earned, but unbreakable once given.

• Show kindness even when someone’s acting like a confused squirrel in your territory.

• Practice patience — not everyone can keep up with the pack pace.Some folks are still tying their metaphorical boots.

• Don’t tear someone down just because you could.True wolves flex strength by protecting, not destroying.

• Growl if you must, but aim it at problems — not people.

And most importantly:

A good wolf knows when to bite…and when to nudge someone back into the circle with a gentle head-bonk.

Run wild.Stay loyal.Carry your people like you’d carry the moon. 🐺🌙