Professional gaming celebrity, influencer, and streamer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has returned to streaming after a sudden but brief hiatus.
With a video posted to Ninja’s Twitter account today, we see that Ninja has returned and intended to make a splash upon that return. There was a great deal of speculation surrounding the hiatus, especially after the announcement that he did not have a contract with Twitch, the world’s most popular streaming platform, and even lost his “partner” status with the platform.
Contracts are usually put in place between content creators and platform holders in order for their content to be hosted exclusively on a single platform, preventing other streaming services, such as Microsoft’s failed Mixer and the current competitor YouTube, from enjoying the same stars.
Since Ninja no longer has a contract in place with Mixer, Twitch, YouTube, or any other service, he has instead elected to stream on all available platforms simultaneously.
In the lighthearted video posted by Ninja, he teases “Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Patreon, maybe. OnlyFans?” While that last service might be a joke, it seems like we’ll see a lot more of Ninja in the future.
Took a little time off, but now I’m back…and I’ll be live EVERYWHERE tomorrow at 12CST pic.twitter.com/k2nt1BVUuN
— Ninja (@Ninja) September 8, 2022
Ninja rose to prominence along with Fortnite. As Fortnite became a name every parent knew, it was inevitable that one of the best players and most popular streamers attached to the game would become renowned too. Now, Ninja is practically a household name, and has starred on TV and even in Hollywood movies, such as Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds.
Many may hope for his downfall, but with this move, it seems like we’ll see more Ninja than ever before.
Written by Dave Aubrey on behalf of GLHF.
