Actually, Bulkhead wanted to show how to play their upcoming shooter Wardogs. But Twitch had other plans.
What was the plan? The developers of the upcoming Battlefield competitor Wardogs had a special stream planned on Twitch for July 23, 2026: They wanted not only to show how to play their shooter but also to wear electric shock collars on their arms and give themselves shocks.
Already at the announcement of the stream, users speculated whether Twitch could intervene in this endeavor: After all, self-harm is prohibited according to the guidelines. In fact, the developers’ channel was banned by Twitch – but for a shockingly different reason.
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What did the developers do? Twitch usually keeps quiet about ban reasons, but in this case, the situation seems quite clear: Because before anyone had even put on the shock collars, one developer decided to fire a large yellow – um – projectile at his colleague.
Throwing a dildo at a colleague is not actually prohibited according to Twitch’s guidelines – presumably because no one has thought of this scenario until now. However, we imagine that it falls under the point: “Display of sex toys in situations without educational context, such as bragging about the size of a dildo.”
On X, the developers announced that they received a 24-hour ban from Twitch. The dildo, they admitted, might have had something to do with it. However, they took it with humor and later shared a clip. They wrote “Moments before the disaster #Dildogate”.
Even though Bulkhead’s channel has since been restored on Twitch, a VoD of the stream is unfortunately not available due to the ban. However, you can admire the crucial scene here:
The abrupt end of the stream could have been a minor disaster for the developers: After all, they had over 10,000 viewers at the peak. However, the incident seems to have not dampened players’ excitement; quite the opposite. A user writes under a post about the ban on Reddit: “The game looks fantastic, the guys seem very likeable and Twitch is silly.”
“Jesus Christ, just take my money and release the game, for heaven’s sake!” writes user YaN on X. And all of this without anyone needing to be shocked – one might think. Because the developers immediately continued their stream on X:
Now, we have to wait for the closed alpha. Wardogs can already be wishlisted on Steam.
By the way: Another, much less fun reason for the ban could also have been that the developers displayed a QR code during the stream. A viewer also reports suspicious links in the chat (via X). However, we would rather believe in the big yellow fun stick.
How do you feel? Are you really excited for Wardogs after the stream, or are you hearing about the game for the first time? Let us know in the comments!
If we got 10 cents every time developers wanted to present their upcoming game and got banned in the middle of a livestream, we would at least have 20 cents by now – which is not much, but it’s curious that it has happened multiple times: Creators of Baldur’s Gate 3 show intimate love scene with a bear in the live stream, get banned immediately
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