BREAKING: Valkyrae Ends Weeks of Speculation by Extending Her Stay With YouTube

Published 01/31/2022, 1:52 PM EST

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The mystery surrounding Valkyrae’s sudden hiatus is finally dead! In a thrilling announcement on social media, Valkyrae has announced that she has signed a deal for streaming with YouTube.

Have a look at the tweet where she makes things official.

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Valkyrae makes thrilling announcement involving YouTube

Valkyrae had announced on January 14 that she intended to take a break from streaming. During the time of this announcement, the real reason behind this sudden decision was still shrouded in mystery.

Valkyrae has been associated with YouTube since early 2020 when she signed a new deal with YouTube Gaming and left Twitch. This decision proved to be an incredibly good one for her career, given the fact that she is one of the most-watched female streamer on YouTube currently.

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Yesterday, the 100-Thieves co-owner had posted a tweet saying “Just a few more days. I miss my people” which had led fans to come to multiple conclusions. Some people started believing that Valkyrae might sign a new deal with Meta’s Facebook Gaming and was considering a shift from YouTube.

However, they will be quite relieved right now, since Valkyrae has decided to stay back.

In the video above, she finds an incredible way to shun all rumors about a platform switch by saying, “Just staying YouTube!”  

Of course, her fans are quite delighted with this news and have expressed themselves below her announcement tweet.

One user thinks that this is indeed a good move considering the privacy concerns with Facebook.

This user got an exciting birthday gift to celebrate with Valkyrae’s new announcement!

No denying that Valkyrae is indeed the undisputed queen of YouTube! Here is an amusing meme by a fan to establish this fact.

Here is another funny interaction between fans mocking the previous rumors about Valkyrae switching to Facebook.

This fan thinks that the news came in unprecedented, and they weren’t ready for this.

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Well, it is indeed a good day for the streaming community and Rae’s fans, as her decision to stay seems is a win for YouTube Gaming as well as the community.

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Do you think this was a wise move? Let us know in the comments.

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Siddid Dey Purkayastha

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Siddid Dey Purkayastha is an eSports author for EssentiallySports and is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree at Christ (Deemed to be University). He has always been into gaming since the ripe age of 9 and has never looked back. Apart from his deep love for narrative-driven or campaign-based games, he enjoys casually playing online games such as Valorant, Fortnite, FIFA Ultimate Team, Warzone, and GTA Online.
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