Worlds biggest gaming streamer announces shock cancer diagnosis [Video]

Ninja, the biggest streamer on gaming platform Twitch, has been diagnosed with cancer.

The professional gamer, whose real name is Richard Tyler Blevins, posted an update on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (26 March) evening. His ‘Ninja’ streaming chanel on Twitch is the largest across the platform with over 19m followers and Blevins’ YouTube channel has 23.9m subscribers.

The 32-year-old rose to fame streaming the battle royale game Fortnite in 2017 and gained media attention soon after in March 2018 while playing with rap stars Travis Scott and Drake. The stream broke records on Twitch with 650,000 concurrent viewers tuning in to watch.

Blevins said: “I’m still in a bit of shock… a few weeks ago I went in to a dermatologist for an annual skin/mole check that …